1758 in Scotland

none August 2026 January 2016 January 2016 1758 Events from the year 1758 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas the younger Solicitor General for Scotland – Andrew Pringle of Alemore Judiciary Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Tinwald Events Physician Francis Home makes the first attempt to deliver a measles vaccine. Births 17 February – John Pinkerton, antiquarian and cartographer (died 1826) 21 March – Patrick Beatson, mariner and shipbuilder in Quebec (died 1800 in Canada) 23 April – Alexander Cochrane, admiral (died 1832 in France) 9 September – Alexander Nasmyth, portrait and landscape painter (died 1840) 31 October – Jean Glover, poet and singer (died 1801 in Ireland) Alexander Mackenzie Fraser, born Alexander Mackenzie, British Army general (died 1809 in the Netherlands) Deaths 7 January – Allan Ramsay, poet (born 1686)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Allan-Ramsay-Scottish-poet Allan Ramsay Encyclopædia Britannica 1 August 2026 17 January – James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton (born 1724) 18 July – Duncan Campbell, nobleman and British Army officer (died of wounds received at Battle of Carillon) 14 October – James Francis Edward Keith, Jacobite, soldier and Prussian field-marshal (born 1696; killed at Battle of Hochkirch) 27 October (bur.) – Elizabeth Blackwell, botanic writer and illustrator (born 1707; died in London) 12 November – John Cockburn, politician See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1758 in Great Britain References collapsed Category:18th century in Scotland Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1750s in Scotland Scotland