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Scottish History Time-line (Early 19th Century; 1800-49)
Note that, within a single year, events are not necessarily presented in chronological order.
Previous Period 19th C. Blackhouse Village (Western Isles) Built 19th C. Cammo Tower (City of Edinburgh) Built 19th C. Dell Mill (Western Isles) Built 19th C. HM Prison Perth (Perth and Kinross) Built 19th C. Inverie House (Highland) Built 19th C. Kincardine Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built 19th C. Kindrogan Field Centre (Perth and Kinross) Built 19th C. Moirlanich Longhouse (Stirling) Built 19th C. Museum of Education Victorian Classroom (Aberdeen City) Built 19th C. The Seven Men of Moidart (Highland) Erected c.1800 Achany House (Highland) Built c.1800 Kilmardinny House (East Dunbartonshire) Built c.1800 Kinrara (Highland) Built c.1800 Urr Valley Hotel (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1800 Catherine Sinclair born - Novelist and philanthropist 1800 David Don born - Botanist 1800 James Braidwood born - Pioneering fire-fighter 1800 James Hall born - Advocate and amateur artist 1800 Mounthooly Doo'cot (Aberdeenshire) Built 1800 Rossie Castle (Angus) Built 1800 Sir James Clark Ross born - Antarctic explorer 1800 William Chambers born - Publisher and Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1801 Alexander Shanks born - Inventor of the modern lawnmower, who lived in Arbroath 1801 Ardgowan House (Inverclyde) Built 1801 Captain Alexander Rodger born - Sea captain and adventurer 1801 Crinan Canal (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1801 Fox Maule Ramsay (11th Earl of Dalhousie; 2nd Lord Panmure) born - Politician 1801 Gavin Turnbull died - Minor poet 1801 George Rennie born - Artist, politician and governor 1801 George Square (Glasgow City) Constructed 1801 James Leslie born - Harbour engineer 1801 Jane Welsh Carlyle born - Literary figure, whose intelligence, personality and wit made her one of the most fascinating women of her time 1801 Lord Adam Gordon died - General 1801 Robert Dale Owen born - Social reformer and anti-slavery campaigner 1801 Sir Ralph Abercromby died - General 1802 Clementina Walkinshaw died - Jacobite and mistress of the 'Young Pretender' 1802 Darnaway Castle (Moray) Built 1802 David Octavius Hill born - Pioneer of photography 1802 Hugh Miller born - Born in Cromarty, Miller was a stone mason turned geologist, writer, journalist and religious reformer 1802 James Baird born - Foundryman and industrialist 1802 James Thom (The Ayrshire Sculptor) born - Sculptor, who lived in Ayr 1802 John McNabb died - Ship-owner and philanthropist 1802 Powis House (Aberdeen City) Built 1802 Prof. Alexander Hamilton died - Obstetric surgeon and medical lecturer 1802 Robert Chambers born - Publisher, author and natural philosopher 1803 Adam Skirving died - Song writer 1803 David Bryce born - Architect 1803 Glencorse Barracks (Midlothian) Opened 1803 Henry Glassford Bell born - Author and lawyer 1803 Joseph Mitchell born - Civil engineer 1803 Parliament Square (City of Edinburgh) Constructed 1803 Rev. Dr. John Walker died - Naturalist, lecturer and clergyman 1803 Rev. Lord George Murray died - Developed the shutter telegraph 1803 Robert Scott Lauder born - Painter 1803 Sir Francis Grant born - Painter 1803 Thomas Guthrie born - Social reformer and founder of the Free Church 1804 Admiral Adam Duncan (1st Viscount Camperdown) died - Naval commander 1804 Alexander Handyside Ritchie born - Sculptor 1804 Alexander Keith Johnston born - Cartographer, publisher and geographer 1804 James Tytler died - Author, eccentric and radical 1804 Kelso Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened 1804 Michael Nairn born - Floor-cloth manufacturer 1804 Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1804 Rev. John Wilson born - Missionary, who made significant contributions to the study of Indian languages and literature 1804 Sir John Steell born - Sculptor 1804 William Forsyth died - Horticulturist 1805 Aberdeenshire Canal (Aberdeen City) Opened 1805 Alexander Carlyle (Jupiter Carlyle) died - Clergyman 1805 David Milne-Home born - Advocate and scientist 1805 David Urquhart born - Diplomat, who brought the 'Turkish Bath' to Britain 1805 Edward Sang born - Mathematician, engineer and actuary 1805 Francis Masson died - Botanist and gardener 1805 General Sir Hector Munro died - Military commander and politician 1805 Horatio McCulloch born - Landscape painter 1805 Hutcheson's Hall (Glasgow City) Built 1805 James Merry born - Industrialist and politician 1805 James Salmon born - Architect 1805 Jean Elliot died - Song writer 1805 John (Johnnie) Walker born - Whisky Blender 1805 John Blackie born - Publisher and politician 1805 John Miller born - Pioneering railway engineer and politician 1805 John Muir Wood born - Musicologist and amateur photographer 1805 Killermont House (East Dunbartonshire) Built 1805 Lady Yester's Kirk (City of Edinburgh) Built 1805 Prof. William Cunningham born - Church leader and Calvinist theologian, noted for his keen intellect and strong principles 1805 Scone Palace (Perth and Kinross) Built 1805 Sir Alexander Burnes born - Explorer 1805 Sir Alexander Matheson of Lochalsh born - Trader 1805 Sir William Pulteney (William Johnstone) died - Wealthy lawyer, politician and landowner 1805 St Michael's Parish Church (East Lothian) Built 1805 The White Church (Perth and Kinross) Built 1805 Thomas Graham born - Chemist 1805 William McCombie born - Cattle breeder 1806 Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell died - Naval commander 1806 Aikenhead House (Glasgow City) Built 1806 Bank of Scotland Head Office (City of Edinburgh) Built 1806 David Dale died - Mill-owner and philanthropist 1806 Dr. Benjamin Bell died - Surgeon 1806 Eildon Hall (Scottish Borders) Built 1806 General James Grant died - Soldier and colonial governor 1806 James Ballantine (James Ballington) born - Artist, poet and author 1806 John Campbell (5th Duke of Argyll) died - Soldier and politician 1806 John Stuart Mill born - English utilitarian philosopher 1806 Lady Flora Hastings born - Lady Flora was a daughter of Loudoun Castle, near Galston, East Ayrshire 1806 Merchiston Castle School (City of Edinburgh) Built 1806 Mungo Park died - Explorer 1806 Nelson Monument (Glasgow City) Erected 1806 Peter Spence born - Industrial chemist 1806 Rev. Prof. Robert Smith Candlish born - Free Church leader 1806 Rosneath Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built 1806 Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo died - Banker and philanthropist 1806 Taymouth Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built 1806 Tealing Parish Church (Angus) Built 1806 Vincenzo Lunardi died - Ballooning pioneer 1806 Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott (5th Duke of Buccleuch; 7th Duke of Queensberry) born - Noble and land-owner 1807 Alan Stevenson born - Lighthouse Engineer 1807 Alexander D. Robertson born - Artist and art teacher 1807 Charles Black born - Publisher 1807 Dr. Alexander Gray died - Surgeon 1807 Hunterian Museum (Glasgow City) Opened 1807 Louis Agassiz born - Geologist and zoologist 1807 Museum of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1807 Neil Gow (Niel Gow) died - Musician and composer 1807 Nelson Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1807 Rose Terrace (Perth and Kinross) Constructed 1807 Rosetta (Scottish Borders) Built 1807 Sir Isaac Holden born - Inventor 1807 The Cross Well (West Lothian) Erected 1807 The Old Academy (Perth and Kinross) Built 1807 Thomas Duncan born - Painter 1808 Admiral Sir James Hope born - Naval commander 1808 Alexander Dalrymple died - Hydrographer 1808 Alexander James Adie born - Railway engineer 1808 Balloch Castle (West Dunbartonshire) Built 1808 David Dale Owen born - A founder of the US Geological Survey 1808 David Rhind born - Architect 1808 Dr. James Anderson died - Inventor, agricultural economist and author 1808 Dr. James Esdaile (James Esdale) born - Early practitioner of hypnosis 1808 Evan MacColl born - Poet and song-writer 1808 Francis Charteris died - Noble 1808 Francis Charteris died - Noble 1808 General Sir James Hope Grant born - Soldier 1808 James Fillans born - Sculptor, painter, poet and stone mason 1808 James Frederick Ferrier born - Philosopher and academic 1808 James Nasmyth born - Engineer and inventor 1808 James Smith born - Builder and architect 1808 John Home died - Soldier, playwright and churchman 1808 John Menzies born - Bookseller and newsagent 1808 John Scott Russell born - Engineer and pioneering naval architect 1808 Rev. Horatius (Horace) Bonar born - Hymn-writer 1808 Rev. James Gall born - Cartographer and clergyman 1808 Robert Dalglish born - Businessman and politician 1808 Sir Peter Coats born - Industrialist 1808 Sir William Ferguson born - Surgeon 1808 Spynie Canal (Moray) Opened 1808 Tongland Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1808 Warriston Crematorium (City of Edinburgh) Built 1809 Alexander Adam died - Antiquary, author and educator 1809 Crawford Priory (Fife) Built 1809 David Cousin born - Architect 1809 General Sir John Moore died - Soldier 1809 James Cox born - Jute baron 1809 James Duff (2nd Earl of Fife) died - Politician 1809 John Goldie died - Author and philosopher 1809 John Hill Burton born - Historian, writer and lawyer 1809 John Mills born - Astronomer and philanthropist 1809 John Murray (4th Earl of Dunmore) died - Colonial governor 1809 Leith Martello Tower (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1809 Old North Ronaldsay Light Beacon (Orkney) Closed 1809 Prof. James David Forbes born - Physicist and traveller 1809 Thomas Coats born - Industrialist 1809 William Ewart Gladstone born - British Prime Minister 1810 Alexander Bain born - Inventor 1810 Charles Wilson born - Architect 1810 Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal (Glasgow City) Opened 1810 John Inglis (Lord Glencorse) born - Judge 1810 John Muir born - Orientalist 1810 Lt-Colonel William Patterson (William Paterson) died - Explorer and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales 1810 Rev. Andrew Alexander Bonar born - Clergyman and author 1810 Robert Tannahill died - Poet, flautist and song-writer 1810 Sir Hugh Allan born - Ship-owner, who contributed significantly to the commercial development of Canada 1810 St George's Well (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1810 Thomas Bonnar born - Interior designer 1810 William Douglas (4th Duke of Queensberry; 3rd Earl of March) died - Philanderer 1810 William Miller born - The Laureate of the Nursery 1810 World's First Savings Bank Founded 1811 Alexander Murray born - Geologist 1811 Andrew Meikle died - Agricultural Engineer 1811 Archibald Campbell Tait born - Archbishop of Canterbury 1811 Bell Rock Lighthouse (Angus) Built 1811 Henry Dundas (1st Viscount Melville) died - 'The Uncrowned King of Scotland' 1811 James Bruce (8th Earl of Elgin; 12th Earl of Kincardine) born - Statesman 1811 James Eckford Lauder born - Historical and landscape painter 1811 James McCosh born - Philosopher 1811 James Young (Paraffin Young) born - Chemical Engineer 1811 John Fraser died - Plant hunter 1811 John Wood born - Explorer 1811 Kilmarnock and Troon Railway (East Ayrshire) Opened 1811 Lady Alicia Scott born - Composer 1811 Laigh Milton Viaduct (East Ayrshire) Opened 1811 Loudoun Castle (East Ayrshire) Built 1811 Robert Dick born - Self-taught natural historian 1811 Robert Mylne died - Architect 1811 Sir George Gilbert Scott born - English architect 1811 Sir James Young Simpson born - Obstetrician and pioneer in the field of anaesthetics 1811 Stobo Castle (Scottish Borders) Built c.1812 Fairfield House (Midlothian) Built 1812 Daniel Lizars died - Copper-plate engraver and printer 1812 Drumtochty Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built 1812 Dundee Harbour (Dundee City) Built 1812 Eyemouth Museum (Scottish Borders) Built 1812 James Andrew Broun Ramsay (Marquis and 10th Earl of Dalhousie) born - Politician and statesman 1812 James Robert Hope-Scott born - Tractarian and barrister 1812 John Broadwood died - Piano manufacturer 1812 John Clerk of Eldin died - Politician, artist and author 1812 Leith Customs House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1812 Nelson Tower (Moray) Opened 1812 Rev. Norman MacLeod born - Theologian, prodigious author and social reformer 1812 Samuel Smiles born - Author and reformer 1812 Sir William Dunbar born - Railway administrator and politician 1812 South Breakwater (Old) (Aberdeen City) Opened 1812 The Well of the Seven Heads (Highland) Erected 1812 Thomas Alexander born - Military physician 1812 Thomas Meik born - Civil Engineer 1812 World's First Steamship Launched c.1813 Robert Mackenzie born - Trader 1813 Alexander Murray died - Classical scholar and linguist 1813 Alexander Wilson died - Father of American ornithology 1813 Arbroath Signal Tower Museum (Angus) Built 1813 Auchtergaven Parish Church (Perth and Kinross) Built 1813 Bridge of Cree (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1813 Daniel Macmillan born - Publisher 1813 David Livingstone born - Explorer and medical missionary 1813 David Waldie born - Surgeon and medical scientist 1813 Dr. John Rae born - Arctic Explorer 1813 Hackness Battery (Orkney) Opened 1813 James McGill died - Fur trader 1813 Kirkpatrick Macmillan born - Inventor 1813 Patrick Allan-Fraser born - Patron of the arts 1813 Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne born - Evangelical preacher 1813 Robert Fortune born - Botanist and plant-hunter 1813 St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral (City of Edinburgh) Built c.1814 Thomas Watling died - Artist, illustrator and forger 1814 Andrew Barclay born - Engineer 1814 Barry Mill (Angus) Built 1814 Daniel Stewart died - Philanthropist 1814 George Don died - Horticulturist and plant collector 1814 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1st Earl of Minto) died - Politician and statesman 1814 Hatton Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built 1814 James Duff (5th Earl of Fife) born - Born in Edinburgh 1814 Jardine Hall (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1814 John Stuart (1st Marquess and 4th Earl of Bute) died - Eldest son of John Stuart (1713 - 92) who became 1st Marquess in 1796 1814 John T. Rochead born - Architect 1814 Marykirk Bridge (Aberdeenshire) Opened 1814 Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay born - Geologist 1814 Thomas Mackenzie born - Architect 1814 West Register House (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1814 William Gemmell born - Sculptor 1814 William Jessop died - Engineer c.1815 Blair Castle (Fife) Built 1815 Allan Robertson born - The first great golf professional 1815 Barony Chambers (Glasgow City) Built 1815 Craigellachie Bridge (Moray) Opened 1815 Craigend Castle (Stirling) Built 1815 David Stevenson born - Engineer son of Robert Stevenson (1772 - 1850), and uncle of author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) 1815 Glenfinnan Monument (Highland) Erected 1815 James Valentine born - Photographer and publisher 1815 John McDouall Stuart born - Explorer and Surveyor of Australia 1815 Patrick Miller of Dalswinton died - Entrepreneur, banker and early patron of Robert Burns (1759-96) 1815 Prof. Daniel Rutherford died - Scientist 1815 Robert Burn died - Architect 1815 Sir John Alexander MacDonald born - First Prime Minister of Canada 1815 Thomas Smith died - Engineer 1815 William Brodie born - Sculptor 1815 William Roxburgh died - Botanist, who significantly advanced the study of Indian flora 1816 Adam Ferguson died - Sociologist, philosopher and historian 1816 Arthur Perigal born - Landscape painter 1816 Castle Esplanade (City of Edinburgh) Constructed 1816 Ebenezer Picken died - The Poet of Paisley 1816 Francis Macnab (The Macnab; 16th Chief of the Clan Macnab) died - Clan chief, landowner and eccentric 1816 Great Western Road (Glasgow City) Constructed 1816 James Brunlees born - Civil engineer 1816 Jewish Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1816 Kilwinning Abbey Tower Heritage Centre (North Ayrshire) Built 1816 Lagavulin Distillery (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1816 Musselburgh Racecourse (East Lothian) Opened 1816 Prof. Sir Daniel Wilson born - Archaeologist, antiquarian and academic 1816 Sir Theodore Martin born - Author and biographer 1816 St Andrew's Cathedral (Aberdeen City) Built 1816 The Athenaeum (Stirling) Built 1816 Trinity House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1816 William Nelson born - Publisher 1817 Alexander 'Greek' Thomson born - Architect 1817 Alexander Monro (Secundus) died - Anatomist 1817 Alexander Wood born - Physician, who developed the hypodermic syringe 1817 City Halls and Old Fruit Market (Glasgow City) Opened 1817 Corsewall Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1817 Dalmeny House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1817 David Lyall born - Explorer and naturalist 1817 Easter Fearn Bridge (Highland) Opened 1817 Francis Horner died - Politician and economist 1817 Garrion Bridges (North Lanarkshire) Opened 1817 Governor's House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1817 Hugh MacDonald born - Author, poet, naturalist and chartist 1817 James West died - Mathematician and clergyman 1817 John Graham died - Painter 1817 New Calton Burial Ground (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1817 Newbyth House (East Lothian) Built 1817 Robert Mylne born - Architect and surveyor 1817 Samuel Morison Brown born - Chemist and author 1817 Sir John Abercromby died - General 1817 Sir John Fowler born - English Architect and engineer 1817 St Andrew's Cathedral (Glasgow City) Built 1817 Thomas Davidson born - Palaeontologist 1817 Thomas Thomson born - Naturalist, explorer and plant-hunter 1818 Admiral Sir George Johnstone Hope died - Naval commander 1818 David MacBrayne born - Ship owner 1818 Dugald MacPhail born - Gaelic songwriter, poet and author 1818 George Brown born - Politician and a founding father of Canada, born and educated in Edinburgh 1818 George Dempster of Dunnichen (Honest George) died - Politician and reformer 1818 Hector MacNeill died - Poet 1818 James Lorimer born - Lawyer and political philosopher 1818 John Cairns born - Clergyman and philosopher 1818 Prof. Alexander Bain born - Thinker, psychologist and educationalist 1818 Robert Thorburn born - Artist 1818 Sir William Stirling Maxwell born - Art connoisseur and collector 1818 St John's Church (City of Edinburgh) Built 1818 Strathallan Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built 1818 The Drumin Country Museum (Moray) Opened 1818 Thomas Stevenson born - Engineer to the Board of Northern Lighthouses 1819 Allan Pinkerton born - Private detective 1819 Archibald Skirving died - Artist 1819 Cambusnethan Priory (North Lanarkshire) Built 1819 Charles Piazzi Smyth born - Eccentric Astronomer Royal for Scotland who instigated Edinburgh's "One O'Clock Gun" 1819 Dr Gray's Hospital (Moray) Built 1819 Francis Napier (10th Lord Napier; 1st Baron Ettrick) born - Diplomat and colonial administrator 1819 Hugh Montgomerie of Coilsfield (12th Earl of Eglinton) died - Politician and soldier 1819 James Matthews born - Architect 1819 James Sandy died - Inventor of the invisible hinge 1819 James Watt died - Inventor and engineer 1819 John Campbell Shairp born - Poet and literary critic 1819 John Faed born - Painter 1819 John Playfair died - Geologist, physicist and mathematician 1819 Mary Burton born - Social reformer, who was regarded as one of Edinburgh's foremost women of her time 1819 Pressmennan Loch (East Lothian) Opened 1819 Queen Victoria born - Longest reigning British monarch and lover of all things Scottish, who presided over the flowering of the British Empire and a time of remarkable industrial progress 1819 Robert Dundas of Arniston (5th Lord Arniston) died - Judge and politician 1819 Sir William Muir born - Indian civil servant and oriental historian 1819 The Mar and Kellie Mausoleum (Clackmannanshire) Erected 1819 Thomas Anderson born - Organic chemist 1820 Abram Lyle born - Sugar refiner 1820 Agnes Broun died - Mother of Robert Burns (1759-96) 1820 Archibald Campbell-Colquhoun died - Politician and lawyer 1820 Captain James Macrae of Holmains died - Notorious duellist 1820 Charlotte Square (City of Edinburgh) Constructed 1820 Cluny House (Perth and Kinross) Built 1820 Cullen House (Moray) Built 1820 David Kirkaldy born - Experimental engineer 1820 East Preston Street Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1820 James Clerk Maxwell Birthplace (City of Edinburgh) Built 1820 James Thomson Memorial (Scottish Borders) Erected 1820 John Caird born - Theologian and philosopher 1820 Larbert Old Church (Falkirk) Built 1820 Lochend House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1820 Sir Alexander Mackenzie died - Explorer 1820 Sir Donald Alexander Smith (1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal) born - Businessman and statesman 1820 Sir Thomas Dundas of Kerse (1st Baron Dundas) died - Politician, merchant and naval officer 1820 Thomas Douglas (5th Earl of Selkirk) died - Philanthropist and coloniser 1820 Tulliallan Castle (Fife) Built 1820 Union Suspension Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened 1820 William John Macquorn Rankine born - Engineer and physicist 1821 Anne Hunter (Anne Home) died - Minor poet and socialite 1821 Balnakeilly (Perth and Kinross) Built 1821 Blairquhan Castle (South Ayrshire) Built 1821 Castle Toward (Argyll and Bute) Built 1821 Coul House (Highland) Built 1821 Golden Square (Aberdeen City) Constructed 1821 Henry Dunning Macleod born - Economist 1821 James Croll born - Unsung scientist 1821 James Faed born - Engraver 1821 John Ballantyne died - Printer and publisher, born in Kelso 1821 John Francis Campbell (Iain Og Ile) born - Polymath 1821 John Hunter died - Governor of New South Wales (Australia) between 1795 and 1800 1821 John Rennie died - Engineer, born in Phantassie, East Lothian 1821 Prof. James Gregory died - Professor of Medicine 1821 Robert Adamson born - Photographer 1821 Sir James Gowans born - Architect 1821 Sir Joseph Noel Paton born - The "Fairy Painter" 1821 Strichen House (Aberdeenshire) Built 1821 Thomas Morris (Old Tom) born - Golfer 1821 Thomas Usher born - Brewer 1821 William (Willie) Dunn (Senior) born - Golfing champion and equipment manufacturer 1822 Alexander Mackenzie born - Canadian Prime Minister 1822 Almond Aqueduct (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1822 Avon Aqueduct (Falkirk) Opened 1822 Bridge of Earn (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1822 Caledonian Canal (Highland) Opened 1822 David Jacks (David Jack) born - Entrepreneur and land speculator who gave his name to 'Monterey Jack' cheese 1822 Francis Cadell born - Explorer 1822 George IV visits Scotland 1822 Iain Dubh MacCrimmon died - The last of the hereditary pipers to MacLeod of Dunvegan 1822 James Dickson died - Plant collector 1822 James Grant born - Novelist and historian 1822 National Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1822 Perth Sheriff Court (Perth and Kinross) Built 1822 Peter Henderson born - Seed merchant and author 1822 Robert William Thomson born - Engineer and Inventor 1822 Samuel Bough born - Influential watercolourist 1822 Sir Henry James Sumner Maine born - Jurist and legal historian 1822 Sir Thomas Bouch born - Engineer 1822 Slateford Aqueduct (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1822 The Linlithgow Canal Centre (West Lothian) Opened 1822 The Music Hall (Aberdeen City) Built 1822 The Signet Library (City of Edinburgh) Built 1822 Thomas Coutts died - Banker 1822 Thomas Nelson born - Publisher 1822 Union Canal (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1823 Admiral George Keith Elphinstone (Admiral Lord Keith; 1st Viscount Keith) died - Naval commander 1823 Andrew Heiton born - Architect 1823 Archibald Hood born - Mining engineer and entrepreneur 1823 Blythswood Square (Glasgow City) Constructed 1823 Burns Monument (South Ayrshire) Erected 1823 Cramond Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1823 Dr. James Crichton died - Physician and philanthropist 1823 General Nisbet Balfour died - Soldier and politician 1823 George Douglas Campbell (8th Duke of Argyll) born - Politician 1823 George Washington Wilson born - Pioneering photographer, noted for his early studies of the Royal family 1823 Jemima Blackburn (Jemima Wedderburn) born - Artist 1823 Matthew Baillie died - Anatomist and physician extraordinary to King George III 1823 Melville Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1823 Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (City of Edinburgh) Established 1823 Sir Henry Raeburn died - Portrait painter 1823 Sir John Hope (4th Earl of Hopetoun) died - Soldier 1823 Tayport West Lighthouse (Fife) Built 1823 The Queen's Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built 1824 Abbotsford House (Scottish Borders) Built 1824 Alexander Campbell died - Composer, musician, poet and author 1824 Alexander Fleming born - Iron-master and philanthropist 1824 Alexander Thompson born - Soldier 1824 Cameronbridge Distillery (Fife) Opened 1824 David Smart born - Architect 1824 Dunninald Castle (Angus) Built 1824 Edinburgh Academy (City of Edinburgh) Built 1824 Ettrick Kirk (Scottish Borders) Built 1824 Glencorse Reservoir (Midlothian) Opened 1824 Great Fire of Edinburgh 1824 Hopetoun Monument (East Lothian) Erected 1824 John Elder born - Marine engineer and ship-builder 1824 John Ritchie Findlay born - Newspaper owner 1824 John Stuart McCaig born - Oban banker, art critic and philosophical essayist 1824 Lachlan Macquarie died - Soldier, civil servant and Father of Australia 1824 Perth Museum and Art Gallery (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1824 Sir James Anderson born - Captain of the Great Eastern 1824 Thomas McIlwraith born - Canadian businessman and ornithologist 1824 Tibbie Shiels Inn (Scottish Borders) Built 1824 Walter Chalmers Smith born - Poet and Free Church minister, born in Aberdeen 1824 Waterloo Monument (Scottish Borders) Erected 1824 William Thomson (Lord Kelvin of Largs) born - Mathematician and Physicist 1825 Aberfeldy Water Mill (Perth and Kinross) Built 1825 Angus Mor MacAskill (Aonghas Mor MacAsgaill) born - The Cape Breton Giant 1825 Ben Nevis Distillery (Highland) Opened 1825 Catherine Helen Spence born - Australian social reformer 1825 Edradour Distillery (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1825 James Guthrie Orchar born - Engineer, industrialist and philanthropist 1825 James Taylor died - Engineer 1825 Sir Donald Currie born - Shipping magnate and politician 1825 Sir George Warrender of Lochend (6th Baronet Lochend) born - Politician and businessman 1825 Sir James Erskine of Torrie died - Soldier, amateur artist and collector 1825 Sir Robert Jardine born - Trader and politician 1825 St Giles Church (Moray) Built 1825 William Beardmore born - Engineer 1825 William Burns born - Minor poet 1825 William Robertson born - Engineer, industrialist and local politician 1826 Alexander Gordon Laing died - African explorer 1826 Andrew Usher born - Whisky blender 1826 Caol Ila Distillery (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1826 Colonel Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart (7th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall) born - Landowner and politician 1826 Dr. John Barclay died - Anatomist 1826 Duntrune House (Angus) Built 1826 Gattonside Suspension Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened 1826 General John McArthur born - General in the American Civil War 1826 John Brown born - Personal servant of Queen Victoria 1826 John Jeffrey born - Explorer and plant-hunter 1826 John Kay died - Artist and social commentator 1826 Most Rev. William Dalrymple Maclagan born - Archbishop of York 1826 Murdoch (Murdo) Paterson born - Civil engineer 1826 Ramshorn Church (Glasgow City) Built 1826 Robert Rainy born - Clergyman and ecclesiastical statesman 1826 Royal Scottish Academy (City of Edinburgh) Built 1826 Sir Alexander Grant born - Administrator and educationalist 1826 Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn born - Medical and health pioneer 1826 Thomas Faed born - Painter, noted for his scenes of domestic life 1826 William Glen died - Minor poet 1827 Alexander Gordon (4th Duke of Gordon) died - Noble and song-writer 1827 Archibald Constable died - Publisher 1827 Argyll Arcade (Glasgow City) Constructed 1827 Buchan Ness Lighthouse (Aberdeenshire) Built 1827 Christian Salvesen born - Ship-owner 1827 Dr. William McEwan born - Brewer and philanthropist 1827 Gilbert Burns died - Younger brother of poet Robert Burns (1759-96) 1827 Greenock Cut (Inverclyde) Opened 1827 Hugh Baird died - Civil engineer 1827 Hugh Clapperton died - Explorer, born in Annan (Dumfries and Galloway) 1827 James Augustus Grant born - Explorer and soldier 1827 Joseph Lister (1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis) born - Surgeon 1827 Robert Pollok died - Poet 1827 Sir Robert Abercromby died - Soldier 1827 Sir Sandford Fleming born - Canadian railway engineer, born in Kirkcaldy 1827 St Stephen's Church (City of Edinburgh) Built 1827 Stracathro House (Angus) Built 1827 Thom, Loch (Inverclyde) Opened 1827 William Reynolds born - One of the first winners of the Victoria Cross 1828 Alexander Fraser born - Landscape painter 1828 Balfour Stewart born - Physicist and meteorologist 1828 Camperdown House (Dundee City) Built 1828 Captain John Melville Keay born - Record-breaking ships captain 1828 Dr. Andrew Duncan died - Medical reformer 1828 Dugald Stewart died - Philosopher 1828 Dunphail House (Moray) Built 1828 Isabella Elder (Isabella Ure) born - Philanthropist 1828 John Ainslie died - Surveyor and cartographer 1828 John Boyd Watson born - Australian mining tycoon 1828 John McIlwraith born - Manufacturing plumber and ship-owner 1828 Margaret Oliphant (Margaret Wilson) born - Prodigious author 1828 Matthew Forster Heddle born - Mineralogist and chemist 1828 Robert Blair died - Inventor and astronomer 1829 Advocate's Library (City of Edinburgh) Built 1829 Alexander Buchan born - Meteorologist 1829 Captain George Moodie born - First Captain of the Cutty Sark 1829 Francis Hamilton Buchanan died - Explorer and naturalist 1829 General Sir David Baird died - Soldier 1829 John Veitch born - Philosopher, poet and historian 1829 New Parliament House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1829 Robert Archibald Smith died - Minor composer and collector of songs 1829 The Blairs Museum (Aberdeenshire) Established 1829 The Facade (Aberdeen City) Erected 1829 Thomas Francis Jamieson born - Geologist 1829 Tyninghame House (East Lothian) Built 1829 William Burke died - Resurrectionist and Murderer 1829 William Quarrier born - Philanthropist and social reformer c.1830 Easthouse (Shetland) Built 1830 Aberdeen Arts Centre (Aberdeen City) Built 1830 Alexander Brodie born - Sculptor 1830 Burns Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1830 Charles George Hood Kinnear born - Architect and inventor 1830 Ebenezer Bryce born - Mormon convert who gave his name to Bryce Canyon (Utah, USA) 1830 Garden House (Stirling) Built 1830 Henry Bell died - Engineer 1830 Letham Grange (Angus) Built 1830 Mull of Galloway Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1830 Sir Charles Wyville Thomson born - Oceanographer 1830 Sir James Donaldson died - Publisher and philanthropist 1830 Tarbat Ness Lighthouse (Highland) Built 1830 Tugnet Ice House (Moray) Built 1830 William Paterson Turnbull born - American ornithologist 1830 William Topaz McGonagall born - Poet c.1831 James Robertson born - Marmalade manufacturer 1831 Appin House (Argyll and Bute) Built 1831 Bridge of Don (Aberdeen City) Opened 1831 Greenlaw Town Hall (Scottish Borders) Built 1831 Innocent Railway Tunnel (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1831 James Clerk Maxwell born - Mathematician and physicist 1831 John M. Honeyman born - Architect 1831 Patrick Nasmyth died - Artist 1831 Peter Guthrie Tait born - Physicist 1831 The Innocent Railway (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1831 Wellington Suspension Bridge (Aberdeen City) Opened 1831 William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (6th Duke of Buccleuch; 8th Duke of Queensberry) born - Noble and politician 1831 William Ritchie died - Publisher 1831 William Symington died - Engineer 1832 Alexander Nimmo died - Surveyor, engineer and educationalist 1832 Col. Patrick Stewart born - Engineer 1832 Dean Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1832 Dr. John Kirk born - Explorer and Reformer 1832 Dupplin Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built 1832 Fergusson Gallery (Perth and Kinross) Built 1832 George IV Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1832 James Thomson died - Minor poet 1832 John Muir House (East Lothian) Built 1832 John Paterson died - Architect 1832 New Bridge (Stirling) Opened 1832 Port Ellen Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built 1832 Reform Act (1832) 1832 Rev. Dr. Andrew Bell died - Educationalist 1832 Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh) Built 1832 Sir James Hall died - Geologist and politician 1832 Sir John Leslie died - Physicist and inventor 1832 Sir Walter Scott died - Prodigious writer, patriot and enthusiast for all things Scottish 1832 The Conservatory (Midlothian) Built 1832 William Schomberg Robert Kerr (8th Marquess of Lothian) born - Noble 1833 Alexander Baird died - Farmer and entrepreneur 1833 Alexander Henry Rhind born - Egyptologist 1833 Andrew Picken died - Author 1833 Barra Head Lighthouse (Western Isles) Built 1833 George Clark born - Shoe maker 1833 George Granville Leveson-Gower (1st Duke of Sutherland) died - Infamous reformer 1833 George Paul Chalmers (G.P. Chalmers) born - Painter, described as the Angus Rembrandt 1833 Girdle Ness Lighthouse (Aberdeen City) Built 1833 Glengoyne Distillery (Stirling) Opened 1833 James Ballantyne died - Printer and Publisher 1833 James Bell died - Geographer 1833 John Anderson born - Zoologist 1833 Lismore Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built 1833 Merchiston Castle School (City of Edinburgh) Established 1833 Municipal Reform Act (1833) 1833 Reform Monument (Aberdeenshire) Erected 1833 Reform Tower (Aberdeenshire) Erected 1833 Robert Methven Heron born - Potter 1833 Schomberg Henry Kerr (9th Marquess of Lothian) born - Noble, politician and industrialist 1833 Sir William Macleod Bannatyne (Lord Bannatyne) died - Jurist, judge and author 1833 Sir William Pearce born - English-born ship-builder 1833 The Necropolis (Glasgow City) Opened 1833 Thomas Allan died - Banker, newspaper proprietor and mineralogist 1833 Thomas Moonlight born - Soldier, politician and diplomat 1833 Victoria Dock (Dundee City) Built 1833 William Marshall died - Composer and fiddle-player 1834 David Douglas died - Adventurous botanist 1834 Edward Irving died - Charismatic preacher 1834 Frances MacDonald born - Artist and designer 1834 James Abbott McNeill Whistler born - Artist 1834 James Barbour born - Architect 1834 James Gall born - Publisher and businessman 1834 John Campbell (4th Earl and 1st Marquis of Breadalbane) died - Noble and soldier 1834 Powis Gates (Aberdeen City) Built 1834 Rutherford's (City of Edinburgh) Built 1834 Sir James Hector born - Geologist and naturalist, who came to dominate science in New Zealand 1834 Sir Robert Preston died - Merchant and philanthropist 1834 Sir Robert Rowand Anderson born - Architect 1834 Thomas Pringle died - Minor poet and reformer 1834 Thomas Telford died - Civil engineer 1834 William (Willie) Park (Senior) born - Golfing champion 1834 William Blackwood died - Publisher and bookseller 1834 William Fullerton Elphinstone died - Chairman of the East India Company c.1835 Kalemouth Suspension Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened c.1835 Peter Dodds McCormick born - Composer of the Australian National Anthem and choirmaster c.1835 Tighnabruaich Pier (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1835 Andrew Carnegie born - Iron and steel magnate and great philanthropist 1835 Edward Caird born - Philosopher 1835 James Hogg (The Ettrick Shepherd) died - Author, songwriter and poet 1835 Madeleine Smith born - Poisoner, who gave rise to a celebrated legal case 1835 Mungo Park born - Golfing champion 1835 Murray's Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected 1835 Rev. William Brown died - Clergyman and author 1835 Sir Archibald Geikie born - Geologist, specialising in volcanic geology and the microscopic examination of rocks 1835 Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster died - Politician, lawyer and agricultural reformer 1835 Sir Thomas McIlwraith born - Politician and financier 1835 William McTaggart born - Painter 1835 William Motherwell died - Poet, antiquary and journalist 1836 Andrew Strath born - Golf champion 1836 Colin Macaulay died - Soldier and abolitionist 1836 Ebenezer Scroggie died - Edinburgh merchant who provided Charles Dickens with the inspiration for the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge 1836 George Gordon (5th Duke of Gordon) died - Noble and General, who raised the Gordon Highlanders 1836 Inverness Castle (Highland) Built 1836 James Mill died - Philosopher, historian and economist, who was a founder of University College London 1836 Jessie Seymour Irvine born - Amateur composer, noted for a single tune 1836 John Loudon MacAdam (John Loudon McAdam) died - Surveyor and builder of roads 1836 Marischal College (Aberdeen City) Built 1836 Mauricewood (Midlothian) Built 1836 Rev. Alexander Whyte born - Free Church leader 1836 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman born - Politician and Prime Minister of Britain between 1905 and 1908 1836 Sir Samuel Chisholm born - Reforming politician and Lord Provost of Glasgow 1836 Sir William Fettes died - Merchant and philanthropist 1836 St Leonard's Church (Former) (Perth and Kinross) Built 1836 St Margaret's Parish Church (City of Edinburgh) Built 1836 The Highland Theological College (Highland) Built 1837 Dr. Joseph Bell born - Surgeon 1837 George Watson died - Portrait painter 1837 Glenfarclas Distillery (Moray) Opened 1837 Glenkinchie Distillery (East Lothian) Opened 1837 Hercules Linton born - The designer of the clipper ship Cutty Sark 1837 Sir James Key Caird born - Jute Baron and philanthropist 1837 St Devenick's Bridge (Aberdeen City) Opened 1837 Walter Geikie died - Artist 1838 A.K. Bell Library (Perth and Kinross) Built 1838 Alexander Crum Brown born - Organic chemist 1838 Archibald Forbes born - War correspondent and military historian 1838 Charles Tennant died - Industrial chemist 1838 Forbes of Newe Obelisk (Aberdeen City) Erected 1838 Garth House (Perth and Kinross) Built 1838 George Ramsay (9th Earl of Dalhousie) died - Soldier and statesman 1838 Glen Ord Distillery (Highland) Opened 1838 Granton Harbour (City of Edinburgh) Built 1838 John Muir born - Naturalist and conservationist 1838 Rev. John Jamieson died - Lexicographer 1838 Sir Michael Nairn born - Linoleum baron 1838 Thomas Blaikie died - Garden designer, who became known as the Capability Brown of France 1838 Thomas Blake Glover born - Merchant and reformer in Japan 1838 William Dyce Cay (W.D. Cay) born - Harbour engineer 1838 Zachary Macaulay died - Abolitionist 1839 Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland died - Naval commander 1839 Alexander Milne died - Entrepreneur 1839 Biggar Gasworks Museum (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1839 Dr. John Aitken born - Physicist and meteorologist 1839 Duke of Gordon's Monument (Moray) Erected 1839 Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (Countess of Sutherland) died - Countess, artist and reformer 1839 George William Campbell (6th Duke of Argyll) died - Son of John Campbell (1723 - 1806), the 5th Duke 1839 James Geikie born - Geologist 1839 James Maitland (8th Earl of Lauderdale) died - Politician and economist 1839 John Pettie born - Painter 1839 Lady Flora Hastings died - Lady Flora was a daughter of Loudoun Castle, near Galston, East Ayrshire 1839 Panmure Testimonial (Angus) Erected 1839 Prof. James Blyth born - Academic and inventor 1839 Prof. James Hamilton died - Obstetrician and medical lecturer 1839 Sir William Arrol born - Engineer and leading railway contractor 1839 William Adam died - Lawyer and politician 1839 William Farquhar died - Founder and first colonial administrator of Singapore 1839 William Murdock died - Engineer and inventor of gas lighting c.1840 Argaty (Stirling) Built c.1840 Perth Harbour (Perth and Kinross) Built 1840 Alexander Nasmyth died - Painter and architect 1840 Custom House (Glasgow City) Built 1840 Forth and Cart Junction Canal (West Dunbartonshire) Opened 1840 James Paterson died - Inventor 1840 John Boyd Dunlop born - Inventor, born into a farming family at Dreghorn (North Ayrshire) 1840 John Galt died - Novelist 1840 John Reid born - Golfing pioneer 1840 Rev. John Thomson died - Minister at Duddingston and artist 1840 Robert Alexander born - Painter 1840 Robert Ferguson of Raith died - Politician and mineral collector 1840 Sir Benjamin Baker born - English Civil engineer 1840 Sir Thomas Clouston born - Medical pioneer 1840 Sophia Jex Blake born - Medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette 1840 Southern Necropolis (Glasgow City) Opened 1840 Thomas Drummond died - Surveyor, inventor and politician 1840 William Maclure died - Father of American geology and educationalist 1841 Agnes Maclehose (Clarinda) died - The Clarinda with whom Robert Burns (1759-96) famously corresponded 1841 Avon Viaduct (Falkirk) Opened 1841 Ayton Castle (Scottish Borders) Built 1841 City Halls and Old Fruit Market (Glasgow City) Built 1841 David Don died - Botanist 1841 John B. Howard born - Theatre impresario and actor 1841 Lennox Castle (East Dunbartonshire) Built 1841 Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Crauford Ferguson died - Soldier, politician and landowner 1841 Richard Henry Brunton born - Civil engineer 1841 Roseburn New Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1841 Seacliffe House (East Lothian) Built 1841 Sir Alexander Burnes died - Explorer 1841 Sir David Wilkie died - Painter 1841 Sir John Murray born - Pioneering Oceanographer 1841 The Corinthian (Glasgow City) Built 1841 Thomas Bruce (7th Earl of Elgin; 11th Earl of Kincardine) died - Diplomat 1842 (William) Hamilton Beattie born - Architect 1842 Abercairny (Perth and Kinross) Built 1842 Almond Valley Viaduct (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1842 Archibald Menzies died - Plant hunter 1842 Carnoustie Championship Course (Angus) Opened 1842 David Watson Stevenson (D.W. Stevenson) born - Sculptor 1842 Elgin Museum (Moray) Opened 1842 Forglen House (Aberdeenshire) Built 1842 Hamilton Mausoleum (South Lanarkshire) Built 1842 Haymarket Station (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1842 James (Jamie) Anderson born - Golf champion 1842 John Rennie born - Naval architect 1842 Leading Lights (Aberdeen City) Built 1842 Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone died - Unsuccessful military commander 1842 Osgood Mackenzie born - Garden architect 1842 Poldrate Mill (East Lothian) Opened 1842 Queen Street Station (Glasgow City) Opened 1842 Rev. Dr. George Matheson born - Preacher and noted hymn-writer 1842 Robert Haldane died - Evangelist and writer 1842 Sir Charles Bell died - Anatomist and surgeon 1842 Sir James Dewar born - Inventor and pioneer of cryogenics 1842 Sir James Ivory died - Mathematician 1842 Slateford Viaduct (City of Edinburgh) Opened c.1843 Harlaw House (Aberdeenshire) Built 1843 Charles Baird died - Engineer, who build Russia's first steamship 1843 Charles Macintosh died - Industrial chemist and entrepreneur 1843 Customs House and Harbour Chambers (Dundee City) Built 1843 David Hamilton died - Architect 1843 Dr. Andrew Peebles Aitken born - Agricultural chemist 1843 Dr. Henry Faulds born - Pioneer of finger-print identification 1843 General Sir William Schaw Cathcart (1st Earl of Cathcart) died - Soldier and diplomat 1843 George Abercromby (2nd Lord Abercromby of Aboukir and Tullibody) died - Lawyer and politician 1843 Guru Nanak Gurdwara Singh Sabha Sikh Temple (City of Edinburgh) Built 1843 James Scott Skinner born - Fiddler and prolific composer of fiddle music, born in Banchory, Aberdeenshire 1843 James Sellars born - Architect 1843 Major General Sir Archibald Campbell died - Heroic soldier and Governor of New Brunswick 1843 Rev. Alexander John Forsyth died - Inventor of the percussion cap 1843 Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne died - Evangelical preacher 1843 Sir David Gill born - Astronomer 1843 Sir James Shaw died - Lord Major of London and real-life Dick Whittington 1843 St Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral Towers (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected 1843 Talisker Distillery (Highland) Opened 1843 Thomas Graham (1st Baron Lynedoch of Balgowan) died - Military commander and politician 1843 Warriston Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1843 William Jardine died - Trader and entrepreneur 1843 William John Napier (9th Lord Napier) died - Sailor and diplomat 1843 William Wallace died - Mathematician and inventor 1843 The Disruption 1844 (Alexander) Keith Johnston born - Geographer, explorer and publisher 1844 Andrew McIlwraith born - Shipowner and frozen-meat trade pioneer 1844 Basil Hall died - Traveller and author 1844 Cove House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1844 Duke of Gordon Statue (Aberdeen City) Erected 1844 George Meikle Kemp died - Architect and draughtsman 1844 House of Falkland (Fife) Built 1844 James Allan Bell born - Railway engineer 1844 John Abercrombie died - Physician and medical scientist 1844 Martyrs' Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1844 Prof. Thomas Charles Hope died - Chemist 1844 Royal College of Physicians (City of Edinburgh) Built 1844 Sir Alexander Ogston born - Surgeon and bacteriologist 1844 Sir John Sholto Douglas (8th Marquis of Queensberry; Viscount Drumlanrig) born - Patron of sport and subject of an infamous trial 1844 Sir Patrick Manson born - Medical scientist 1844 Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton born - Clinical pharmacologist 1844 Sir Thomas Muir born - Mathematician 1844 Skerryvore Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built 1844 Thomas Henderson died - Astronomer 1844 Waverley Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1844 Wellshill Cemetery (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1844 Whitehill House (Midlothian) Built c.1845 Crawhin Reservoir (Inverclyde) Opened c.1845 Kelly Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened 1845 Admiral Sir David Milne died - Naval commander 1845 Alexander Shanks died - Inventor of the modern lawnmower, who lived in Arbroath 1845 Dean Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1845 Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow City) Established 1845 James Patrick Robertson (Lord Robertson of Forteviot) born - Jurist and politician 1845 John Douglas Sutherland Campbell (9th Duke of Argyll) born - Politician and statesman 1845 John Knox died - Painter 1845 Mar Hall (Renfrewshire) Built 1845 Princes Square (Glasgow City) Built 1845 Robert Fleming born - Investment banker 1845 Royal Lochnagar Distillery (Aberdeenshire) Opened 1845 St Mary's Episcopal Church (Midlothian) Built 1845 Sydney Smith died - Clergyman, writer, wit and co-founder of the Edinburgh Review 1845 The Glasgow Academy (Glasgow City) Established 1845 Thomas Duncan died - Painter 1845 William Graham born - Photographer 1845 William Robertson-Smith born - Scholar of Oriental and Biblical Studies 1846 Alexander Milne Calder born - Sculptor 1846 Dr. Henry Duncan died - Father of the Savings Banks 1846 General Sir George Murray died - Soldier, statesman and politician 1846 Ingliston House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1846 James Logie Robertson (Hugh Haliburton) born - Minor poet 1846 John Baildon died - Iron-founder 1846 John Hays McLaren born - Horticulturist who laid out the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, one of the largest public parks in the world 1846 Leny House (Stirling) Built 1846 Newington Necropolis (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1846 Penmanshiel Tunnel (Scottish Borders) Opened 1846 Prof. Adam Anderson died - Educationalist and pioneering engineer, who modernised the utility infrastructure of Perth 1846 Rosebank Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1846 Scott Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1846 Sir James Balfour Paul born - Lord Lyon King of Arms 1846 The Bedlam Theatre (City of Edinburgh) Built 1846 William Guthrie Spence born - Trade union leader c.1847 Stobsmuir Ponds (Dundee City) Opened 1847 (Alexander) Marshall Mackenzie born - Architect 1847 Alexander Forbes-Leith (Baron Leith of Fyvie) born - Steel magnate 1847 Alexander Graham Bell born - Inventor and entrepreneur 1847 Archibald Philip Primrose (5th Earl of Rosebery) born - Politician and British Prime Minister 1847 Archibald Simpson died - Aberdeen-based architect 1847 David Mushet died - Industrialist and metallurgist 1847 Dr. Thomas Chalmers died - Founder of the Free Church of Scotland 1847 Glenalmond College (Perth and Kinross) Established 1847 Grange Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1847 John Campbell Hamilton Gordon (1st Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair) born - Governor-General of Canada and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1847 John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell (7th Duke of Argyll) died - Brother of George William Campbell (1766 - 1839), the 6th Duke and son of John Campbell (1723 - 1806), the 5th Duke 1847 John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (3rd Marquess of Bute) born - Patron of the arts and philanthropist 1847 John Wilson Ewbank died - Painter 1847 Loch Ryan Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1847 Rev. Henry Francis Lyte died - One of the great Victorian hymn-writers 1847 Robert Liston died - Surgeon 1847 Robert Thom died - Engineer 1847 Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Glasgow City) Established 1847 Scotland Street Tunnel (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1847 Sir Robert McAlpine ("Concrete Bob") born - Entrepreneur, known as "Concrete Bob" 1847 Stirling Old Town Jail (Stirling) Built 1847 The Dome (City of Edinburgh) Built 1848 Arthur James Balfour (1st Earl Balfour of Whittingehame) born - Politician 1848 Dee Railway Viaduct (Aberdeen City) Opened 1848 Harlaw Reservoir (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1848 John Crichton-Stuart (2nd Marquess of Bute) died - Entrepreneur 1848 Larbert Junction (Falkirk) Opened 1848 Larbert Station (Falkirk) Opened 1848 Mary Slessor born - An ordinary Dundee mill worker who became a notable missionary in West Africa 1848 Moncrieffe Tunnel (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1848 Perth Railway Station (Perth and Kinross) Built 1848 Robert (Bob) Ferguson born - Golf champion 1848 Robert Adamson died - Photographer 1848 Sir William MacEwen born - Surgical pioneer 1848 South Leith Parish Church (City of Edinburgh) Built 1848 Stephen Adam born - Stained-glass artist 1848 Threipmuir Reservoir (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1848 William Henry (Christie) Miller (Christie Miller) died - Eccentric politician 1848 William Thom died - Minor poet 1848 Moray Firth Fishing Disaster 1849 Alexander Murdoch Mackay born - Missionary 1849 Alexander William George Duff (1st Duke of Fife) born - Politician, banker and landowner 1849 Ardnamurchan Lighthouse (Highland) Built 1849 Black Boy Fountain (Stirling) Erected 1849 Charles Lyell died - Botanist and translator of Dante 1849 Great Eastern Hotel (Glasgow City) Built 1849 Joanna Belfrage Picken died - Minor poet 1849 John Barbour born - Draper, who gave his name to the Barbour Jacket 1849 MacFadzean Monument (North Ayrshire) Erected 1849 Melrose Railway Station (Scottish Borders) Built 1849 Prof. George Forbes born - Physicist, astronomer and traveller 1849 St Ninian's Cathedral (Perth and Kinross) Built 1849 Victor Alexander Bruce (9th Earl of Elgin; 13th Earl of Kincardine) born - Statesman and Viceroy of India 1849 William Cunningham born - Economic historian and clergyman 1849 William Grant Stevenson born - Sculptor Next Period
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