1728 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1728 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland

• Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes
• Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine

Judiciary

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

Events

• 13 May – 3 men and 8 boys from Hirta are retrieved from Stac an Armin where they have been accidentally marooned for about 9 months, the longest recorded period anyone has spent on the sea stack.
• 31 May – The Royal Bank of Scotland extends the first overdraft (to Edinburgh merchant William Hogg for £1,000).^[1]
• Iron smelting at Invergarry begins.^[2]
• Inverness – Fort William road through the Great Glen completed.^[2]
• First larch trees in Scotland planted at Dunkeld.^[2]
• First publication of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie's The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436–1565, written about 1575 in the Scots language.

Births

• 13 February – John Hunter, surgeon (died 1793)
• 16 April – Joseph Black, physicist and chemist (born in France; died 1799)
• 3 July – Robert Adam, architect (died 1792)

Deaths

• 3 April – James Anderson, lawyer, antiquary and historian (born 1662)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

References

1. "The history of payments in the UK". BBC News. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
2. Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.