1770 in Scotland
1770 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1770 in Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 The arts
6 See also
7 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – George III
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – James Montgomery
Solicitor General for Scotland – Henry Dundas
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger
Lord Justice General – Duke of Queensberry
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming
Events[edit]
- 12 April – Monkland Canal authorized.
- 9 March – haggis is served on board Captain James Cook's ship HMS Endeavour, anchored off New Zealand, in celebration of the birthday of a Scottish officer on board, Cook himself having a Scottish father.[1]
- 14 November – Scottish explorer James Bruce is shown the source of the Blue Nile in Ethiopia.[1]
- Emigrants from the Highland Clearances in the Hebrides migrate to Prince Edward Island, and to Glasgow where the Gaelic-speaking congregation of St Columba Church of Scotland is formed.
- Montgomery's Entail Act remedies the system of short leases on agricultural properties.[2]
- Plans for improvement of the harbour at Dundee proposed by John Smeaton[3] and Glasgow Town Council begins deepening the navigable River Clyde.[2]
- Approximate date
- Bridge at Bridge of Weir constructed at Burngill.
- Harbour at Charlestown, Fife, begun by Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin.
The Fordell Railway constructed in Fife.
Births[edit]
- 2 February – George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, nobleman, soldier and politician (died 1836 in London)
- c. 25 March – Alexander Carse, genre painter (died 1843)
- 18 April – William Nicol, geologist (died 1851)
- 9 December (bapt.) – James Hogg, "the Ettrick Shepherd", poet and novelist (died 1835)
Deaths[edit]
- 27 July – Robert Dinwiddie, colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1693; died in Virginia)
- 1 November – Alexander Cruden, Biblical scholar (born 1699; died in London)
- 9 November – John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Whig politician (born c. 1693)
- 5 December – James Stirling, mathematician (born 1692)
- Approximate date – Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, Gaelic poet (born c. 1698)
The arts[edit]
David Dalrymple's anthology of Ancient Scottish Poems is published.
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[edit]
^ ab "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 2016-01-26..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab Kermack, W. R. (1944). 19 Centuries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Johnston. p. 80.
^ McKean, Charles; Whatley, Patricia (2008). Lost Dundee: Dundee's Lost Architectural Heritage. Edinburgh: Birlinn. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-1-84158-562-8.
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