1686 in Scotland

Events from 1686 in the Kingdom of Scotland

Incumbents

 * Monarch – James VII
 * Secretary of State – John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort

Events

 * Construction of the following buildings in Lothian:
 * Newhailes House
 * Signal Tower (as windmill), Leith
 * Woolmet House
 * Soutra Aisle (modified).

Births

 * 15 October – Allan Ramsay, poet (died 1758)
 * 1 November – Colin Campbell, merchant and entrepreneur, co-founder of the Swedish East India Company (died 1757)
 * John Alexander, painter (died c.1766)

Deaths

 * 11 November – Colin Falconer, bishop, (born 1623)