1708 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1708 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Anne of Great Britain
Events
- 11 March - Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
- 23 March - James Francis Edward Stuart unsuccessfully tries to land at Burntisland on the Firth of Forth with a French fleet.[1]
- Chairs of Moral Philosophy and of Logic & Metaphysics established in the University of Edinburgh.
Births
- 15 February - Alexander Hume-Campbell, nobleman and politician (died 1760)
- 8 March - John Campbell, author (died 1775)
- Thomas Gillespie, Presbyterian minister and founder of the Relief Church (died 1774)
- Probable date - William Guthrie, historian (died 1770)
Deaths
- 10 October - David Gregory, mathematician and astronomer (born 1659)
- 16 November - Alexander Edward, Episcopalian minister, architect and landscape designer (born 1651)
See also
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