1706 in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1706 in: England • Wales • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1706 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
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Law officers
[edit]- Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
- Solicitor General for Scotland – William Carmichael
Judiciary
[edit]- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston
Events
[edit]- April – commissioners assemble in London to agree a Treaty of Union between Scotland and England.
- 22 July – Treaty of Union agreed in London.[1]
- c. September – Daniel Defoe is sent to Edinburgh as an English government agent to promote ratification of the Treaty of Union.
- 3 October – opening of the Parliament of Scotland which will debate the Union.
- 19 October – an Edinburgh mob opposed to the Union threatens the Lord Provost.[2]
- 4 November – the Parliament of Scotland votes in favour of the Union with England Act by 116 votes to 83.[3]
- 6 November – a Glasgow mob opposed to the Union threatens the Lord Provost.[2]
- 20 November – a copy of the Treaty of Union is burnt publicly in Dumfries.[2]
- Lord Archibald Campbell is created 1st Earl of Ilay.
Births
[edit]- 1 April – Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck judge (died 1782)
Date unknown
- James Abercrombie British Army general (died 1781)
- Walter Goodall, writer (died 1766)
- John Maule, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 1781)
- William Stewart, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 1748)
Deaths
[edit]- 25 August – Lord John Hay, soldier (born c. 1668)
Date unknown
The arts
[edit]- A Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems both ancient and modern, by several hands edited by James Watson begins publication in Edinburgh.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 204–205. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ McLean, Iain; McMillan, Alistair. State of the Union: Unionism and the Alternatives in the United Kingdom since 1707. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925820-1. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
- ^ "Ramsay, Allan (1686–1758)". The Burns Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 2009-07-01.