1704 in Scotland

1704 in Scotland

Events from the year 1704 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Events

* Parliament of Scotland passes the Act of Security 1704 in response to the Parliament of England's Act of Settlement 1701. [cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=70vRFO9Mo6oC|title=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|accessdate=2008-01-06]

Births

* 30 April - Jean Adam, poet (died 1765)
* 7 September - John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (died 1781)
* 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)
* Arthur Rose, prelate (born 1634)

References


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