1707 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1707 Events from the year 1707 in the Kingdom of Scotland, then Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – Anne (until 1 May; Scotland and England unite) Secretary of State: Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun, jointly with The Earl of Mar (post abolished at Act of Union) Secretary of State for Scotland, from 1 May, when the post was created: The Earl of Mar Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart Solicitor General for Scotland – William Carmichael Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston Events 16 January – Parliament of Scotland passes the Union with England Act. 19 March – official copy of the Act of Union signed by the Scottish ChancellorNotable Dates in History http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2016-02-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm 26 January 2016 dead dmy-all and the Act is ratified by the Parliament of England. 25 March–28 April – last sitting of Parliament of Scotland in Edinburgh until it is revived in 1999 as the Scottish Parliament. 25 April – a large school of whales appears in the Firth of Forth; 35 strand on the sands of Kirkcaldy. 1 May – the new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which combine the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into a single united Kingdom of Great Britainhttp://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/ Changes in legislative authority The evolution of Parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom London 2016-02-27 and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/291 registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 291 The Equivalent, a sum of £398,000, is paid to Scotland by the English government. The Honours of Scotland are locked away in Edinburgh Castle. Ormacleit Castle on South Uist is first occupied by Allan Macdonald, chief of Clanranald, and his family.PLA 9897 NF73SW 1 South Uist, Ormiclate, Ormaclett Castle 25 June 2025 Births 10 April – John Pringle, physician (died 1782 in London) 20 April – Robert Foulis, printer and publisher (died 1776) 22 June (bapt.) – Elizabeth Blackwell, botanic writer and illustrator (died 1758 in London) 5 September – John Forbes, British Army general (died 1759 in Philadelphia) Date unknown Archibald Cameron of Lochiel, physician and last Jacobite to be executed for high treason (hanged 1753 in London) Deaths 8 January – John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, politician (born 1648) 10 March – James Carnegie, Member of the Parliament of Scotland 17 March – William Hay, bishop (born 1647) 2 June – Mary Erskine, businesswoman and philanthropist See also Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Category:1700s in Scotland Scotland