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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1800 in: Great Britain • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1800 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Succoth
- Lord Justice General — The Duke of Montrose
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Eskgrove
Events
- 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.
Births
- 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
- 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
- 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
References
- ↑ Stoddart, John (1800). Remarks on local Scenery and Manners in Scotland. London: William Miller. p. 206 (facing).
- ↑ "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". 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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