1719 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1719 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General — Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Grange
Events
- March — A Jacobite invasion force sets out from Cádiz in Spain but is dispersed by storms and only two ships reach Scotland.[1]
- 10 May — Capture of Eilean Donan Castle: A British naval force capture Eilean Donan from occupying Spanish troops.
- 10 June — Battle of Glen Shiel: British Government troops defeat an alliance of Jacobite and Spanish forces.[2]
- 1 September — Marriage ceremony of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ("Old Pretender" to the Scottish throne) and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska at Montefiascone in Italy.
- Earliest known Newcomen atmospheric engines in Scotland at Stevenston (north Ayrshire) and at Elphinstone, East Lothian (near Tranent).
- Earliest known record of Belhaven Brewery near Dunbar.
Births
- 5 May — Andrew Meikle, mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1811)
- 25 December — George Campbell, Enlightenment philosopher, Presbyterian minister, theologian and professor of divinity (died 1796)
- William Rose, schoolmaster and classical scholar (died 1786)
Deaths
- 29 May — Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Baronet, judge (born c.1639)
- 24 June — James Sutherland, botanist (born c.1638/9)
The Arts
- Allan Ramsay publishes Content and a new volume of Scots Songs.
See also
References
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