1744_in_Scotland Knowpia

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s;
See also:	List of years in Scotland; Timeline of Scottish history; 1744 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere

Events from the year 1744 in Scotland.

Incumbents edit

Alexander Bryce's "A Map of the North Coast of Britain", the first to show the Caithness coastline accurately, is published.^[1]
The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers established on Leith Links.
Possible date – Edinburgh Skating Club established.

13 February – David Allan, genre painter (died 1796)
6 October – James McGill, entrepreneur and philanthropist in Canada (died 1813 in Canada)
17 October – Andrew Duncan, physician (died 1828)
31 October – James Craig, architect, planner of the New Town, Edinburgh (died 1795)

28 January – Thomas Innes, Catholic priest and historian (born 1662; died in France)
2 March – William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite (born 1676; died in Italy)