1795 in Scotland
1795 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1795 in Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 The arts
6 Sport
7 See also
8 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 Duke of Montrose
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Braxfield
Events[edit]
18 November – the River Clyde, in spate, floods the centre of Glasgow and brings down the recently erected bridge at the foot of the Saltmarket.[1]
Gallowgate Barracks in Glasgow are built.
Births[edit]
25 May – George Meikle Kemp, designer of the (uncompleted) Scott Monument (died 1844)
19 June – James Braid, surgeon and scientist, often regarded as the first genuine hypnotherapist (died 1860 in England)
12 October – Janet Hamilton, née Thomson, poet and essayist (died 1873)
10 November – Walter Geikie, painter (died 1837)
4 December – Thomas Carlyle, historian, philosopher and essayist (died 1881 in England)
10 December – Sir George Burns, shipowner (died 1890)
21 December – Robert Moffat, missionary (died 1883)
Deaths[edit]
22 February – Alexander Gerard, philosopher (born 1728)
19 May – James Boswell, diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson (born 1740)
23 June – James Craig, architect, planner of the New Town, Edinburgh (born 1744)
24 June – William Smellie, encyclopedist and naturalist (born 1740)
The arts[edit]
Archibald Constable starts in business for himself as a dealer in rare books in Edinburgh, origin of the publishing business which enters the 21st century as Constable & Robinson.
Sport[edit]
17 January – Duddingston Curling Society formally organised.[2]
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
- 1795 in Great Britain
References[edit]
^ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016..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}
^ "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
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