1719 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1719 in: Great Britain • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1719 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General — Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Grange
Events
- 10 May — Capture of Eilean Donan Castle: A British naval force capture Eilean Donan from occupying Spanish troops.
- 10 June — Battle of Glen Shiel: British Government troops defeat an alliance of Jacobite and Spanish forces.[1]
- 1 September — Marriage ceremony of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ("Old Pretender" to the Scottish throne) and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska at Montefiascone in Italy.
- Earliest known Newcomen atmospheric engines in Scotland at Stevenston and Tranent.
- Earliest known record of Belhaven Brewery near Dunbar.
Births
- 25 December — George Campbell, Enlightenment philosopher, Presbyterian minister, theologian and professor of divinity (died 1796)
- William Rose, schoolmaster and classical scholar (died 1786)
Deaths
- 29 May — Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Baronet, judge (born c.1639)
The Arts
- Allan Ramsay publishes Content and a new volume of Scots Songs.
See also
References
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