1728 in Scotland
Events from the year 1728 in Scotland.
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Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine
Judiciary
Events
- 13 May – 3 men and 8 boys from Hirta are retrieved from Stac an Armin where they have been accidentally marooned for about 9 months, the longest recorded period anyone has spent on the sea stack.
- 31 May – The Royal Bank of Scotland extends the first overdraft (to Edinburgh merchant William Hogg for £1,000).[1]
- Iron smelting at Invergarry begins.[2]
- Inverness – Fort William road through the Great Glen completed.[2]
- First larch trees in Scotland planted at Dunkeld.[2]
- First publication of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie's The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436–1565, written about 1575 in the Scots language.
Births
- 13 February – John Hunter, surgeon (died 1793)
- 16 April – Joseph Black, physicist and chemist (born in France; died 1799)
- 3 July – Robert Adam, architect (died 1792)
Deaths
- 3 April – James Anderson, lawyer, antiquary and historian (born 1662)
See also
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References
- ^ "The history of payments in the UK". BBC News. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.
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