1693 in Scotland
Events from the year 1693 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
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| See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1693 in: England • Elsewhere  | ||||
Incumbents
    
- Monarch – William II and Mary II
 - Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair, jointly with James Johnston
 
Law officers
    
Events
    
- 14 June – Parliament turns its attention to an 'Act for Encouraging of Forraigne Trade' – that would lead to the Darien Scheme[1]
 - Start of the "seven ill years" of famine in Scotland
 
Births
    
date unknown –
- John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, soldier and Member of Parliament (died 1770)
 
Deaths
    
- 9 April – Walter Scott, Earl of Tarras, nobleman (born 1644)
 - 15 May – John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargany, peer (born c.1640)
 
date unknown
- Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun, peer (born 1604)
 - George Munro, 1st of Newmore, soldier and member of parliament 1602)
 
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