Events from the year 1733 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 ...

: ''vacant''

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes * Solicitor General for Scotland – Charles Erskine

Judiciary

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

Events

* 23 April–end of October –

Wade's Bridge Wade's Bridge (originally known as Tay Bridge) is five-arch bridge crossing the River Tay at Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. A Category A listed structure built in 1733,Aberfeldy, designed by William Adam, built. * May–December – First Secession from the Church of Scotland.

Births

* 4 January – Robert Mylne, architect (died 1811 in London) * 3 February –

Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, PC, KC (3 February 1733 – 2 January 1805) was a Scottish lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1780 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Loughborough. He ser ...

, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1805 in England) * 1 May – Archibald McLean, Baptist minister (died

1812 Events January–March * January 1 – The ''Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch'' (the Austrian civil code) enters into force in the Austrian Empire. * January 19 – Peninsular War: The French-held fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo Siege of ...

) * 22 May – Alexander Monro, anatomist (died

1817 Events January–March * January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island. * January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the ...

) * 24 December – Thomas Bell, theologian (died

1802 Events January–March * January 5 – Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, begins removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, claiming they were at risk of destruction during the Ot ...

) * John Forbes, general in Portuguese service (died 1808 in Brazil) * Lewis Hutchinson, serial killer (hanged 1773 in Jamaica)

Deaths

* January – Alexander Duncan, Episcopal Bishop of Glasgow (born c. 1655) * 27 January – Patrick Vanse, Member of Parliament (born c. 1655) * 31 October – David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, politician (born c. 1666) * 29 December – Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet (born 1655/6)

The arts

* William Thomson publishes ''Orpheus caledonius: or, A collection of Scots songs''.

References

{{Years in Scotland , state=collapsed Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland 1730s in Scotland