1686 in Scotland

Events from 1686 in the Kingdom of Scotland

← 1685 1684 1683 1682 1681 1686 in Scotland → 1687 1688 1689 1690 1691
Centuries:	15th 16th 17th 18th 19th
Decades:	1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s
See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1686 in: England • Elsewhere

Incumbents

• Monarch – James VII
• Secretary of State – John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort

Events

• Construction of the following buildings in Lothian:
  • Newhailes House
  • Signal Tower (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