Events from the year 1735 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes Solicitor General for Scotland – Charles Erskine
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange, then Lord Milton
Events 8 August – Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy, built and opened in 1733, is formally opened in the presence of General George Wade.
Births 22 January – Robert Aitken, printer and publisher in Philadelphia, first to publish an English language Bible in the U.S. (died 1802 in the United States) 17 May (bapt.) – John Brown, physician (died 1788 in London) 20 September – James Keir, geologist, chemist and industrialist (died 1820 in West Bromwich) 25 October – James Beattie, poet and moralist (died 1803) 14 November – John Howie, biographer (died 1793) James Tassie, portrait engraver (died 1799 in London)
Deaths 27 February – John Arbuthnot, satirist and polymath (born 1667; died in London)
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
References