1702 in Scotland
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| 1700 1700 in Scotland Events from the year 1700 in the Kingdom of Scotland.-Births:* April - John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis * 27 August - Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore * 11 September - James Thomson, poet -Full date unknown:... | 1701 1701 in Scotland Events from the year 1701 in the Kingdom of Scotland.-Events:* 16 September - On the death of the deposed King James VII of Scotland, James Francis Edward Stuart declares himself James VIII -Births:... | 1702 | 1703 1703 in Scotland Events from the year 1703 in the Kingdom of Scotland.-Births:*5 January - James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton -Deaths:*15 February - Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian *6 May - John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl... | 1704 1704 in Scotland Events from the year 1704 in the Kingdom of Scotland.-Events:* Parliament of Scotland passes the Act of Security 1704 in response to the Parliament of England's Act of Settlement 1701.-Births:*30 April - Jean Adam, poet... |
Events from the year 1702 in the Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a Sovereign state in North-West Europe that existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England...
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Events
- 8 March - King William II of ScotlandWilliam III of EnglandWilliam III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
(William III of England and Ireland) dies and is succeeded by Queen AnneAnne of Great BritainAnne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
on the English, Scottish and Irish thrones.
Births
- 8 May - Andrew LauderAndrew LauderSir Andrew Lauder of Fountainhall, 5th Baronet was a Burgess of the Royal Burgh of Lauder , and also of Musselburgh ....
, Baronet (died 17691769 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1769 in Great Britain. This year sees several key events in the Industrial Revolution.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George III*Prime Minister - Duke of Grafton, Whig-Events:...
) - 18 July - Clementina Sobieski, wife of James Francis Edward StuartJames Francis Edward StuartJames Francis Edward, Prince of Wales was the son of the deposed James II of England...
and mother of Charles Edward StuartCharles Edward StuartPrince Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie or The Young Pretender was the second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of Great Britain , and Ireland...
(died 1735) - 4 October - John Lindsay, 20th Earl of CrawfordJohn Lindsay, 20th Earl of CrawfordLieutenant-General John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford was a Scottish peer and the first colonel of the Black Watch on its formation in 1739.He was the son of Lt.-Gen...
(died 17491749 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1749 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George II*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig-Events:* February - Admiralty revises the command structure of the Royal Navy and issues new Fighting Instructions....
) - date unknown - James Douglas, 14th Earl of MortonJames Douglas, 14th Earl of MortonJames Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton KT FRS was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was President of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death...
(died 17681768 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1768 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George III*Prime Minister - William Pitt the Elder, Whig , Duke of Grafton, Whig-Events:...
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Deaths
- 8 March - King William II of ScotlandWilliam III of EnglandWilliam III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
(born 1650, Netherlands)