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
• (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)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

References