1700 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1700 Events from the year 1700 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – William II Secretary of State – James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, jointly with John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart Solicitor General for Scotland – Sir Patrick Hume Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Pollok Events 5 January – Moffat schoolteacher Robert Carmichael is scourged through the streets of Edinburgh and banished for killing a pupil during punishment for misbehaviour.Notable Dates in History http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2016-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm 26 January 2016 dead dmy-all 3 February – "Lesser Great Fire" around Parliament Close, Edinburgh, leaves 400 families homeless.Ian Colville The Lesser Great Fire of 1700 in Edinburgh http://iainthepict.blogspot.com/2011/02/lesser-great-fire-of-1700-in-edinburgh.html On this day in Scotland 2011-02-08 2016-03-01 25 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225234911/http://iainthepict.blogspot.com/2011/02/lesser-great-fire-of-1700-in-edinburgh.html dead 30 March – second Darien expedition abandoned.Prebble John John Prebble Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire 2000 1-84158-054-6http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/timeline/to1740.html Undiscovered Scotland, timeline 2008-01-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20090620064642/http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/timeline/to1740.html 20 June 2009 live dmy 19 April – Campbeltown is erected a royal burgh.Charter of erection http://www.rps.ac.uk/trans/1700/10/20 Records of the Parliaments of Scotland University of St Andrews 1700 2014-06-03 Approximate date about which the independent pro-Union group later known as the Squadrone Volante forms around John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale. Possible approximate date at which the last wolf in Scotland is shot, north of Brora in Sutherland.According to Scrope's Art of Deerstalking cited in the inscription on a stone at the site.The demise of Scotland's wolves https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6317357.stm BBC 2007-01-31 2014-06-03 Scottish American settler Isaac Magoon establishes the town of Scotland, Connecticut.Welcome to Scotland, CT http://www.scotlandct.org/about.htm www.scotlandct.org 26 June 2017 en Births April – John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis (died 1759) 27 August – Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (died 1785) 11 September – James Thomson, poet (died 1748) Full date unknown George Bogle of Daldowie, tobacco and sugar merchant and Rector of the University of Glasgow (died 1784) George Gilmer Sr., politician in the Colony of Virginia (died 1757) Deaths March – Andrew Bruce, bishop (year of birth unknown) 29 July – Prince William, Duke of Gloucester heir to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1689) 16 November – Jamie Macpherson, outlaw (born 1675) The arts An edition of the late 16th-century Scots poet Alexander Montgomerie's The Cherrie and the Slae is printed in Ulster. See also Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed 1700 Category:Years of the 17th century in Scotland Scotland