1700 in Scotland

1700 in Scotland:
Other years
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Events from the year 1700 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Contents

1 Events
2 Births
- 2.1 Full date unknown
3 Deaths
4 References

Events

March - the second Darien expedition abandoned.^[1]

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

Donald Cameron of Lochiel (died 1748)
George Gilmer, Sr., politician (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)

References

^ "Undiscovered Scotland, timeline". http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/timeline/to1740.html. Retrieved 2008-01-06.