1785 in Scotland
1785 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1785 in Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 The arts
6 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – George III
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – Ilay Campbell
Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas of Arniston
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger
Lord Justice General – The Viscount Stormont
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming
Events[edit]
- 7 March – geologist James Hutton proposes the theory of uniformitarianism to the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1][2]
- Late September – James Boswell’s The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides is published.[3]
- 5 October – flight by Florentine aeronaut Vincenzo Lunardi in a gas balloon from George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, across the Firth of Forth to Ceres, Fife (32 mi (51.5 km) in 1.5 hrs).[4]
- 23 November – Lunardi flies from St Andrew's Square, Glasgow, to Hawick.[5]
Births[edit]
- 18 May – John Wilson, writer (died 1854)
- 18 November – David Wilkie, painter (died at sea 1841)
Deaths[edit]
- 23 January – Matthew Stewart, mathematician (born 1717)
- 4 October – Alexander Runciman, painter (born 1736)
- 23 October – William Cochran, painter (born 1738)
The arts[edit]
- 22 May – Robert Burns' first child, Elizabeth ("Dear-bought Bess"), is born to his mother's servant, Elizabeth Paton[6] and his poems "To a Mouse" and "Halloween" are written.
References[edit]
^ Hutton, James (1788). "Theory of the Earth; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 1 (2): 209–304. Archived from the original on 29 July 2003. Retrieved 2011-10-12..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}
^ The Hutchinson Factfinder (2nd ed.). Oxford: Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 337. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ Lunardi, Vincenzo (1786). An Account of Five Aerial Voyages in Scotland. London.
^ "Paton, Elizabeth". The Burns Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
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