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:...

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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 Hamilton
    James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
    James 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 1743
    1743 in Great Britain
    Events 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 Lothian
    Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian
    Robert 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 Atholl
    John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl
    John 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 Argyll
    Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll
    Archibald 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)
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