1700 in Scotland

1700 in Scotland

Events from the year 1700 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Events

* March - the second Darien expedition abandoned. [cite web|url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/timeline/to1740.html|title=Undiscovered Scotland, timeline|accessdate=2008-01-06]

Births

* April - John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis (died 1759)
* 27 August - Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (died 1785)
* 11 September - James Thomson, poet (died 1748)

Deaths

* March - Andrew Bruce, bishop (year of birth unknown)
* 29 July - Prince William, Duke of Gloucester heir to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1689)
* Jamie Macpherson, outlaw (born 1675)

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