1701 in Scotland

1701 in Scotland

Events from the year 1701 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Events

* 16 September - On the death of the deposed King James VII of Scotland, James Francis Edward Stuart declares himself James VIII (and III of England and Ireland)

Births

* 4 August - Thomas Blackwell, scholar (died 1757)
* George Bogle of Daldowie, Rectors of the University of Glasgow (died 1782)
* John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford, diplomat (died 1767)
* David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk (died 1741)
* William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, politician and judge (died 1764)

Deaths

* January - Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth (born 1661)
* April - David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland (year of birth unknown)
* 23 May - William Kidd, sailor executed for poracy (born c. 1645)
* June - Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn (year of birth unknown)
* 23 July - John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis (born 1653)
* 16 September - King James VII of Scotland (born 1633)
* 1 November - Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray (born 1634)
* Gilbert Rule, nonconformist divine and the Principal of Edinburgh University (born c. 1629)

References


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