1740 in Scotland explained
Events from the year 1740 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 28 March (bapt.) – James Small, inventor (died 1793)
- 15 July – Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton (died 1819)
- 29 October – James Boswell, diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson (died 1795)
- James Cannon, mathematician and a principal draftsman of the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 (died in 1782 in the United States)
- William Davidson, settler, lumberman, shipbuilder and politician in New Brunswick (died 1790 in Canada)
- William Smellie, master printer, naturalist, antiquary, editor and encyclopedist (died 1795)
- Christopher Wyvill, cleric, landowner and political reformer in England (died 1822)
Deaths
The arts
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: On this day in 1740.... 2010-07-07. Adam Smith Institute. 2019-11-19.
- Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 308.