21 June – Alexander Geddes from Kinnermony, Banffshire, is executed at Aberdeen for
bestiality, becoming the last felon in Scotland to be burnt following execution.[2]
1 July –
The Cameronians, at this time serving in Ireland, are formally ranked as the 26th Regiment of Foot.
Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair publishes his anti-Hanoverian volume of poems Ais-Eiridh na Sean Chánoin Albannaich ("The Resurrection of the Ancient Scottish Language") in Edinburgh, including his satire on the
aisling form An Airce ("The Ark").