• Events from the year 1704 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Monarch – Anne Secretary of State – until October: James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, jointly...
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    The Act of Security 1704 (also referred to as the Act for the Security of the Kingdom) was a response by the Parliament of Scotland to the Parliament of...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1704. 1704 (MDCCIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday...
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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...
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  • Lilias Adie (category 1704 in Scotland)
    Lilias Adie (c. 1640 – 1704) was a Scottish woman who lived in the coastal village of Torryburn, Fife, Scotland. She was accused of practising witchcraft...
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  • November - Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Llangibby, about 53 1704 in Scotland J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and...
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    Pittenweem witches (category 1704 in Scotland)
    witches were five Scottish women accused of witchcraft in the small fishing village of Pittenweem in Fife on the east coast of Scotland in 1704. Another two...
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    of Scotland in 1704. The recent increase in creations of nobles in the Peerage of Scotland had reduced the influence of the barons and freeholders in the...
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  • See also 1703 in piracy, other events in 1704, 1705 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy. April 11 - Thomas Green, captain of the Worcester, and two of his...
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    1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns...
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    William Hamilton (Jacobite poet) (category 1704 births)
    William Hamilton (1704–1754) was a Scottish poet associated with the Jacobite movement. Hamilton was born at the family seat in Ecclesmachan, West Lothian...
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    employed during the 17th century for use on Scottish vessels at sea. This flag's design is also described in the 1704 edition of The Present State of the Universe...
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    Scottish and English crowns in 1603, the Pound Scots was reformed to closely match sterling coin. The Bank of Scotland issued pound notes from 1704....
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    Events from the year 1704 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XIV English, Scottish and Irish Monarch: Anne Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud...
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    Phalanx, 1987 John H. Appleby, Through the looking-glass: Scottish doctors in Russia (1704–1854), in The Caledonian Phalanx, 1987 John R. Bowles, From the...
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  • Louis, Duke of Brittany (25 June 1704 – 13 April 1705) was the eldest son of Louis, Duke of Burgundy and Princess Marie Adelaide of Savoy, grandson of...
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  • Jean (female given name) (category Scottish feminine given names)
    Jean Acker (1893–1978), American silent film actress Jean Adam (1704–1765), Scottish poet and songwriter Jean Adamson (born 1928), English children's...
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  • 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock (died 1717), Scottish nobleman William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1704–1746), Scottish nobleman William Boyd (1774–1840), American...
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    necessary". The Scottish Act of Security 1704, however, was passed after the English parliament, without consultation with Scotland, had designated Electoress...
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  • Seafield 1704–1705: John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale 1705–1707: James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield Director of Chancery Privy Council of Scotland Treasurer...
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  • poet) (1665–1751), Scottish poet William Hamilton (Jacobite poet) (1704–1754), Scottish poet associated with the Jacobite movement William Hamilton (British...
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  • Naismith (category Surnames of Scottish origin)
    James Nasmyth, 1st Baronet (died 1720), Scottish lawyer Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet (c. 1704-1779), Scottish botanist and politician, son of 1st Baronet...
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  • priest John Adams (minister) (c. 1704–1757), Scottish minister and moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland John Adams (educator) (1772–1863)...
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  • Duncan Forbes 3rd of Culloden (1644–1704) was a politician and member of the Parliament of Scotland between 1678 and 1704. He was a strong supporter of Whiggism...
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  • This is a timeline of Scottish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Scotland and its predecessor states...
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  • Strathmore and Kinghorne (1704–1753), Scottish nobleman, peer, and politician Thomas Lyon (of Auldbar) (died 1608), Treasurer of Scotland Thomas Lyon (MP) (1741–1796)...
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  • 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...
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    next heirs, passed the Act of Security 1704, threatening to end the personal union between England and Scotland. The Parliament of England retaliated with...
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    The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as...
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    Shires of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba; Scots: Scots coonties), or Counties of Scotland, were historic subdivisions of Scotland originally...
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