Events from the year 1718 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Secretary of State for Scotland The secretary of state for Scotland ( gd, Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba; sco, Secretar o State fir Scotland), also referred to as the Scottish secretary, is a Secretary of State (United Kingdom), secretary of state in the Government of the Unit ...

: The Duke of Roxburghe

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet *

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– Robert Dundas

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick * Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange

Events

* Damask linen industry established at

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by James Blake and at Drumsheugh. * Marrow Controversy, an ecclesiastical dispute. *

Old Calton Burial Ground The Old Calton Burial Ground is a cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It located at Calton Hill to the north-east of the city centre. The burial ground was opened in 1718, and is the resting place of several notable Scots, including philosopher ...

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

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established.

Births

* 18 February – Robert Henry, historian (died

1790 Events January–March * January 8 – United States President George Washington gives the first State of the Union address, in New York City. * January 11 – The 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands, which took p ...

)Nimmo, William (1880).
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', revised by W. M. Stirling and R. Gillespie. * 7 April –

Hugh Blair Hugh Blair FRSE (7 April 1718 – 27 December 1800) was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, and occupant of the Ch ...

, Presbyterian preacher and man of letters (died

1800 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16), ...

) * 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 Events January–March * January 7 – Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, dies after a reign of more than 63 years. The area is now part of the northeastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. * January 18 – Cardinal Jules Ma ...

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References

Years of the 18th century in Scotland

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