1706 in Scotland
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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 from the year 1706 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
- 4 November - The Scottish ParliamentScottish ParliamentThe 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 ActActs of Union 1707The 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 17821782 in Great BritainEvents 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 17811781 in Great BritainEvents 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 GoodallWalter GoodallWalter 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 17661766 in Great BritainEvents 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 MauleJohn Maule (MP)John Maule was a Scottish Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons....
, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 17811781 in Great BritainEvents 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 StewartWilliam 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 17481748 in Great BritainEvents 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....
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- James Abercrombie British Army general (died 1781
Deaths
- 25 August - Lord John HayLord 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 BaronetSir John Hay of Alderston, 1st BaronetSir 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...