1686 in Scotland

Incumbents

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

  Events

• Construction of the following buildings in Lothian:
• * Newhailes House
• * :File:Signal Tower, Shore Leith.jpg|Signal Tower, Leith
• * Woolmet House
• * Soutra Aisle.

  Births

• 15 October – Allan Ramsay, poet
• 1 November – Colin Campbell, merchant and entrepreneur, co-founder of the Swedish East India Company
• John Alexander, painter

  Deaths

• 11 November – Colin Falconer, bishop,