1729 in Scotland

1729
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
1729 in: Great Britain Wales Ireland Elsewhere

Events from the year 1729 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

Judiciary

Events

  • 8 January – two women arrested in Edinburgh for wearing men's clothing.[1]
  • 6 August – Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh established as the "Hospital for the Sick Poor" or "Physicians' Hospital" in Edinburgh.[2]
  • Mackintosh of Borlum publishes An essay on ways and means for inclosing, fallowing, planting, &c. Scotland; and that in sixteen years at farthest, "by a lover of his country", in Edinburgh.[2]

Births

Deaths

The arts

  • Society of St. Luke, Scotland's first art institute, established in Edinburgh.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.
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