1706 in Scotland:

Other years

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 1705 in Scotland Events from the year 1705 in the Kingdom of Scotland.-Events:*11 April - Captain Thomas Green is hanged for piracy at Leith.* The Parliament of England passes the Alien Act in response to the Parliament of Scotland's Act of Security 1704.-Births:...  | 1706 | 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:...  | 1708 1708 in Great Britain Events from the year 1708 in Great Britain.-Events:* 13 February - Robert Harley is dismissed from his position as Secretary of State for the Northern Department and Robert Walpole becomes Secretary at War....

Events

• 4 November - The Scottish Parliament
  Scottish Parliament
  The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
  
   votes in favour of the Union with England Act
  Acts of Union 1707
  The Acts of Union were two Parliamentary Acts - the Union with Scotland Act passed in 1706 by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland - which put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706,...
  
   by 116 votes to 83.

Births

• April 1 - Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck judge (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:...
  
  )
• date unknown
  • James Abercrombie British Army general (died 1781
    1781 in Great Britain
    Events from the year 1781 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George III*Prime Minister - Lord North, Tory-Events:* 1 January - Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn....
    
    )
  • Walter Goodall
    Walter Goodall
    Walter Goodall , historical writer, born in Banffshire, and educated at King's College, University of Aberdeen. Afterwards he became assistant librarian to the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh...
    
    , writer (died 1766
    1766 in Great Britain
    Events from the year 1766 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George III*Prime Minister - Marquess of Rockingham, Whig , William Pitt the Elder, Whig-Events:...
    
    )
  • John Maule
    John Maule (MP)
    John Maule was a Scottish Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons....
    
    , Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 1781
    1781 in Great Britain
    Events from the year 1781 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George III*Prime Minister - Lord North, Tory-Events:* 1 January - Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn....
    
    )
  • William Stewart
    William Stewart (c 1706-1748)
    William Stewart was a Scottish MP in the British Parliament.He represented Wigtown Burghs 1741-1747.-References:...
    
    , Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 1748
    1748 in Great Britain
    Events from the year 1748 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George II*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig-Events:* 28 March - A fire in the City of London causes over a million pounds worth of damage....
    
    )

Deaths

• 25 August - Lord John Hay
  Lord John Hay (general)
  Brigadier-General Lord John Hay was the second son of John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale. He served in the British Army under the Duke of Marlborough. He was colonel of the Scots Greys from 1704 to his death....
  
  , soldier (b. c. 1668)
• date unknown - Sir John Hay of Alderston, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Hay of Alderston, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Hay of Alderston, 1st Baronet was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia on February 22, 1703. He was the son of Thomas Hay of Hermiston one of the Clerks of the Court of Session and a Clerk of the Privy Council of Scotland, and Anna, daughter of Sir John Gibson of Pentland, Baronet.Sir John...