1745 in Scotland

Events from the year 1745 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Secretary of State for Scotland: The Marquess of Tweeddale

Law officers

 * Lord Advocate – Robert Craigie
 * Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas, the younger

Judiciary

 * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Culloden
 * Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
 * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Milton

Events

 * 11 May – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenay in the Low Countries: Although this is a decisive French victory, the 43rd Highland Regiment of Foot (the 'Black Watch') distinguishes itself in its first battle.
 * 23 July – Jacobite rising: The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart lands on Eriskay in the Hebrides from the Du Teillay.
 * 16 August – Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at Highbridge Skirmish.
 * 19 August – Jacobite rising: Charles Stuart raises his standard at Glenfinnan.
 * September – Jacobite rising: Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden, is commissioned to raise 18 new Independent Highland Companies from clans loyal to the government.
 * 11 September – Jacobite rising: Jacobites enter Edinburgh.
 * 16 September – Jacobite rising: "Canter of Coltbrigg": The 13th and 14th Dragoons flee Jacobites near Edinburgh.
 * 17 September – Jacobite rising: In Edinburgh, Charles Stuart proclaims his father James Francis Edward Stuart as James VIII of Scotland.
 * 21 September – Jacobite rising: Government forces are defeated at the Battle of Prestonpans.
 * Autumn – Meikleour Beech Hedges planted.
 * 13–15 November – Jacobite rising: Jacobites besiege and capture Carlisle, across the English border.
 * December – Jacobite rising: Jacobite garrison in Carlisle surrenders to Hanoverian forces under Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.
 * 4 December – Jacobite rising: Jacobite forces reach as far south in England as Derby causing panic in London.
 * 6 December – Jacobite rising: Jacobite forces decide to retreat to Scotland.
 * 18 December – Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at the Clifton Moor Skirmish, the last action between two military forces on English soil.
 * 23 December – Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at the Battle of Inverurie.
 * Prospectus issued for "The Company for Improving the Linen Manufactury in Scotland", which becomes the British Linen Bank.

Births

 * 12 May – William Creech, bookseller and Lord Provost of Edinburgh (died 1815)
 * 24 May – Thomas Potter, industrialist, founder of Denmark's first iron foundry (died 1811 in Copenhagen)
 * 23 June – James Graham, quack doctor (died 1794)
 * 2 July – Robert Calder, admiral (died 1818 in Hampshire)
 * 26 July – Henry Mackenzie, novelist, writer, poet and lawyer (died 1831)
 * William Cruikshank, anatomist and chemist (died 1800 in London)
 * Anne Forbes, Scottish portrait painter (died 1834)
 * Approximate date – Sydney Parkinson, botanical illustrator (died 1771 at sea)

Deaths

 * Spring – William Meston, poet (born c. 1688)
 * May – Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange, abductee (born 1679)