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1705 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1705 in the
Kingdom of Scotland
.
←
1704
1703
1702
1701
1700
1705
in
Scotland
→
1706
1707
1708
1709
1710
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1680s
1690s
1700s
1710s
1720s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1705 in:
England
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Monarch
–
Anne
Secretary of State
–
until March:
John Ker, 5th Earl of Roxburghe
jointly with
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
March–June:
John Ker, 5th Earl of Roxburghe
jointly with
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
June–September:
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
jointly with
Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun
from September:
Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun
, jointly with
John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Sir James Stewart
Solicitor General for Scotland
– William Carmichael
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Lord North Berwick
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Tarbat
Lord Justice Clerk
– Lord Whitelaw, then
Lord Ormiston
Events
edit
30 January – Janet Cornfoot is killed by a mob, and Thomas Brown is starved to death, for accusations of
witchcraft
at
Pittenweem
subsequently exposed as perjuries.
[1]
14–19 February – date of first
Edinburgh Courant
newspaper published, by printer
James Watson
.
March – the
Parliament of England
passes the
Alien Act
in response to the
Parliament of Scotland
's
Act of Security 1704
; it is repealed in December without taking effect.
11 April – English
captain Thomas Green
and two of his crew are hanged at
Leith
for alleged piracy on the
Malabar Coast
.
20 July – Act of the
Parliament of Scotland
for the promotion of salmon, white and herring fishing.
[2]
[
not specific enough to verify
]
September – negotiations for a
Treaty of Union
with England are resumed. At about this time, the independent pro-Union group around
John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale
, is first nicknamed the
Squadrone Volante
.
Lord Archibald Campbell
appointed Lord High Treasurer of Scotland.
Births
edit
2 March –
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
, judge and politician (died
1793
)
5 May –
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
, noble and military leader (died
1782
)
Date unknown
David Mallet
, writer (died
1765
)
Deaths
edit
11 March –
Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss
(born
1659
)
14 March –
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
(born 1674)
Date unknown
Alexander Arbuthnot
, politician (born
1654
)
See also
edit
Timeline of Scottish history
References
edit
^
"Notable Dates in History".
The Flag in the Wind
.
The Scots Independent
. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016
. Retrieved
1 March
2016
.
^
XI, 292.