1699 in Scotland
# 1699 in Scotland

Events from the year 1699 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – William II
* Secretary of State – James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, jointly with John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford (from 31 January)

### Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
* Solicitor General for Scotland – Sir Patrick Hume

### Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
* Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
* Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston, then Lord Pollok

## Events

* 12 January – James Sutherland is appointed first Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and first King's Botanist.
* 2 March – The Edinburgh Gazette is first published.
* July – Darien scheme: The colony of New Edinburgh on the Gulf of Darién is abandoned; the colonists set out to return to Scotland.
* September – Darien scheme: The second expedition to Darien sets sail, unaware of the failure of the first.
* 23 September – A total solar eclipse affects the North-East of the country, including Wick.

## Births

* 2 February – Hugh MacDonald, bishop (died 1773)
* 13 April – Alexander Ross, poet (died 1784)
* 17 April – Robert Blair, poet (died 1746)
* 19 April – John Farquharson, Jesuit (died 1746)
* 31 May – Alexander Cruden, Biblical scholar (died 1770 in London)

Date unknown

* John Dalrymple, Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs, 1728–34 (died 1742)
* William Ged, goldsmith, inventor of stereotyping (died 1782)

## Deaths

* 29 November – Patrick Gordon, general in the Russian Army (born 1635)
