1746 in Scotland

none December 2020 January 2016 1746 Events from the year 1746 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland: The Marquess of Tweeddale, until 3 January; then vacant until 1885 Law officers Lord Advocate – Robert Craigie; then William Grant of Prestongrange Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas, the younger; then Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles, jointly with Alexander Hume Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Culloden Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Milton Events thumb|The End of the 'Forty Five' Rebellion 8 January – Jacobite rising of 1745: Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") with his Jacobite forces occupies Stirling. 17 January – Jacobite rising: Battle of Falkirk Muir – British Government troops are defeated by Jacobite forces. 1 February – as retreating Jacobite forces remove munitions stored in the church at St. Ninians (near Stirling), it blows up. 21 February – Jacobite rising: Siege of Inverness ends with British government forces surrendering Old Fort George to the Jacobite army under threat of mining.Duffy Christopher Christopher Duffy 2007 The '45: Bonnie Prince Charlie and Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising Phoenix Books London 9780753822623 8 April – Jacobite rising: Jacobite supporters sack Cullen House. 16 April – the Battle of Culloden, the final pitched battle fought on British soil, brings an end to the Jacobite rising of 1745. 3 May – Jacobite rising: "Battle of Loch nan Uamh" – Royal Navy sloops attack French privateers which have landed money (and brandy) intended to aid the Jacobite cause in the Sound of Arisaig.Jacobite Stories Dane Love https://books.google.com/books?id=_b1rBuQgG0IC&pg=PT139&lpg=PT139&dq=French+ships+battle+Ardnamurchan+May+1746#q=French%20ships%20battle%20Ardnamurchan%20May%201746 Battle of Loch nan Uamh Neil Wilson Publishing 2007 9781903238868 28 May – Jacobite rising: British troops burn the old castle at Achnacarry. 27 June – Charles Edward Stuart flees to the Isle of Skye from Benbecula disguised as Flora MacDonald's maid. 1 August – Dress Act 1746 proscribes wearing of the tartan. 18 August – two rebel Scottish lords, the Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmerinoch, are beheaded in the Tower of London. 20 September – Charles Edward Stuart escapes to France. October – foundation stone of new Inveraray Castle laid. British Linen Bank chartered as the British Linen Company.Charles A. Malcolm The History of the British Linen Bank 1950 Births 27 March – Michael Bruce, poet and hymnist (died 1767) Approximate date – John Bogle, miniature painter (died 1803) Deaths 4 February – Robert Blair, "graveyard poet" (born 1699) 14 June – Colin Maclaurin, mathematician (born 1698) 8 August – Francis Hutcheson, theologian and philosopher (born 1694; died in Dublin) 6 December – Lady Grizel Baillie, songwriter (born 1665; died in London) Publications Matthew Stewart publishes Some General Theorems of Considerable use in the Higher Parts of Mathematics, including an account of Stewart's theorem on the measurement of the triangle. See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1740s in Scotland Scotland