1686 in Scotland
# 1686 in Scotland

Events from 1686 in the Kingdom of Scotland

## Incumbents

* Monarch – James VII
* Secretary of State – John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort

## Events

* Construction of the following buildings in Lothian:
   * Newhailes House
   * Signal Tower (as windmill), Leith
   * Woolmet House
   * Soutra Aisle (modified).

## Births

* 15 October – Allan Ramsay, poet (died 1758)
* 1 November – Colin Campbell, merchant and entrepreneur, co-founder of the Swedish East India Company (died 1757)
* John Alexander, painter (died c.1766)

## Deaths

* 11 November – Colin Falconer, bishop, (born 1623)
