1800 in Scotland
1800 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1800 in Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 The arts
6 See also
7 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 Eskgrove
Events[edit]
1 January – Robert Owen becomes manager of the New Lanark spinning mills.[2]
15 February – "Meal mob" riot over bread prices in Glasgow.[3]
30 June – Glasgow Police Act authorises creation of the City of Glasgow Police, which first musters on 15 November.- August – the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot is first mustered by William Wemyss at Strathnaver; in September they are sent from Fort George via Aberdeen to Guernsey and in October formally gazetted into the British Army.
Royal Cornhill Hospital established as Aberdeen Lunatic Asylum.- Legbrannock Waggonway opened by William Dixon (senior) to move coal from Legbrannock colliery on the Woodhall Estate to the Monkland Canal at Calderbank, an early example of a railway in Scotland.[4]
- Approximate date
- Planned village and pier at Inchyra in the Carse of Gowrie built.[5]
Preston Hall, Midlothian, completed.
- Planned village and pier at Inchyra in the Carse of Gowrie built.[5]
Births[edit]
12 January – Duncan McLaren, Liberal politician (died 1886)
23 February – William Jardine, naturalist (died 1874 on the Isle of Wight)- 10 April (bapt.) – George Moir, lawyer (died 1870)
16 April – William Chambers, publisher (died 1883)
17 April – Catherine Sinclair, novelist (died 1864 in London)
22 April – Ralph Robb, Free Church minister in Canada (died 1850 in Canada)
26 April – Elizabeth Sinclair, born Eliza McHutcheson, pioneer in Pacific colonies (died 1892 in Hawaii)
4 May – John McLeod Campbell, Reformed theologian (died 1872)
11 July – Charles Lees, portrait painter (died 1880)
3 September – James Braidwood, firefighter (killed firefighting 1861 in London)
14 October – Charles Neaves, judge and poet (died 1876)
24 October – Alexander Gibson, surgeon and forest conservator in India (died 1867)
Leitch Ritchie, writer (died 1865 in London)
Deaths[edit]
30 January – William Forsyth, merchant (born 1722)
16 March – David Doig, educator and writer (born 1719)
8 April – James Stuart-Mackenzie, politician and astronomer (born c.1719)
27 December – Hugh Blair, Presbyterian preacher and man of letters (born 1718)
30 December – Duke Gordon, librarian (born 1739)
The arts[edit]
14 June – Friedrich Schiller's historical drama Mary Stuart has its première in Weimar.
27 November – Walter Scott's first original poems, "Glenfinlas" and "The Eve of St. John", are published.
The Works of Robert Burns is published posthumously.[6]
See also[edit]
- 1800 in Great Britain
References[edit]
^ Stoddart, John (1800). Remarks on local Scenery and Manners in Scotland. London: William Miller. p. 206 (facing)..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 2014-08-25.
^ "Chapter XLIV: War with France". The History of Glasgow, Volume 3. Electric Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
^ "Coatbridge & Airdrie". Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
^ Hume, John R. (1977). The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland. II: The Highlands and Islands. London: Batsford. p. 280. ISBN 0-7134-0809-X.
^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
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