Events from the year 1745 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland: The Marquess of Tweeddale
Law officers Lord Advocate – Robert Craigie Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas, the younger
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Culloden Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Milton
Events 11 May – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy in the Low Countries: Although this is a decisive French victory, the 43rd Highland Regiment of Foot (the 'Black Watch') distinguishes itself in its first battle. 23 July – Jacobite rising: The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart lands on Eriskay in the Hebrides from the Du Teillay. 16 August – Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at Highbridge Skirmish. 19 August – Jacobite rising: Charles Stuart raises his standard at Glenfinnan. September – Jacobite rising: Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden, is commissioned to raise 18 new Independent Highland Companies from clans loyal to the government. 11 September – Jacobite rising: Jacobites enter Edinburgh. 16 September – Jacobite rising: "Canter of Coltbrigg": The 13th and 14th Dragoons flee Jacobites near Edinburgh. 17 September – Jacobite rising: In Edinburgh, Charles Stuart proclaims his father James Francis Edward Stuart as James VIII of Scotland. 21 September – Jacobite rising: Government forces are defeated at the Battle of Prestonpans. Autumn – Meikleour Beech Hedges planted. 13–15 November – Jacobite rising: Jacobites besiege and capture Carlisle, across the English border. December – Jacobite rising: Jacobite garrison in Carlisle surrenders to Hanoverian forces under Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. 4 December – Jacobite rising: Jacobite forces reach as far south in England as Derby causing panic in London. 6 December – Jacobite rising: Jacobite forces decide to retreat to Scotland. 18 December – Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at the Clifton Moor Skirmish, the last action between two military forces on English soil.Unless the Battle of Graveney Marsh (1940) is counted. 23 December – Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at the Battle of Inverurie. Prospectus issued for "The Company for Improving the Linen Manufactury in Scotland", which becomes the British Linen Bank.
Births 12 May – William Creech, bookseller and Lord Provost of Edinburgh (died 1815) 24 May – Thomas Potter, industrialist, founder of Denmark's first iron foundry (died 1811 in Copenhagen) 23 June – James Graham, quack doctor (died 1794) 2 July – Robert Calder, admiral (died 1818 in Hampshire) 26 July – Henry Mackenzie, novelist, writer, poet and lawyer (died 1831) William Cruikshank, anatomist and chemist (died 1800 in London) Anne Forbes, Scottish portrait painter (died 1834) Approximate date – Sydney Parkinson, botanical illustrator (died 1771 at sea)
Deaths Spring – William Meston, poet (born c. 1688) May – Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange, abductee (born 1679)
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