3 May – Elspeth Rule becomes the last person in Scotland to be tried before the High Court of Justiciary for witchcraft; the judge, sitting at Dumfries, orders her to be burned on the cheek and banished from Scotland for life.[4]
1 July – Treason Act 1708 comes into force, harmonising the law of high treason in Scotland with that of England.
Summer – bad weather causes a poor harvest with consequent distress.[5]