1682 in Scotland

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1682
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Scotland

Centuries:
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  • 16th
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  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1660s
  • 1670s
  • 1680s
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1682 in: EnglandElsewhere

Events from the year 1682 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchCharles II

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of SessionSir David Falconer from 5 June
  • Lord Justice GeneralGeorge Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen; James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
  • Lord Justice ClerkSir Richard Maitland

Events[]

  • 11 FebruaryWilliam Douglas is elevated to the rank of Marquess of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland.
  • Advocates Library is founded as the law library of the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh.[1]
  • Chair of Professor of Humanity created at the University of Glasgow.
  • Probable date – Inuit seen in Orkney.[2]
  • Ongoing – The Killing Time.

Births[]

  • April – James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, nobleman and statesman (died 1742)
  • June (in England) – Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier (died 1761)
  • 24 OctoberWilliam Aikman, portrait painter (died 1731)
  • 23 DecemberJames Gibbs, architect (died 1754)

Deaths[]

  • 24 August (in England) – John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, politician (born 1616)
  • David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark, cavalry officer (born c.1600)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Brewer, E. Cobham (1978) [1894]. The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Edwinstowe: Avenel Books. p. 17. ISBN 0-517-25921-4.
  2. ^ "The Inuit Discovery of Scotland in 1682". jardine's book of martyrs. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
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