1718 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1718 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1718 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1718 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- Damask linen industry established at Dunfermline by James Blake[1] and at Drumsheugh.
- Marrow Controversy, an ecclesiastical dispute.[2]
- Old Calton Burial Ground established on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, by the Society of the Incorporated Trades of Calton.
- Edinburgh Evening Courant newspaper launched.
- First passage to America of a ship built on the Clyde, and belonging to Glasgow.
- Regius Chair of Anatomy and Botany at the University of Glasgow established.
Births
- 18 February – Robert Henry, historian (died 1790)[3]
- 7 April – Hugh Blair, Presbyterian preacher and man of letters (died 1800)
- 29 April – Robert Sandeman, theologian (died 1771 in Danbury, Connecticut)
- 23 May – William Hunter, anatomist and obstetrician (died 1783 in London)
Deaths
- 1 May – Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto, judge, politician and writer (born c. 1650)
