1715 in Scotland information

Events from the year 1715 in Scotland. Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Montrose, until August; then The Duke of Roxburghe Lord Advocate –...

The Jacobite rising of 1715 (Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna Sheumais [ˈpliən̪ˠə ˈheːmɪʃ]; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old...

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Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...

Sheriffmuir (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Sliabh an t-Siorraim, [pl̪ˠaɾ ˈʃʎiəv əɲ ˈtʲʰirˠəm]) was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising in England...

The 1715 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the 1707 merger...

Pembrokeshire, 57? 19 December - Robert Jones, MP for Glamorganshire, 33 1715 in Scotland J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and...

Tipperary. The latter continued in existence until it was abolished by the County Palatine of Tipperary Act 1715. In Scotland, the earldom of Strathearn was...

Mary Wortley Montagu began writing a further six Town Eclogues from 1715. In Scotland Allan Ramsay brought the novelty of Scots dialect to his two pastoral...

December 1715, James reached Scotland after the Jacobite defeats at the Battle of Sheriffmuir (13 November 1715) and Battle of Preston (1715). He landed...

remained in place for most of the eighteenth century. There was no Irish rising in either 1715 or 1745 to accompany those in England and Scotland; one suggestion...

fears arose of a French invasion of Ireland in 1708 and 1715 (during the Jacobite rising of 1715 in Scotland), all Catholics were ordered to leave the city...

Rebels Act 1715 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 33) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the Jacobite Rising of 1715 (but backdated...

enacted to curtail Jacobitism among the Scottish clans in the Scottish Highlands after the Jacobite rising of 1715. The new law, which came into effect on...

even after the Kingdoms of England and Scotland were ended by their merging as the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1715, a year after the death of his half-sister...

Catholic Church in Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Chaitligeach ann an Alba; Scots: Catholic Kirk in Scotland) overseen by the Scottish Bishops' Conference...

Union on Scotland were negative until about 1715 mainly due to an increase in unpopular forms of taxation which increased the price of Scottish products...

George Mackay of Skibo (c. 1715–1782), Scottish soldier and MP for Sutherland George R. McKay (1817–1890), American politician in Michigan George McKay (Australian...

Scottish Gaelic (/ˈɡælɪk/, GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch...

was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719. Charles...

ISBN 978-0-241-30410-5. John Lenox Roberts (2002). The Jacobite Wars: Scotland and the Military Campaigns of 1715 and 1745. Polygon at Edinburgh. pp. 193–95. ISBN 978-1-902930-29-9...

King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles...

Kingdom of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba; Scots: Kinrick o Scotland, Norn: Kongungdum Skotland) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe...

Marischal was created in the Peerage of Scotland for William Keith, the Great Marischal of Scotland. The office of Marischal of Scotland (or Marascallus Scotie...

Events from the year 2024 in Scotland. First Minister Humza Yousaf (until 7 May 2024 ) John Swinney (starting 8 May 2024) Secretary of State – Alister...