1790 in Scotland
1790 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1790 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 – Robert Dundas of Arniston
Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Blair
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Succoth
Lord Justice General – The Viscount Stormont
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Braxfield
Events[edit]
16 June–28 July – British general election gives Pitt an increased majority.[1]
28 June – Forth and Clyde Canal opened.[1]
- October – Pladda Lighthouse first illuminated.[2]
Balblair distillery at Edderton founded.- Caerlee Mill at Innerleithen completed, the oldest woollen mill in the Scottish Borders.
- New Ardkinglas Castle built.
- Construction of Gosford House to the design of Robert Adam for Francis Wemyss-Charteris is begun.
- The mineral element strontium is discovered near Strontian by chemists Adair Crawford and William Cruickshank.
- Approximate date – Whaligoe steps cut.
Births[edit]
3 March – Robert Story, Church of Scotland minister and writer (died 1859)
25 October – Robert Stirling, Church of Scotland minister and inventor of the Stirling engine (died 1878)
29 October – David Napier, marine engineer (died 1869 in London)
James Clow, Presbyterian minister and settler in Melbourne (died 1861 in Australia)- Approximate date – Mary Diana Dods, writer as "David Lyndsay", later known as "Walter Sholto Douglas" (died 1830 in France)
Deaths[edit]
5 February – William Cullen, physician and chemist (born 1710)
4 March – Flora MacDonald, Jacobite (born 1722)
17 July – Adam Smith, economist and philosopher (born 1723)
24 November – Robert Henry, historian and Church of Scotland minister (born 1718)[3]
The arts[edit]
- Catholic priest Alexander Geddes writes the poem Linton: a Tweedside Pastoral, Carmen Seculare pro Gallica Gente in praise of the French Revolution.
Kirkmichael musician Robert Petrie publishes several Highland music pieces with "Mrs. Small of Dirnanean" in their title. The compositions are published in "Petrie's Collection of Strathspey Reels & County Dances".[4]
References[edit]
^ ab Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 230–231. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2..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}
^ "Pladda". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
^ The History of Stirlingshire by William Nimmo, revised by W. M. Stirling and R. Gillespie, 1880
^ Gatherer, Nigel. "Robert Petrie's First Collection". Retrieved 2012-06-20.
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