1704 in Scotland

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1704
in
Scotland

Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1680s
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1704 in: EnglandWalesElsewhere

Events from the year 1704 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchAnne
  • Secretary of State
    • until October: James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, jointly with George Mackenzie, 1st Viscount Tarbat
    • from October: John Ker, 5th Earl of Roxburghe jointly with James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateSir James Stewart
  • Solicitor General for Scotland

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of SessionLord North Berwick
  • Lord Justice GeneralLord Tarbat
  • Lord Justice Clerk – , then

Events[]

  • 5 AugustParliament of Scotland passes the Act of Security 1704 in response to the Parliament of England's Act of Settlement 1701, allowing the Scottish Parliament to select its own successor to the monarch.[1]
  • 10 SeptemberLower Largo-born sailor Alexander Selkirk chooses to be marooned from a privateer ship in the Juan Fernández Islands.[2]
  • 20 SeptemberDunkeld is erected a royal burgh.[2]

Births[]

  • 30 AprilJean Adam, poet (died 1765)
  • 7 SeptemberJohn Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (died 1781)
  • date unknown
    • William Hamilton, Jacobite poet (died 1754)
    • William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (died 1746)
    • Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (died 1753)

Deaths[]

  • 4 JanuarySir Alexander Munro of Bearcrofts (year of birth unknown)
  • 6 MarchGeorge Seton, 4th Earl of Winton (born c. 1641)
  • 13 JuneArthur Rose, prelate (born 1634)
  • date unknown – Lilias Adie, accused witch (year of birth unknown)

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history

References[]

  1. ^ McLean, Iain; McMillan, Alistair (2005). 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.
  2. ^ a b Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.


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