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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland| 1998 }}Events from the year 1998 in Scotland. Incumbents {{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Donald Dewar
Law officers - Lord Advocate – Lord Hardie
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Colin Boyd
Judiciary - Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cullen
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord McGhie
Events - 31 March – the last Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouse is converted to automatic operation without resident keepers, Fair Isle South.
- 25 May – Torness Nuclear Power Station commissioned.
- 31 May – the Sky Scottish satellite television channel closes after 18 months on air.
- 10 June – Scotland open the 1998 World Cup, playing champions Brazil in France, though they lose 2-1 after a deflected goal in the 76th minute.[1]
- 16 June – Scotland draw 1–1 against Norway in their second game of the World Cup.
- 23 June – Scotland lose 3–0 to Morocco in their final group stage match of the world Cup, failing to qualify for the next round.
- August – Edinburgh Modular Arm System, the world's first bionic arm, is fitted.[2]
- 24 August – The Netherlands is selected as the venue for the trial of the two Libyans who are charged with the Lockerbie aircraft bombing that killed 270 people in December 1988.
- November – Scottish Socialist Party established.
- 19 November – the Scotland Act, the legislation to set up a devolved unicameral Scottish Parliament, receives its royal assent.[3]
- 30 November – new Museum of Scotland opened in Edinburgh.
- 26 December – great Boxing Day Storm: severe gale force winds hit Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England. Roads, railways and electricity are disrupted.
Births - 23 May – Ross Cunningham, footballer
- 20 October – Jordan Allan, footballer
Deaths - 7 April – James McIntosh Patrick, landscape painter (born 1907)
- 15 October – Iain Crichton Smith, poet (born 1928)
- 21 October – Sir Alec Cairncross, economist (born 1911)
- November – Robin Hall, folk singer (born 1936)
- 8 November – Rumer Godden, novelist (born 1907 in England)
The arts- Martyn Bennett's Celtic fusion album Bothy Culture is released.
- Kevin MacNeil's poetry collection Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides is published in Edinburgh.
- The BBC Scotland television drama Looking After Jo Jo, starring Robert Carlyle, is screened.
See also References 1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0042/index.shtml|title=A Sporting Nation|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2011-10-15}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/stories/science-and-technology/made-in-scotland-changing-the-world/scottish-science-innovations/emas-bionic-arm/|title=EMAS: The first bionic arm|publisher=National Museums Scotland|accessdate=2017-08-15}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/scotlandoffice/49.33.html|title=Devolution|publisher=Scotland Office|accessdate=2011-10-15}}
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