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List of events
Events from the year 1697 in the
Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
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23 January –
James Fisher, a founder of the
Secession church (died
1775)
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5 February –
William Smellie,
obstetrician (died
1763)
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19 September –
Alexander Monro, physician and founder of
Edinburgh Medical School (died
1767)
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23 September –
Andrew Plummer, physician and chemist (died
1756)
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2 November –
James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, nobleman, described as 'violently insane'; slaughters, roasts and eats a
scullion when just ten years old (died
1715)
- date unknown –
Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning, nobleman, politician and poet (died
1732)
Deaths
The arts
- A Collection of several Poems and Verses composed upon various occasions by
William Cleland is published posthumously.
See also
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