1725 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1725 in Scotland.

Incumbents

12 May – the Black Watch is raised as a military company as part of the pacification of the Highlands under General George Wade.^[1]
22 June – malt riots in Glasgow against higher taxes on Scottish malt used in the production of distilled beverages.^[2] Wade's troops enter the city.
August – John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, resigns as Secretary of State for Scotland; the post remains vacant until 1742.
A second Disarming Act is passed as part of the pacification of the Highlands.
Mining of minerals at Strontian begins.
One of the earliest examples of a steam pump in Scotland is installed for draining coal mines at Edmonstone in Midlothian.^[3]
Barony of Calton, including Calton Hill, purchased by the city of Edinburgh.
James Anderson of Stobcross House feues out land near Glasgow for weavers cottages;^[4] the area is named Anderson Town in his honour, later becoming Anderston.

6 March – Henry Benedict Stuart, cardinal and Jacobite claimant to the British throne (born, and died 1807, in Italy)
17 March – Lachlan McIntosh, military and political leader in America (died 1806 in the United States)
10 November – John Hope, physician and botanist (died 1786)

8 October – Sir William Scott of Thirlestane, lawyer and neo-Latin poet (born 1645)
Alexander Nisbet, heraldist (born 1657)

Poet James Thomson moves to London.
Allan Ramsay publishes The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots pastoral comedy.
William Thomson compiles Orpheus Caledonius: or a Collection of the Best Scotch Songs.

^ "Notable Dates in History". The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ Farey, John (1827). A Treatise on the Steam Engine. Vol. 2. London: Longman. pp. 228–31. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
^ Hutton, Guthrie (2007). Old Anderston and Finnieston. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 9781840333930.