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HOW IT WORKS
1699 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year 1699 in the
Kingdom of Scotland
.
←
1698
1697
1696
1695
1694
1699
in
Scotland
→
1700
1701
1702
1703
1704
Centuries:
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
Decades:
1670s
1680s
1690s
1700s
1710s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1699 in:
England
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Monarch
–
William II
Secretary of State
–
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
, jointly with
John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford
(from 31 January)
Law officers
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Lord Advocate
–
Sir James Stewart
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Sir Patrick Hume
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Lord North Berwick
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Lothian
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Ormiston
, then
Lord Pollok
Events
edit
12 January –
James Sutherland
is appointed first
Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
and first
King's Botanist
.
2 March –
The Edinburgh Gazette
is first published.
July –
Darien scheme
: The colony of New Edinburgh on the
Gulf of Darién
is abandoned; the colonists set out to return to Scotland.
September – Darien scheme: The second expedition to Darien sets sail, unaware of the failure of the first.
23 September –
A total solar eclipse
affects the North-East of the country, including
Wick
.
Births
edit
2 February –
Hugh MacDonald
, bishop (died
1773
)
13 April –
Alexander Ross
, poet (died
1784
)
17 April –
Robert Blair
, poet (died
1746
)
19 April –
John Farquharson
, Jesuit (died
1746
)
31 May –
Alexander Cruden
, Biblical scholar (died 1770 in London)
Date unknown
John Dalrymple
, Member of Parliament for
Wigtown Burghs
, 1728–34 (died
1742
)
William Ged
, goldsmith, inventor of stereotyping (died
1782
)
Deaths
edit
29 November –
Patrick Gordon
, general in the Russian Army (born
1635
)
See also
edit
Timeline of Scottish history
References
edit