1701 in Scotland

Events from the year 1701 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Events

• 16 September - On the death of the deposed King James VII of Scotland, James Francis Edward Stuart declares himself James VIII (and III of England and Ireland)

Births

• 11 June - David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk (died 1741)
• 4 August - Thomas Blackwell, scholar (died 1757)
• George Bogle of Daldowie, Rector of the University of Glasgow (died 1782)
• John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford, diplomat (died 1767)
• William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, politician and judge (died 1764)

Deaths

• January - Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth (born 1661)
• April - David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland (year of birth unknown)
• 23 May - William Kidd, sailor executed for piracy (born c. 1645)
• June - Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn (year of birth unknown)
• 23 July - John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis (born 1653)
• 16 September - King James VII of Scotland (born 1633)
• 1 November - Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray (born 1634)
• Gilbert Rule, nonconformist divine and the Principal of Edinburgh University (born c. 1629)

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