title: 1686 in Scotland
text: # 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)
  