1801 in Scotland
1801 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1801 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; then Charles Hope
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 – legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[1]
10 March – the first British census is carried out (under terms of the Census Act 1800), with the Scottish counts undertaken by schoolmasters. The population of Scotland is determined to be 1,608,420.[2]
4 June – Soldiers of the Ross and Cromarty Rangers fire on a mob in Aberdeen celebrating the King's birthday, killing two.[3]
18 July – Crinan Canal opened (although incomplete).[4]
- First complete Bible translation into Scottish Gaelic, Am Bìoball Gàidhlig, is published.
Dundee Courier & Argus first published.[5]
John Cary publishes A New Map of Scotland.- Second Elgin Academy school building (occupied in modern times by Moray College) constructed.
- Edinburgh town council resolves to drain The Meadows.[6]
- John Crabbie of Leith begins to deal in ginger.
- Chivas Brothers open a grocery store in Aberdeen which will blend Chivas Regal whisky.
Births[edit]
4 January – James Giles, landscape painter (died 1870)
14 January – Jane Welsh Carlyle, née Jane Baillie Welsh, letter-writer (died 1866 in London)
2 February – George Maclean, colonial governor (died 1847 in Cape Coast)
31 May – Robert Rankin, timber merchant and shipowner (died 1870 in England)
7 June – Charles Cowan, papermaker and Radical politician (died 1889)
24 June – David Haggart, thief and murderer (hanged 1821)
4 July – James Johnstone, Liberal politician (died 1888)
21 August – Benjamin Boyd, settler in New South Wales (probably killed 1851 ln Guadalcanal)
31 August – William Downe Gillon , Whig politician (died 1846)
7 November – Robert Dale Owen, social reformer (died 1877 in the United States)
Alexander Thom, almanac editor (died 1879 in Ireland)
Deaths[edit]
14 February – Robert Paterson ("Old Mortality"), stonemason (born 1715)
28 March – Sir Ralph Abercromby, general (born 1734; died in Egypt)
10 May – Richard Gall, poet (born 1776)
30 May – John Millar, philosopher (born 1735)
11 October – John Donaldson, miniature painter (born 1737; died in London)
25 December – Andrew Lumisden, Jacobite (born 1720)
Jean Glover, poet and singer (born 1758; died in Ireland)
The arts[edit]
21 July – Greenock Burns Club is established to honour the memory of poet Robert Burns (died 1796)[7] and Poems Ascribed to Robert Burns is published.[8]
James Hogg publishes Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs.[8]
See also[edit]
- 1801 in the United Kingdom
References[edit]
^ Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1801". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale..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}
^ "Population of Scotland". GENUKI. 2004. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
^ Stewart, David (1822). Sketches of the character, manners, and present state of the Highlanders of Scotland. pp. 427–8.
^ Lindsay, Jean (1968). The Canals of Scotland. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 121. ISBN 0-7153-4240-1.
^ "Dundee Courier makes move to compact". BBC News. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
^ "History of Edinburgh". Visions of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
^ "Greenock Burns Club". Retrieved 2014-08-26.
^ ab Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
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