1730 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1730 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1730 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1730 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
- Lord Advocate â Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland â John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine
Judiciary
Events
- 12 March â John Glas deposed from the Church of Scotland; the Glasite sect forms around him.[1]
- The Glasgow Linen Society is formed.
- Francis Hutcheson takes office as Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, where he will lecture in English rather than Latin.[2]
- Iron smelting at Abernethy using ore from Tomintoul.[2]
- PerthâDunkeldâInverness road completed.[2]
- Lebanon cedar tree introduced to Scotland.[2]
Births
- 14 December â James Bruce, explorer of the Nile (died 1794)
- James Christie, auctioneer (died 1803 in England)
- John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, governor of the Province of New York (died 1809 in England)
- Probable year â Charlotte Lennox, novelist and poet (born in Gibraltar; died 1804 in England)
Deaths
- 25 December â Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, army officer (born 1676)
- James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale, art collector (born c. 1687/8; died in Italy)
The arts
- James Thomson's poem cycle The Seasons is first published complete.[2]
