1705 in Scotland:

Other years

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...  | 1705 | 1706 1706 in Scotland Events from the year 1706 in the Kingdom of Scotland.-Events:*4 November - The Scottish Parliament votes in favour of the Union with England Act by 116 votes to 83.-Births:*April 1 - Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck judge *date unknown...  | 1707 1707 in Great Britain Events from the year 1707 in Great Britain, created in this year as a result of the 1706 Treaty of Union and its ratification by the 1707 Acts of Union.-Events:...

Events

• 11 April - Captain Thomas Green is hanged for piracy at Leith
  Leith
  -South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....
  
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• The Parliament of England
  Parliament of England
  The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...
  
   passes the Alien Act in response to the Parliament of Scotland
  Parliament of Scotland
  The Parliament of Scotland, officially the Estates of Parliament, was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland. The unicameral parliament of Scotland is first found on record during the early 13th century, with the first meeting for which a primary source survives at...
  
  's Act of Security 1704
  Act of Security 1704
  The Act of Security 1704 was a response by the Parliament of Scotland to the Parliament of England's Act of Settlement 1701. Queen Anne's last surviving child, William, Duke of Gloucester had died in 1700, and both parliaments needed to find a Protestant successor...
  
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Births

• 2 March - William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
  William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
  William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, SL, PC was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law. Born to Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth, Scotland before moving to London at the age of 13 to take up a place at Westminster School...
  
  , judge and politician (died 1793
  1792 in Great Britain
  Events from the year 1792 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.-Incumbents:* Monarch - King George III* Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory-Events:* 25 January - The radical London Corresponding Society established....
  
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• 5 May - John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
  John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
  Major-General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun was a British nobleman and army officer.-Early career:Campbell inherited the peerage on the death of his father in 1731, becoming Lord Loudoun. The earl raised a regiment of infantry that took part in the Jacobite Rising of 1745 on the side of the...
  
  , noble and military leader (died 1782
  1782 in Great Britain
  Events from the year 1782 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George III*Prime Minister - Lord North, Tory , Marquess of Rockingham, Whig , Earl of Shelburne, Whig-Events:...
  
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• probable - David Mallet
  David Mallet (writer)
  David Mallet was a Scottish dramatist.He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and went to London in 1723 to work as a private tutor...
  
  , writer (died 1765
  1765 in Great Britain
  Events from the year 1765 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George III*Prime Minister - George Grenville, Whig , Marquess of Rockingham, Whig-Events:* 8 February - Nevil Maskelyne becomes Astronomer Royal....
  
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Deaths

• 11 March - Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss
  Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss
  Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss and Countess of Cromarty was a suo jure Scottish peeress.Margaret was the daughter of David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss and Margaret Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes...
  
   (born 1659)
• 14 March - James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
  James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
  Sir James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith KT was the son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch. He was also the grandson of Charles II of England. On 2 January 1693/94 he married Lady Henrietta Hyde Sir James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith KT (23 May 1674 – 14 March 1705)...
  
   (born 1674)
• date unknown - Alexander Arbuthnot
  Alexander Arbuthnot (politician)
  Alexander Arbuthnot of Knox, Sr was a Scottish politician. He represented Kincardineshire as Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, from 1689 to 1702. Second son of Robert Arbuthnott, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott. Married first Margaret Barclay. Married second Jean Scott. He served as tutor to...
  
  , politician (born 1654)