1728_in_Scotland Knowpia

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s;
See also:	List of years in Scotland; Timeline of Scottish history; 1728 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere

Events from the year 1728 in Scotland.

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13 May – 3 men and 8 boys from Hirta are retrieved from Stac an Armin where they have been accidentally marooned for about 9 months, the longest recorded period anyone has spent on the sea stack.
31 May – The Royal Bank of Scotland extends the first overdraft (to Edinburgh merchant William Hogg for £1,000).^[1]
Iron smelting at Invergarry begins.^[2]
Inverness – Fort William road through the Great Glen completed.^[2]
First larch trees in Scotland planted at Dunkeld.^[2]
First publication of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie's The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436–1565, written about 1575 in the Scots language.

^ "The history of payments in the UK". BBC News. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.