Events from the year 1710 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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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 ...
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The Duke of Queensberry
Law officers
*
Lord Advocate –
Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
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Solicitor General for Scotland –
Thomas Kennedy jointly with
Sir James Steuart, Bt.
Judiciary
*
Lord President of the Court of Session –
Lord North Berwick
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Lord Justice General –
Lord Tarbat until 23 October; then
Lord Ilay
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Lord Justice Clerk –
Lord Ormiston, then
Lord Grange
Events
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Dry stone dykes (i.e. walls) built in
Galloway to enclose land on a large scale.
*Dancing 'assemblies' in Edinburgh begin.
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Births
* 15 April – William Cullen, physician, chemist and agriculturalist (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 ...
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, astronomer, instrument and globe maker (died 1776
Events January–February
* January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces.
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Deaths
* 1 January – William Bruce, architect (born 1630
Events
January–March
* January 2 – A shoemaker in Turin is found to have the first case of bubonic plague there as the plague of 1630 begins spreading through Italy.
* January 5 – A team of Portuguese military advisers ...
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* 1 June – David Mitchell, admiral (born 1642
Events
January–March
* January 4 – First English Civil War: Charles I attempts to arrest six leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape.
* February 5 – The Bishops Exclusion Act is passed in England ...
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* 20 September – John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford, nobleman and politician (born 1638
Events January–March
* January 4 –
**A naval battle takes place in the Indian Ocean off of the coast of Goa at South India as a Netherlands fleet commanded by Admiral Adam Westerwolt decimates the Portuguese fleet.
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* 10 December – Robert Mylne, the last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland (born 1633
Events
January–March
* January 20 – Galileo Galilei, having been summoned to Rome on orders of Pope Urban VIII, leaves for Florence for his journey. His carriage is halted at Ponte a Centino at the border of Tuscany, where ...
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See also
* 1710 in Great Britain
Events from the year 1710 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
* Monarch – Anne
* Parliament – 2nd (until 21 September), 3rd (starting 25 November)
Events
* January – food shortages in major cities due to the harsh winter.
* 27 February–21 Marc ...
References
{{Years in Scotland , state=collapsed
Years of the 18th century in Scotland
1700s in Scotland