Events from the year 1719 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 * Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas

Judiciary

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

Events

* March – a

Jacobite Jacobite means follower of Jacob or James. Jacobite may refer to: Religion * Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus (died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include: ** Syriac Orthodox Church, sometimes ...

invasion force sets out from Cádiz in Spain but is dispersed by storms and only two ships reach Scotland. * 10 May –

Capture of Eilean Donan Castle The Capture of Eilean Donan Castle was an land-based naval engagement that took place in 1719 during the British Jacobite rising of that year, and the War of the Quadruple Alliance. A British naval reconnaissance force of three ships attacked th ...

: 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. * 1 September – Marriage ceremony of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ("Old Pretender" to the Scottish throne) and Princess

Maria Clementina Sobieska Maria Clementina Sobieska ( pl, Maria Klementyna Sobieska; 18 July 1702 – 18 January 1735) a titular queen of England, Scotland and Ireland by marriage to James Francis Edward Stuart, a Jacobite claimant to the British throne. The granddaughte ...

at Montefiascone in Italy. * Earliest known Newcomen atmospheric engines in Scotland at

Stevenston Stevenston ( sco, Steenstoun, gd, Baile Steaphain) is a town and parish in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Along with Ardrossan and Saltcoats it is one of the "Three Towns", all of similar size, on the Firth of Clyde coast; the easternmost parts of ...

(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 Events January–March * January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana. * January 17 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Calderón Brid ...

) * 25 December – George Campbell, Enlightenment philosopher, Presbyterian minister, theologian and professor of divinity (died

1796 Events January–March * January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.) * February 1 – The capital ...

) * William Rose, schoolmaster and classical scholar (died

1786 Events January–March * January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed, between the United States and the Choctaw. * January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of Englan ...

)

Deaths

* 29 May –

Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Baronet Sir Alexander Seton of Pitmedden, 1st Baronet, Lord Pitmedden (c. 1639 – 29 May 1719) was a Scottish advocate, a Senator of the College of Justice, a Lord of Justiciary, and a Commissioner. Early life Seton was the youngest son of John S ...

, judge (born c.

1639 Events January–March * January 14 – Connecticut's first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. * January 19 – Hämeenlinna ( sv, Tavastehus) is granted privileges, after it separates from the Vanaja parish, ...

) * 24 June – James Sutherland, botanist (born c.1638/9)

The arts

Allan Ramsay Allan Ramsay may refer to: *Allan Ramsay (poet) or Allan Ramsay the Elder (1686–1758), Scottish poet *Allan Ramsay (artist) or Allan Ramsay the Younger (1713–1784), Scottish portrait painter *Allan Ramsay (diplomat) (1937–2022), British diplom ...

publishes ''Content'' and a new volume of ''Scots Songs''.

References

{{Years in Scotland , state=collapsed 18 Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland 1710s in Scotland