1708_in_Scotland Knowpia

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Events from the year 1708 in Scotland.

Incumbents edit

11 March – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
23 March – James Francis Edward Stuart unsuccessfully tries to land at Burntisland on the Firth of Forth with a French fleet.^[1]
30 April – 7 July – British general election: New Scottish Westminster constituencies are used for the first time.
1 May – Privy Council of Scotland abolished.^[2]^[3]
Treason Act harmonises the law of high treason in Scotland with that of England.
Chairs of Moral Philosophy and of Logic & Metaphysics established in the University of Edinburgh. Regent system of teaching here abolished.^[2]

Date unknown

Thomas Gillespie, Presbyterian minister and founder of the Relief Church (died 1774)
William Guthrie, historian (died 1770)

21 June – John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton, anti-Union politician (born 1656; died in London)
10 October – David Gregory, mathematician and astronomer (born 1659)
16 November – Alexander Edward, Episcopalian minister, architect and landscape designer (born 1651)

^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 292. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ ^a ^b Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.
^ "Union with Scotland (Amendment ) Act 1707". Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 2008-02-10.