Events from the year 1702 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents Monarch – William II (until 8 March), then Anne Secretary of State – until 6 May: James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, jointly with John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford 6 May – 21 November: James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater, jointly with James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry from 21 November: James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, jointly with George Mackenzie, 1st Viscount Tarbat
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 Lothian Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Pollok, then Lord Prestonhall
Events c. January/February – the Parliament of Scotland refuses to pass an Abjuration Act analogous to the English Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701. 8 March – King William II of Scotland (William III of England and Ireland and Stadtholder of the Netherlands) dies in London following complications from a fall from his horse when it stumbles on a molehill and is succeeded by Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch on the English, Scottish and Irish thrones. May – "Women's riot" in Stirling in opposition to military impressment. The Advocates Library is moved from the Faculty of Advocates to Parliament House, Edinburgh. A General Election is held in autumn that would assemble the last Parliament of Scotland in May, 1703.
Births 8 May – Andrew Lauder, Baronet (died 1769) 18 July – Maria Clementina Sobieska, wife of James Francis Edward Stuart and mother of Charles Edward Stuart (born in Polish Silesia; died 1735 in Rome) 24 December – John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford, soldier (died of wounds 1749 in London) Date unknown James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, astronomer (died 1768 in London)
Deaths 8 March – King William II of Scotland (born 1650 in the Netherlands) Date unknown Sir Andrew Agnew, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament
See also Timeline of Scottish history
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