Events from the year 1705 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents Monarch – Anne Secretary of State – until March: John Ker, 5th Earl of Roxburghe jointly with James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield March–June: John Ker, 5th Earl of Roxburghe jointly with William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale June–September: William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale jointly with Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun from September: Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun, jointly with John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar
Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart Solicitor General for Scotland – William Carmichael
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Whitelaw, then Lord Ormiston
Events 30 January – Janet Cornfoot is killed by a mob, and Thomas Brown is starved to death, for accusations of witchcraft at Pittenweem subsequently exposed as perjuries. 14–19 February – date of first Edinburgh Courant newspaper published, by printer James Watson. March – the Parliament of England passes the Alien Act in response to the Parliament of Scotland's Act of Security 1704; it is repealed in December without taking effect. 11 April – English captain Thomas Green and two of his crew are hanged at Leith for alleged piracy on the Malabar Coast. 20 July – Act of the Parliament of Scotland for the promotion of salmon, white and herring fishing.XI, 292. September – negotiations for a Treaty of Union with England are resumed. At about this time, the independent pro-Union group around John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale, is first nicknamed the Squadrone Volante. Lord Archibald Campbell appointed Lord High Treasurer of Scotland.
Births 2 March – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, judge and politician (died 1793) 5 May – John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, noble and military leader (died 1782) Date unknown David Mallet, writer (died 1765)
Deaths 11 March – Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss (born 1659) 14 March – James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (born 1674) Date unknown Alexander Arbuthnot, politician (born 1654)
See also Timeline of Scottish history
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