1686_in_Scotland Knowpia

Centuries:	15th; 16th; 17th; 18th; 19th;
Decades:	1660s; 1670s; 1680s; 1690s; 1700s;
See also:	List of years in Scotland; Timeline of Scottish history; 1686 in: England • Elsewhere

Events from 1686 in the Kingdom of Scotland

Incumbents edit

Construction of the following buildings in Lothian:
- Newhailes House
- Signal Tower (as windmill), Leith
- Woolmet House
- Soutra Aisle (modified).

15 October – Allan Ramsay, poet (died 1758)
1 November – Colin Campbell, merchant and entrepreneur, co-founder of the Swedish East India Company (died 1757)
John Alexander, painter (died c.1766)