1707 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1707 in the Kingdom of Scotland, then Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Anne
Events
- 16 January - Scottish Parliament passes the Union with England Act.
- 1 May - The new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which combine the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into a single united Kingdom of Great Britain[1] and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain.[2] The Honours of Scotland are locked away in Edinburgh Castle.
Births
- 10 April - John Pringle, physician (died 1782)
- 5 September - John Forbes, British Army officer (died 1759)
- date unknown - Archibald Cameron of Locheil, the last Jacobite to be executed for high treason (died 1753)
Deaths
- 8 January - John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, politician (born 1648)
- 10 March - James Carnegie, Member of the Parliament of Scotland
- 17 March - William Hay, bishop (born 1647)
- 2 June - Mary Erskine, businesswoman and philanthropist
See also
References
- ^ Acts of Union 1707 parliament.uk, accessed 31 December 2010.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 291. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.