1704 in Scotland

1704 in Scotland:
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Events from the year 1704 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 References

Events

Parliament of Scotland passes the Act of Security 1704 in response to the Parliament of England's Act of Settlement 1701.^[1]

Births

30 April - Jean Adam, poet (died 1765)
7 September - John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (died 1781)
date unknown
- William Hamilton, poet (died 1754)
- William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (died 1746)
- Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (died 1753)

Deaths

4 January - Sir Alexander Munro of Bearcrofts (year of birth unknown)
6 March - George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton (born c. 1641)
13 June - Arthur Rose, prelate (born 1634)

References

^ "State of the Union: Unionism and the Alternatives in the United Kingdom since 1707. By Iain mclean and Alistair mcmillan. Pp. xiii, 283. ISBN 0-19-925820-1". http://books.google.com/books?id=70vRFO9Mo6oC. Retrieved 2008-01-06.