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1700 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1700 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

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Judiciary

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Events

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  • 5 January – Moffat schoolteacher Robert Carmichael is scourged through the streets of Edinburgh and banished for killing a pupil during punishment for misbehaviour.[1]
  • 3 February – "Lesser Great Fire" around Parliament Close, Edinburgh, leaves 400 families homeless.[2]
  • 30 March – second Darien expedition abandoned.[3][4]

Births

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Full date unknown

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Deaths

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The arts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ^ Colville, Ian (8 February 2011). "The Lesser Great Fire of 1700 in Edinburgh". On this day in Scotland. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. ^ Prebble, John (2000). Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire. ISBN 1-84158-054-6.
  4. ^ "Undiscovered Scotland, timeline". Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  5. ^ "Charter of erection". Records of the Parliaments of Scotland. University of St Andrews. 1700. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  6. ^ According to Scrope's Art of Deerstalking cited in the inscription on a stone at the site."The demise of Scotland's wolves". BBC. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Welcome to Scotland, CT". www.scotlandct.org. Retrieved 26 June 2017.