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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Year in Scotland Events from the year 1706 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
- Solicitor General for Scotland – William Carmichael
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston
Events
- 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
- 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
- 25 August – Lord John Hay, soldier (born Шаблон:Circa)
Date unknown
The arts
- 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
References
Шаблон:Years in Scotland Шаблон:Year in Europe
