1703 in Scotland
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 1703 in Scotland: |
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| 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 1702 in Scotland Events from the year 1702 in the Kingdom of Scotland.-Events:*8 March - King William II of Scotland dies and is succeeded by Queen Anne on the English, Scottish and Irish thrones.-Births:... | 1703 | 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:... |
Events from the year 1703 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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Births
- 5 January - James Hamilton, 5th Duke of HamiltonJames Hamilton, 5th Duke of HamiltonJames Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton and 2nd Duke of Brandon KT FRS was a Scottish peer, the son of the 4th Duke of Hamilton....
(died 17431743 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1743 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George II*Prime Minister - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, Whig , Henry Pelham, Whig-Events:...
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Deaths
- 15 February - Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of LothianRobert Kerr, 1st Marquess of LothianRobert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian PC , known as the 4th Earl of Lothian from 1675 to 1701, was a Scottish nobleman. He was styled Lord Kerr until 1661 and Lord Newbattle from 1661 to 1675....
(born 1636) - 6 May - John Murray, 1st Marquess of AthollJohn Murray, 1st Marquess of AthollJohn Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, KT was a leading Scottish royalist and defender of the Stuarts during the English Civil War of the 1640s, until after the rise to power of William and Mary in 1689...
(born 1631) - 25 September - Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of ArgyllArchibald Campbell, 1st Duke of ArgyllArchibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, 10th Earl of Argyll was a Scottish peer.-Biography:The eldest son of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll and Mary Stuart, daughter of James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray, Campbell sought to recover his father's estates...
(born 1658)