1792 in Scotland
1792 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1792 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]
- "Year of the Sheep" in the Scottish Highlands: mass emigration of crofters following Clearances for grazing.
4 June – King's birthday riot in Edinburgh.[1]
26 July – Associated Friends of the People for Parliamentary Reform constituted in Edinburgh.[2]
13 November – Successes of the French Revolutionary Army are celebrated with bonfires and bell-ringing in Dundee and Perth causing the 42nd Regiment of Foot to be sent north to the towns.[2]
11 December – First National Convention of the Scottish Friends of the People meets in Edinburgh to demand parliamentary reform.[2]
- The first steam winding engine at a Scottish colliery is erected at Barrachnie in the Monklands coalfield.[3]
Clachan Bridge, connecting Seil to the mainland, is built to the design of John Stevenson of Oban revised by Robert Mylne.[4]
Births[edit]
19 February – Roderick Murchison, geologist (died 1871)[5]
22 June – James Beaumont Neilson, ironmaster (died 1865)
4 August – Edward Irving, founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church (died 1834)
20 October – Colin Campbell, army officer (died 1863)
date unknown – John Gillies, botanist (died 1834)
Deaths[edit]
- January – Jenny Clow ("Clarinda"), domestic servant, a mistress and muse of Robert Burns, of tuberculosis (born 1766)
3 March – Robert Adam, architect (born 1728)
10 March – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1713)
29 April – George Vanden-Bempde, 3rd Marquess of Annandale (born 1720)
25 June – John Adam, architect (born 1721)
18 July – John Paul Jones, Scottish-born sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolution (born 1747)
19 December – [Mary Bulkley]], actress (born 1747 or 1748 in England)
The arts[edit]
29 September – opening of Theatre Royal, Dumfries as The Theatre. By the 21st century this will be the oldest working theatre in Scotland.
Robert Burns composes the song "Highland Mary".- Publication of The Poetical Works of Janet Little, the Scotch Milkmaid.
References[edit]
^ "4 June". On this Day in Scottish History. BBC. Retrieved 2017-05-31..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}
^ abc "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^ The First (Old) Statistical Account of Scotland.
^ "Seil, Clachan Bridge". Canmore. Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2007. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
^ Amodeo, Christian (June 2005). "Sir Roderick Impey Murchison: Pioneering Scottish geologist Roderick Murchison was instrumental in the identification and naming of several geological time periods". Geographical.
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