1699 in Scotland
Events from the year 1699 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – William II
- Secretary of State – James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, jointly with John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston, then Lord Pollok
Events
- 12 January – James Sutherland is appointed first Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and first King's Botanist.
- 2 March – The Edinburgh Gazette is first published.
- July – Darien scheme: The colony of New Edinburgh on the Gulf of Darién is abandoned; the colonists set out to return to Scotland.
- September – Darien scheme: The second expedition to Darien sets sail, unaware of the failure of the first.
- 23 September – A total solar eclipse affects the North-East of the country, including Wick.
Births
- 2 February – Hugh MacDonald, bishop
- 13 April – Alexander Ross, poet
- 17 April – Robert Blair, poet
- 19 April – John Farquharson, Jesuit
- 31 May – Alexander Cruden, Biblical scholar
- John Dalrymple, Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs, 1728–34
- William Ged, goldsmith, inventor of stereotyping
Deaths
- 29 November – Patrick Gordon, general in the Russian Army