1734 in Scotland

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  • 1733
  • 1732
  • 1731
  • 1730
  • 1729
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1734
in
Scotland

  • 1735
  • 1736
  • 1737
  • 1738
  • 1739
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1734 in: Great BritainWalesElsewhere

Events from the year 1734 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateDuncan Forbes
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandCharles Erskine

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of SessionLord North Berwick
  • Lord Justice GeneralLord Ilay
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Grange

Events[]

  • 8 April – 6 August: Siege of Gaeta in the Kingdom of Naples (War of the Polish Succession) at which Charles Edward Stuart is present, his only military experience prior to the Jacobite rising of 1745.

Births[]

  • 7 May – James Byres, architect and antiquary (died 1817)
  • 29 September – William Julius Mickle, poet (died 1788)
  • 7 October – Ralph Abercromby, British Army general and politician (died 1801 of wounds received at Battle of Alexandria)
  • 15 December – John Maclaurin, judge and poet (died 1796)
  • Robert Aitken, printer and publisher in Philadelphia, first to publish an English language Bible in the U.S. (died 1802 in the United States)

Deaths[]

  • 21 March – Robert Wodrow, historian (born 1679)
  • May – Alexander McGill, architect (born c. 1680)
  • 28 December – Rob Roy MacGregor, clan chief (born 1671)

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history

References[]


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