1694 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1694 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – William II jointly with Mary II until 28 December, then as sole monarch.
- Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair, jointly with James Johnston
Law officers
[edit]Judiciary
[edit]- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair
- Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston
Events
[edit]- 7 September – Thomas Joseph Nicolson is nominated titular bishop of Peristasis and first Vicar Apostolic of Scotland[1]
- October 19 – A major windstorm continues for several days, spreading the Culbin Sands over a large area of farmland, in the County of Moray. The village of Culbin was buried and abandoned.[2]
Births
[edit]- 4 October – Lord George Murray, Jacobite general (died 1760)
- 15 October – Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas, nobleman (died 1761)
date unknown
- Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet, genealogist (died 1760)
Deaths
[edit]- 18 April – William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, nobleman, summoned the Convention of Edinburgh which offered the Scottish crown to William and Mary in March 1689 (born 1634)
- 25 July – Robert Fleming, Presbyterian minister (born 1630)
- 28 December – Queen Mary II of Scotland (born 1662)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ History and Archives Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine www.rcag.org.uk, accessed 28 April 2013
- ^ Brown, Paul (19 October 2020). "How a storm-stricken Scottish village was swallowed by sand". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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