2007 in Scotland

17 January – Queen Margaret University College at Musselburgh is granted full University status as Queen Margaret University, becoming Edinburgh's fourth university.^[1]
February – Scottish Voice (provisionally named Scottish Democrats) is launched as a centre-right political party by Archie Stirling.^[2]
23 February – Grayrigg derailment: a high speed Pendolino train on the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow derails on faulty pointwork in the Lake District of England, killing one person.^[3]
28 February – the Cathedral Church of Saint Margaret in Ayr replaces the Good Shepherd Cathedral as the Mother Church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway and seat of the Catholic Bishop of Galloway (formal dedication 14 September).^[4]
7–9 March – Network Rail signalworkers strike, causing rail services in Scotland to be severely curtailed.^[5]
3 May
- Scottish Parliament election. The SNP win a plurality of seats and go on to form the Scottish Executive.^[6]
- Scottish local council elections.^[7]
16 May – the UEFA Cup Final is held at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Sevilla FC defeat RCD Espanyol on penalty kicks.^[8]
- Alex Salmond is elected First Minister of Scotland, becoming the first nationalist to hold the role.^[9]
17 May – Alex Salmond is officially sworn-in as First Minister of Scotland at the Court of Session, Edinburgh in front of 15 of Scotland's most senior judges.^[10]
27 June – Giffnock-born Gordon Brown succeeds Edinburgh-born Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.^[11]
30 June – attempted terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport.^[12]
1 August – the University of Paisley and Bell College merge to create the University of the West of Scotland.^[13]
20 August – Loch Lomond Seaplanes begin a scheduled service from Glasgow Seaplane Terminal to Oban.^[14]
15 September – rally driver Colin McRae and three other people are killed when their helicopter crashes near Lanark.^[15]
1 October – sitcom Fags, Mags and Bags, written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary, is first broadcast on BBC Radio 4.^[16]
15 November – Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond wins The Herald's Scottish Politician of the Year award^[17] and is also named Parliamentarian of the Year in The Spectator magazine awards.^[18]
30 November – St. Andrew's Day is for the first time a designated bank holiday in Scotland, under the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007 (Royal Assent: 15 January).^[19]
29 December – Phil O'Donnell, the 35-year-old Motherwell footballer, dies from a heart attack in a Scottish Premier League fixture. O'Donnell was capped for Scotland once in 1993, and had been part of the Celtic side that won the Scottish league title in 1997–98 season.^[20]
Poet Alastair Reid reads his poem "Scotland" publicly for the last time at a literary festival in St Andrews, then burns the manuscript.^[21]
Neil Forsyth introduces his fictional comic Broughty Ferry cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant in his book Delete This At your Peril.
BrewDog is founded as a brewery in Fraserburgh by James Watt and Martin Dickie.

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