1793 in Scotland
1793 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1793 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]
2 January – Radical Thomas Muir of Huntershill arrested on a charge of sedition but released on bail.
20 July – Stornoway-born explorer Alexander Mackenzie's 1792–1793 Peace River expedition to the Pacific Ocean reaches its goal at Bella Coola, British Columbia, making him the first known person to complete a transcontinental crossing of northern North America.[1]
17 August – 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers) raised at Fort William from members of Clan Cameron by Alan Cameron of Erracht.[2]
24 August – Thomas Muir arrested at Portpatrick on his return from France.
31 August – Thomas Muir sentenced to penal transportation for 14 years.
Little Cumbrae Lighthouse built.
Piershill Barracks in Edinburgh and Queen's Barracks in Perth completed, originally for cavalry regiments.
Births[edit]
6 March – William Dick, founder of Edinburgh Veterinary College (died 1866)
3 April – Alexander Nicoll, Orientalist (died 1828 in Oxford)
1 June – Henry Francis Lyte, Anglican divine and hymn-writer (died 1847 in Nice)
James Browne, man of letters (died 1841)
Deaths[edit]
5 January – John Howie, biographer (born 1735)
2 February – William Aiton, botanist (born 1731)
20 March – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, judge and politician (born 1705)
11 June – William Robertson, historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh (born 1721)
16 October – John Hunter, surgeon (born 1728)
James Small, inventor (born 1740)
The arts[edit]
27 July – Robert Burns sets out on his first Galloway tour.[2]
- August – Burns writes "Scots Wha Hae".
References[edit]
^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 343–345. 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}
^ ab "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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