1698 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1698 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1698 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1698 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
- Monarch â William II
- Secretary of State â John Murray, Earl of Tullibardine (until 31 March 1698), jointly with James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session â vacant?? until 17 March, then Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General â Lord Lothian
- Lord Justice Clerk â Lord Ormiston
Events
- Famine in the Borders leads to continued Scottish Presbyterian migration from Scotland to Ulster.
- 14 July â first expedition sets sail as part of the Darien scheme.[1][2]
- November â colony of New Caledonia established on the Isthmus of Panama.
Births
- February â Colin Maclaurin, mathematician (died 1746)
- 11 July â George Turnbull, philosopher, theologian, teacher and writer (died 1748)
date unknown
- Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, Gaelic poet (died 1770)
- Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, landowner, Privy Counsellor and Vice Admiral of Scotland (died 1778)
- John Gow, pirate (executed in London 1725)
Deaths
- John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes, Army officer (died 1767)