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1754 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1754 in Scotland.

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Events

  • 25 March – Lord Harwicke's Marriage Act 1753 "for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage" comes into force in England and Wales, giving increased incentive for couples to contract Border marriages in Scotland.
  • 14 May – The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is founded as the Society of St Andrews Golfers, a group of players on St Andrews Links.{{cite web|title=1754 Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews|url=http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/oldest-golf-clubs-societies/1754-royal-and-ancient-golf-club-of-st-andrews/|work=Scottish Golf History|access-date=2016-02-19}}
  • 22 May – In fiction, the village of Brigadoon disappears into the Highland mist (alternate sources say 1747).
  • 11 July – William Burnett establishes the Aberdeen law firm that will continue in business as Burnett and Reid into the 21st century.
  • The Select Society is established as The St Giles' Society by a group of 15 Edinburgh intellectuals, part of the Scottish Enlightenment.Emerson, Roger L. (1973). The Social Composition of Enlightened Scotland: The Select Society of Edinburgh, 1754–1764. Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century.
  • Old Spey Bridge at Grantown-on-Spey is completed by the military.{{Canmore|desc=Old Spey Bridge|num=15697|access-date=2016-02-21}}
  • Chemist Joseph Black discovers "carbonic acid gas", i.e. carbon dioxide.

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See also

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