1725 in Scotland

1725
in
Scotland

Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1725 in: Great Britain Wales Ireland Elsewhere

Events from the year 1725 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

Judiciary

Events

  • 12 May – the Black Watch is raised as a military company as part of the pacification of the Highlands under General George Wade.[1]
  • 22 June – malt riots in Glasgow against higher taxes on Scottish malt used in the production of distilled beverages.[2] Wade's troops enter the city.
  • August – John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, resigns as Secretary of State for Scotland; the post remains vacant until 1742.
  • A second Disarming Act is passed as part of the pacification of the Highlands.
  • Mining of minerals at Strontian begins.
  • One of the earliest examples of a steam pump in Scotland is installed for draining coal mines at Edmonstone in Midlothian.[3]
  • Barony of Calton, including Calton Hill, purchased by the city of Edinburgh.
  • James Anderson of Stobcross House feues out land near Glasgow for weavers cottages;[4] the area is named Anderson Town in his honour, later becoming Anderston.

Births

Deaths

  • 8 October – Sir William Scott of Thirlestane, lawyer and neo-Latin poet (born 1645)
  • Alexander Nisbet, heraldist (born 1657)

The arts

See also

References

  1. "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. Farey, John (1827). A Treatise on the Steam Engine. 2. London: Longman. pp. 228–31. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. Hutton, Guthrie (2007). Old Anderston and Finnieston. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 9781840333930.
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