1719 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1719 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1719 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1719 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- March – a Jacobite invasion force sets out from Cádiz in Spain but is dispersed by storms and only two ships reach Scotland.[1]
- 10 May – Capture of Eilean Donan Castle: A British naval force capture Eilean Donan from occupying Spanish troops.
- 10 June – Battle of Glen Shiel: British Government troops defeat an alliance of Jacobite and Spanish forces.[2] Spanish forces had supported the Jacobites, under the command of Major General Wightman, in an effort to strain the British Government's resources.[3]
- 1 September – Marriage ceremony of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ("Old Pretender" to the Scottish throne) and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska at Montefiascone in Italy.
- Earliest known Newcomen atmospheric engines in Scotland at Stevenston (north Ayrshire) and at Elphinstone, East Lothian (near Tranent).
- Earliest known record of Belhaven Brewery near Dunbar.
Births
- 5 May – Andrew Meikle, mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1811)
- 25 December – George Campbell, Enlightenment philosopher, Presbyterian minister, theologian and professor of divinity (died 1796)
- William Rose, schoolmaster and classical scholar (died 1786)
Deaths
- 29 May – Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Baronet, judge (born c.1639)
- 24 June – James Sutherland, botanist (born c.1638/9)
The arts
- Allan Ramsay publishes Content and a new volume of Scots Songs.
