1700 in Scotland:

Other years

1690s | 1700 | 1701 | 1702

Events from the year 1700 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Events

• March - the second Darien expedition abandoned.^[1]

Births

• April - John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis (died 1759)
• 27 August - Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (died 1785)
• 11 September - James Thomson, poet (died 1748)

Deaths

• March - Andrew Bruce, bishop (year of birth unknown)
• 29 July - Prince William, Duke of Gloucester heir to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1689)
• Jamie Macpherson, outlaw (born 1675)

References