1776 in Scotland
1776 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1776 in Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Publications
4 The arts
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – George III
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – Henry Dundas;
Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Murray
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]
- 27 February – American Revolution: At the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Scottish American Loyalists are defeated by North Carolina Patriots.[1] Capt. Allan MacDonald (husband of Flora) is among those taken prisoner.
- 4 July – American Revolution: United States Declaration of Independence. Fife-born James Wilson and Gifford-born Rev. John Witherspoon are among the signatories.
- Physician Andrew Duncan proposes establishment of the institution that becomes the Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh.
- New Aray Bridge on Inveraray Castle estate, designed by Robert Mylne, is completed.[2]
- Probable – Dunmore Pineapple constructed.
Publications[edit]
- 9 March – Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations is published in London.
David Dalrymple's Annals of Scotland are published.
The arts[edit]
David Herd's anthology Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs is published.
Births[edit]
- 23 February – Heneage Horsley, Episcopal dean (died 1847)
- 9 March – Archibald Bell, lawyer and writer (died 1854)
- 11 April – Macvey Napier, lawyer and encyclopedia editor (died 1847)
- 15 April – John Anstruther, nobleman, landowner and colonel (died 1833)
- 11 June – James Gillespie Graham, architect (died 1855)
- 18 July – John Struthers, poet (died 1853)
- 6 October – James Duff, 4th Earl Fife, general in Spanish service (died 1857)
- 13 October – John Gibb, civil engineering contractor (died 1850)
- 7 November – James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline, lawyer and Whig politician (died 1858)
- 20 November – William Blackwood, publisher (died 1834)
- 30 November – James Jardine, hydraulic engineer (died 1858)
Deaths[edit]
- 2 June – Robert Foulis, printer, publisher and art critic (born 1707)
- 25 August – David Hume, philosopher (born 1711)
References[edit]
^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 330–331. ISBN 0-304-35730-8..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}
^ "Inveraray Castle Estate, Aray Bridge". Canmore. Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2007. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
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