1689 William Adam born - Architect, particularly noted for his design of country houses
1689 John Graham of Claverhouse (Viscount Dundee; Bonnie Dundee) died - Soldier
1690 Panmure House (City of Edinburgh) built
1690 William Ged born - Inventor, printer and goldsmith
1691 Drumlanrig Castle (Dumfries and Galloway) built
1691 Dawyck Botanic Garden (Scottish Borders) created
1691 Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh died - Lawyer and politician
1692 James Stirling born - Mathematician and surveyor
1693 Robert Dinwiddie born - Colonial Governor
c.1693 George Keith (10th Earl Marischal) born - Jacobite
1694 Sir Andrew Balfour died - Physician
1694 Lord George Murray born - Soldier
1694 William Douglas-Hamilton (3rd Duke of Hamilton; 1st Earl of Selkirk) died - Noble
1695 Hamilton Palace (South Lanarkshire) built
1695 Patrick Lyon (1st Earl of Strathmore and 3rd Earl of Kinghorne) died - Lyon succeeded his father, becoming the 3rd Earl of Kinghorne in 1646
1695 James Dalrymple (1st Viscount Stair) died - Lawyer
1695 William Douglas (3rd Earl of Queensberry; 1st Duke of Queensberry) died - As Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, he wielded great power
1695 John Glass born - Sect leader
1696 Hill of Tarvit (Fife) built
1696 Dundaff Castle (South Ayrshire) built
1696 James Francis Edward Keith born - Field Marshal of Prussia
1696 John Lyon (3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) born - Jacobite noble
1697 Yester House (East Lothian) built
1697 Melville House (Fife) built
1697 Old Surgeon's Hall (City of Edinburgh) built
1697 Alexander Monro (Primus) born - Anatomist
1697 John Hay (2nd Earl and 1st Marquess of Tweeddale) died - Statesman and politician
1697 James Douglas (Earl of Drumlanrig) born - Infamous cannibal
1698 Colin Maclaurin born - Mathematician
1699 Hopetoun House (West Lothian) built
1699 Charles Lyon (4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) born - Noble
1699 James Wemyss (5th Earl of Wemyss) born - Noble  
1700 General William Maule (1st Earl of Panmure of Forth) born - Soldier and politician
1700 Sir Hugh Dalrymple (Lord Drummore) born - Invented hollow-pipe drainage
1700 James Thomson born - Poet
1701 Dalkeith House (or Dalkeith Palace; Midlothian) built
1701 William Kidd (Captain Kidd) died - Infamous pirate and privateer
1701 King James VII (King James II of England) died - Unpopular monarch
1702 Logan House (Dumfries and Galloway) built
1702 Frances Teresa Stuart (Duchess of Richmond and Lennox; La Belle Stuart) died - The face of Britannia and mistress of King Charles II
1703 James Douglas-Hamilton (5th Duke of Hamilton) born - Politician
1705 David Mallet (David Malloch) born - Poet
1705 Archibald Campbell (1st Duke and 10th Earl of Argyll) died - Enthusiastic supporter of William of Orange and the ousting of King James VII (1633 - 1701), who had re-embraced the 'old religion' and executed his father, the 9th Earl of Argyll
1707 John Dalrymple (1st Earl of Stair) died - Lawyer and Politician
1707 George Melville (1st Earl and 4th Lord Melville) died - Royalist statesman and politician
1708 The Tolbooth (Highland) built
1710 Yester Parish Church (East Lothian) built
1710 James Short born - Astronomer and scientific instrument-maker
1710 Sir William Bruce died - Architect
1710 Thomas Reid born - Philosopher
1710 Robert Mylne died - Architect and builder
1710 William Cullen born - Physiologist
1711 Hugh Miller's Cottage (Highland) built
1711 David Hume born - Philosopher, agnostic and leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
1711 James Douglas (2nd Duke of Queensberry) died - 'Union Duke'
1712 Sir Lawrence Dundas born - Merchant, entrepreneur and politician
1713 Allan Ramsay born - Artist
1713 John Stuart (3rd Earl of Bute) born - British prime minister
1714 Sir George Mackenzie (Lord Royston; Viscount Tarbat; Earl of Cromartie) died - Lawyer and politician
1715 Battle of Sheriffmuir 
1715 Sir John Murray of Broughton born - Advisor and confidant to Bonnie Prince Charlie
1715 James Douglas (Earl of Drumlanrig) died - Infamous cannibal
1715 John Lyon (3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) died - Jacobite noble
1716 Mount Stuart (Argyll and Bute) built
1716 George Cleghorn born - Medical pioneer
1716 James Lind born - Naval physician
1716 Anne Douglas-Hamilton (Duchess of Hamilton) died - Noble
1717 Rev. John Gray died - Preacher, scholar and linguist
1717 Matthew Stewart born - Mathematician
1717 John Campbell (1st Earl of Breadalbane) died - Descended from the Campbells of Glenorchy, Breadalbane was a supporter of William of Orange and the expulsion of King James VII (1633 - 1701)
1718 William Hunter born - Pioneer in the field of Obstetrics
1718 Martin Martin died - Geographer and Mapmaker
1719 Belhaven Brewery (East Lothian) opened
1719 Andrew Meikle born - Agricultural Engineer
1719 William Paterson died - Merchant and Politician
1720 Ardwell House (Dumfries and Galloway) built
1720 Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) born - The "Young Pretender"
1720 General James Grant born - Soldier and colonial governor
1720 George Gordon of Haddo (1st Earl of Aberdeen) died - Statesman and lawyer
1721 David Wemyss (Lord Elcho) born - Jacobite
1721 General James Murray born - First Governor of Canada
1721 John Adam born - Architect
1721 William Robertson born - Historian
1721 Alexander Selkirk died - Seaman and Castaway
1721 Sir David Dalrymple (1st Baronet of Hailes) died - Brother of John Dalrymple (1648 - 1707) and youngest son of James Dalrymple (1619-95)
1721 Tobias George Smollett born - Author
1722 Whittingehame Parish Church (East Lothian) built
1722 Rev. John Brown born - Preacher and author
1722 Flora MacDonald born - Native of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides
1722 Sir Robert Sibbald died - Physician, geographer and natural historian
1722 John Adair died - Map-maker and surveyor
1722 Major John Pitcairn born - Royal Marine officer, who fought in the American War of Independence
1722 John Home born - Soldier, Playwright and Minister
1722 Lord Robert Macqueen Braxfield born - Lawyer and 'hanging judge'
1723 Mavisbank House (Midlothian) built
1723 James Maule (4th Earl of Panmure) died - Jacobite soldier
1723 Francis Charteris born - Noble
1723 Adam Smith born - Economist and philosopher
1723 John Witherspoon born - Clergyman born in Gifford, East Lothian
1723 Adam Ferguson born - Sociologist, philosopher and historian
1723 Sir Archibald Primrose (1st Earl of Rosebery) died - Lawyer and Politician
1723 Gavin Hamilton born - Painter
1723 John Campbell (5th Duke of Argyll) born - Soldier and politician
1723 Sir William Chambers born - Architect
1724 Gilmerton Cove (City of Edinburgh) built
1724 Sir Patrick Hume died - Statesman and covenanter
1724 William Douglas (4th Duke of Queensberry and 3rd Earl of March) born - Philanderer
1725 Floors Castle (Scottish Borders) built
1725 Mellerstain (Scottish Borders) built
1725 Professor John Hope born - Botanist
1726 Arniston House (Midlothian) built
1726 Balnain House (Highland) built
1726 James Hutton born - Father of modern Geology, born in Edinburgh
1726 Sir David Dalrymple (Lord Hailes) born - Lawyer, judge and historian
1726 Major General William Roy born - Surveyor and cartographer
1727 Neil Gow born - Musician and composer
1728 Robert Adam born - Born in Kirkcaldy, and educated at the High School and University in Edinburgh, Adam was an enormously successful and influential architect
1728 Joseph Black born - Chemist
1728 Charles Lyon (4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) died - Noble
1728 John Hunter born - Pioneer of surgery and dentistry
1729 John Law died - Financier and Gambler
1729 John Murray (3rd Duke of Atholl) born - Politician and soldier
1729 James Duff (2nd Earl of Fife) born - Politician
1730 House of Dun (Angus) built
1730 James Bruce born - Early Explorer
1730 James Small born - Inventor
1730 Peter Williamson (Indian Peter) born - Reformer
1731 William Aikman died - Painter
1731 William Aiton born - Botanist
1731 James Smith died - Architect and politician
1731 Admiral Adam Duncan (1st Viscount Camperdown) born - Naval commander
1732 Haddo House (Aberdeenshire) built
1732 Colonel Francis Charteris died - Infamous gambler, adulterer and duellist
1732 James Adam born - Architect
1732 John Erskine (6th Earl of Mar) died - A Scottish Jacobite born at Alloa who frequently changed his political allegiance, earning the nickname 'Bobbing John'
1732 John Broadwood born - Piano manufacturer
1733 Archerfield House (East Lothian) built
1733 Alexander Monro (Secundus) born - Anatomist
1734 The Drum (City of Edinburgh) built
1734 Chatelherault Hunting Lodge (South Lanarkshire) built
1734 Rob Roy MacGregor died - Notorious cattle thief and Jacobite Guerilla
1734 Sir Ralph Abercromby born - General
1734 Robert Mylne born - Architect
1735 Thomas Coutts born - Banker
1735 Sir Samuel Greig born - Born in Inverkeithing (Fife), Greig served in the British Navy
1735 John Arbuthnot died - Physician and satirist
1736 Alexander Runciman born - Painter
1736 James Watt born - Inventor and engineer
1737 John Hunter born - Governor of New South Wales (Australia) between 1795 and 1800
1737 Alexander Dalrymple born - Hydrographer
1738 Elspat Buchan (Elsbeth or Elizabeth Buchan) born - Sect leader
1739 David Dale born - Mill-owner and philanthropist
1739 Hugh Montgomerie of Coilsfield (12th Earl of Eglinton) born - Politician and soldier
1740 Rubislaw Quarry (Aberdeen City) opened
1740 Lauderdale House (East Lothian) built
1741 William Brodie (Deacon Brodie) born - Ingenious burglar
1741 Sir James Hunter Blair born - Politician and banker
1741 Sir Thomas Dundas of Kerse (1st Baron Dundas) born - Policitian, merchant and naval officer
1742 Lagavulin Distillery (Argyll and Bute) opened
1742 Town House (East Lothian) built
1742 Charles Hope (1st Earl of Hopetoun) died - Politician and noble
1742 Alexander Milne born - Entrepreneur
1742 Henry Dundas (1st Viscount Melville) born - 'The Uncrowned King of Scotland'
1743 John Campbell (2nd Duke of Argyll and Duke of Greenwich) died - Soldier and politician
1743 James Douglas-Hamilton (5th Duke of Hamilton) died - Politician
1744 Inveraray Castle (Argyll and Bute) built
1744 Dr Andrew Duncan born - Medical reformer
1744 Patrick Ferguson born - Inventor and soldier
1744 John Runciman born - Painter
1744 James McGill born - Fur trader
1744 James Craig born - Architect
1744 David Allan born - Artist and portrait painter
1744 John Stuart (1st Marquess and 4th Earl of Bute) born - Eldest son of John Stuart (1713 - 92) who became 1st Marquess in 1796
1745 Battle of Prestonpans 
1745 Col. James Gardiner died - Soldier
1745 John Ainslie born - Surveyor and cartographer
1746 Battle of Culloden 
1746 Battle of Falkirk (II) (Second Battle of Falkirk)
1746 Lady Grisel Baillie died - Song-writer and heroine
1746 Colin Maclaurin died - Mathematician
1747 Pollok House (Glasgow City) opened
1747 Learney House (Aberdeenshire) built
1747 John Paul Jones born - Naval pioneer
1748 Fort George (Highland) built
1748 John Playfair born - Geologist, physicist and mathematician
1748 James Thomson died - Poet
1748 William Adam died - Architect, particularly noted for his design of country houses
1748 Robert Blair born - Inventor and astronomer
1749 Francis Charteris born - Noble
1749 William Ged died - Inventor, printer and goldsmith
1749 Daniel Rutherford born - Scientist
1749 Archibald Skirving born - Artist
1750 Sir William Fettes born - Merchant and philanthropist
1750 Robert Fergusson born - Poet and song-writer
1751 William Roxburgh born - Botanist, who significantly advanced the study of Indian flora
1752 Thomas Smith born - Engineer
1753 Sir Hugh Dalrymple (Lord Drummore) died - Invented hollow-pipe drainage
1753 Rev. Dr. Andrew Bell born - Educationalist
1753 Dugald Stewart born - Philosopher
1753 James Gregory born - Professor of Medicine
1754 Marchmont House (Scottish Borders) built
1754 The Well of the Lecht (Moray) built
1754 Royal and Ancient Golf Club (Fife) established
1754 William Murdock born - Engineer and inventor of gas lighting
1754 James Gibbs died - Architect
1754 Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster born - Politician, lawyer and agricultural reformer
1755 General Sir William Cathcart born - Soldier and diplomat
1755 Sir John Clerk of Penicuik died - Politician, advocate, patron of the arts, antiquarian, author and arbiter of taste
1755 James Playfair born - Architect
1756 James West born - Mathematician and clergyman
1756 James Wemyss (5th Earl of Wemyss) died - Noble
1756 John McAdam born - Surveyor and builder of roads
1756 Sir Henry Raeburn born - Portrait painter
1757 St Andrew's Church (Glasgow City) built
1757 General Sir David Baird born - Soldier
1757 Thomas Telford born - Engineer
1758 Alexander Nasmyth born - Painter
1758 Allan Ramsay died - Poet and bookseller, born in Leadhills
1758 James Francis Edward Keith died - Field Marshal of Prussia
1759 Robert Burns born - Poet and Writer
1759 Rev John Jamieson born - Lexicographer
1759 Agnes Maclehose (Clarinda) born - The Clarinda with whom Robert Burns (1759-96) famously corresponded
1759 James Maitland (8th Earl of Lauderdale) born - Politician and economist
1760 Lord George Murray died - Soldier
1761 City Chambers (City of Edinburgh) built
1761 Orchardton House (Dumfries and Galloway) built
1761 Glasshaugh Windmill (Aberdeenshire) built
1761 Moffat House Hotel (Dumfries and Galloway) built
1761 General Sir John Moore born - Soldier
1761 John Rennie born - Engineer, born in Phantassie, East Lothian
1761 Lachlan MacQuarie born - Soldier, civil servant and Father of Australia
1761 Archibald Campbell (3rd Duke of Argyll and 1st Earl of Islay) died - Politician, lawyer and soldier
1762 Jamaica Street opened
1763 St Cecilia's Hall (City of Edinburgh) built
1763 Duddingston House (City of Edinburgh) built
1763 Mound, The opened
1763 Dugald Buchanan died - Gaelic poet and preacher
1763 William Symington born - Engineer
1764 Oswald Hall (or Auchencruive House; South Ayrshire) built
1764 Sir James Shaw born - Lord Major of London and real-life Dick Whittington
1764 Alexander Campbell born - Composer, musician, poet and author
1764 Sir Alexander Mackenzie born - Born in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis
1764 Robert Haldane born - Evangelist and writer
1765 Greenbank House (East Renfrewshire) built
1765 Sir John Hope (4th Earl of Hopetoun) born - Soldier
1765 David Mallet (David Malloch) died - Poet
1765 Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (Countess of Sutherland) born - Countess, artist and reformer
1765 Sir James Ivory born - Mathematician
1766 Princes Street opened
1766 George Square opened
1766 Princes Street Gardens (City of Edinburgh) created
1766 Thomas Charles Hope born - Chemist
1766 Charles Macintosh born - Industrial chemist and entrepreneur
1766 James Francis Edward Stuart (The Old Pretender) died - Jacobite leader
1766 Thomas Bruce (7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine) born - Diplomat
1766 James Sandy born - Inventor of the invisible hinge
1766 George William Campbell (6th Duke of Argyll) born - Son of John Campbell (1723 - 1806), the 5th Duke
1766 George Drummond died - Politician and visionary planner
1766 Sir John Leslie born - Physicist and inventor
1767 George Street opened
1767 Charles Lyell born - Botanist and translator of Dante
1767 Alexander Monro (Primus) died - Anatomist
1767 Robert Ferguson of Raith born - Politician and mineral collector
1767 Henry Bell born - Engineer
1768 St Andrew's Square opened
1768 James Short died - Astronomer and scientific instrument-maker
1768 James Alexander Haldane born - Evangelist
1768 John Runciman died - Painter
1768 Robert Simson died - Mathematician
1768 William Wallace born - Mathematician and inventor
1768 David Hamilton born - Architect
1768 Charles Tennant born - Industrial chemist
1769 James Dun's House (Aberdeen City) built
1769 Gordon Castle (Moray) built
1769 Queen Street opened
1769 Rev. Alexander John Forsyth born - Inventor of the percussion cap