1735 in Scotland
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1735 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere
Events from the year 1735 in Scotland.
Incumbents
[edit ]Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
[edit ]Judiciary
[edit ]- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange, then Lord Milton
Events
[edit ]- 8 August – Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy, built and opened in 1733, is formally opened in the presence of General George Wade.[1]
Births
[edit ]- 22 January – Robert Aitken, printer and publisher in Philadelphia, first to publish an English language Bible in the U.S. (died 1802 in the United States)
- 17 May (bapt.) – John Brown, physician (died 1788 in London)
- 20 September – James Keir, geologist, chemist and industrialist (died 1820 in West Bromwich)
- 25 October – James Beattie, poet and moralist (died 1803)
- 14 November – John Howie, biographer (died 1793)
- James Tassie, portrait engraver (died 1799 in London)
Deaths
[edit ]- 27 February – John Arbuthnot, satirist and polymath (born 1667; died in London)
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Notable Dates in History". The Scots Independent . Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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