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Previous Period
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18th C.
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Ardencaple House (Argyll and Bute) Built
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18th C.
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Asknish House (Argyll and Bute) Built
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18th C.
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Bolfracks (Perth and Kinross) Built
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18th C.
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Brechin Castle (Angus) Built
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18th C.
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Camserney Longhouse (Perth and Kinross) Built
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18th C.
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Canongate Manse (City of Edinburgh) Built
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18th C.
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Douglas Castle (South Lanarkshire) Built
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18th C.
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Foswell (Perth and Kinross) Built
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18th C.
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Foswell House (Perth and Kinross) Built
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18th C.
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Glendevon Parish Church (Perth and Kinross) Built
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18th C.
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Hal o' the Wynd House (Perth and Kinross) Built
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18th C.
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Hawick Museum (Scottish Borders) Built
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18th C.
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Holland House (Orkney) Built
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18th C.
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House of Pitmuies (Angus) Built
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18th C.
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Howford Bridge (East Ayrshire) Opened
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18th C.
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Jane Welsh Carlyle House (East Lothian) Built
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18th C.
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Johnnie Notion's Bod (Shetland) Built
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18th C.
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Kincraig House (Highland) Built
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18th C.
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King's House Hotel (Highland) Built
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18th C.
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Lasswade Bridge (Midlothian) Opened
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18th C.
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Livingston Bridge (West Lothian) Opened
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18th C.
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Loch Bee Causeway (Western Isles) Constructed
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18th C.
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Maggie Wall's Monument (Perth and Kinross) Erected
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18th C.
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McDuff's Monument (Perth and Kinross) Erected
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18th C.
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Newhailes (East Lothian) Created
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18th C.
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Newlands Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
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18th C.
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Ramada Hotel (Perth and Kinross) Built
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18th C.
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Royal Scottish Geographical Society (Perth and Kinross) Built
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18th C.
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Stroquhan (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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18th C.
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Surgeons' Square (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
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18th C.
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The Haa (Shetland) Built
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18th C.
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The Lodberrie (Shetland) Built
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18th C.
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The Port (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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18th C.
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The Sheep Heid Inn (City of Edinburgh) Built
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18th C.
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The Weaver's Cottage (Renfrewshire) Built
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18th C.
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Wardhouse (Aberdeenshire) Built
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c.1700
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Cross House (West Lothian) Built
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c.1700
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George Ross born - Laird and businessman
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c.1700
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Rev. Thomas Mair born - Minister of the Secession Church in the parish of Orwell, Kinross-shire
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c.1700
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Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony died - Soldier and royal servant
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1700
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East Elchies House (Moray) Built
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1700
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General William Maule (1st Earl of Panmure of Forth) born - Soldier and politician
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1700
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James Ferguson (Lord Pitfour) born - Advocate and judge
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1700
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James Thomson born - Poet and dramatist
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1700
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Sir Hugh Dalrymple (Lord Drummore) born - Invented hollow-pipe drainage
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1701
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Cuddy Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
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1701
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Dalkeith House (Midlothian) Built
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1701
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James Glen born - American governor
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1701
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King James VII (King James II of England) died - Unpopular monarch
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1701
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Lochryan House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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1701
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William Grant (Lord Prestongrange) born - Lawyer, judge and politician
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1701
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William Kidd (Captain Kidd) died - Infamous pirate and privateer
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c.1702
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Margaret (Maggie) Dickson (Half Hangit Maggie) born - Notorious Musselburgh fish-wife who came back from the dead
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1702
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Frances Teresa Stuart (Duchess of Richmond and Lennox; La Belle Stuart) died - The face of Britannia and mistress of King Charles II
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1702
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Logan House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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1703
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Archibald Campbell (1st Duke and 10th Earl of Argyll) died - Enthusiastic supporter of William of Orange and the ousting of King James VII (1633 - 1701), who had re-embraced the 'old religion' and executed his father, the 9th Earl of Argyll
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1703
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Cousland Smiddy (Midlothian) Built
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1703
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David Mallet (David Malloch) born - Minor poet
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1703
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James Douglas-Hamilton (5th Duke of Hamilton) born - Politician
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1703
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Robert Kerr (1st Marquess of Lothian, 4th Earl of Lothian) died - Noble
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1704
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Duncan Forbes of Culloden died - Politician and land-owner
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1704
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James Ogilvy (2nd Earl of Airlie) died - Royalist noble
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1704
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St Fittick's Church (Aberdeen City) Built
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1705
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Lord Thomas Erskine born - Noble
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1705
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Mary MacLeod (Mairi nighean Alasdair Ruaidh) died - Influential Gaelic bard
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1705
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Richard Oswald born - Influential merchant who amassed great wealth from plantations in the West Indies
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1705
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Sir Norman MacLeod died - Scholar and soldier
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1705
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William Boyd (4th Earl of Kilmarnock) born - Jacobite
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1707
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General John Forbes born - Military commander who founded the settlement of Pittsburgh in the USA
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1707
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George Melville (1st Earl and 4th Lord Melville) died - Royalist statesman and politician
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1707
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John Dalrymple (1st Earl of Stair) died - Lawyer and Politician
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1707
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Middleton Hall (West Lothian) Built
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1707
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Midsteeple (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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1707
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Morton House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1707
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Robert Foulis born - Printer and publisher
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1707
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Sir George Skene died - Merchant and Provost of Aberdeen
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1707
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Sir John Foulis died - Lawyer and social historian
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1707
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Treaty of Union
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c.1708
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Bowhill (Scottish Borders) Built
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1708
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Castlegate Well (Aberdeen City) Opened
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1708
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David Gregory died - Mathematician and astronomer
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1708
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Hugh Hume-Campbell (3rd Earl of Marchmont) born - Noble and politician
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1708
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James Abercromby born - Colonialist
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1708
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Ormiclate Castle (Western Isles) Built
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1708
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Regent George Skene died - Regent of King's College Aberdeen
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1708
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Sir Andrew Mitchell born - Diplomat
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1708
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The Tolbooth (Highland) Built
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1708
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Thomas Gillespie born - Clergyman
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1709
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Dr. Samuel Johnson born - English author, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and lexicographer
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1709
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John Murray (Marquess of Tullibardine) died - Soldier
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1710
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Greenock Harbour (Inverclyde) Built
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1710
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Henry David Erskine (10th Earl of Buchan) born - Noble
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1710
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James Ferguson born - Engineer, astronomer, lecturer and artist
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1710
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James Short born - Astronomer and scientific instrument-maker
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1710
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Prof. William Cullen born - Physiologist
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1710
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Robert Mylne died - Architect and builder
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1710
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Sir William Bruce died - Architect and merchant
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1710
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Thomas Hay (9th Earl of Kinnoull) born - Noble and politician
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1710
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Thomas Reid born - Philosopher
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1710
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William Ramsay (5th Earl of Dalhousie) died - Soldier and noble
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1710
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Yester Parish Church (East Lothian) Built
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c.1711
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Benholm, Mill of (Aberdeenshire) Opened
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1711
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David Hume born - Philosopher, historian, agnostic and leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
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1711
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Hugh Miller's Cottage (Highland) Built
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1711
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James Douglas (2nd Duke of Queensberry) died - 'Union Duke'
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1711
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Lord John Murray born - Hanoverian general
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1712
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Andrew Foulis born - Printer and publisher
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1712
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James Dickson born - Wealthy merchant and agricultural improver
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1712
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John Campbell of Lundie died - Pioneering banker
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1712
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John Lyon (2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) died - Noble
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1712
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Murdoch Mackenzie born - Surveyor and marine cartographer
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1712
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Sir Lawrence Dundas born - Merchant, entrepreneur and politician
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1713
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Alison Cockburn (Alison Rutherford) born - Poetess, songwriter and socialite
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1713
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Allan Ramsay born - Artist
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1713
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Gartmorn Dam (Clackmannanshire) Opened
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1713
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John Hay (2nd Marquess of Tweeddale) died - Politician
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1713
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John Stuart (3rd Earl of Bute) born - British prime minister
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1713
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Robert Dundas of Arniston (4th Lord Arniston) born - Judge and politician
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1713
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Walter Stuart (6th Lord Blantyre) died - Noble, politician and landowner
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1714
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John Ross died - Provost of Aberdeen
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1714
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Sir George Mackenzie (Lord Royston; Viscount Tarbat; Earl of Cromartie) died - Lawyer and politician
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1715
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Archibald Douglas (2nd Earl of Forfar, 3rd Earl of Ormond) died - Soldier and noble
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1715
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Battle of Sheriffmuir
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1715
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Birkhall (Aberdeenshire) Built
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1715
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Gilbert Burnet (Bishop of Salisbury) died - Churchman and historian
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1715
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James Douglas (Earl of Drumlanrig) died - Infamous cannibal
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1715
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John Glassford born - Tobacco Lord
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1715
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John Lyon (3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) died - Jacobite noble
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1715
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Sir John Murray of Broughton born - Advisor and confidant to Bonnie Prince Charlie
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1715
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Thomas Braidwood born - Pioneer in the education of deaf children
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1715
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1715 Jacobite Rebellion
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1716
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Anne Douglas-Hamilton (Duchess of Hamilton) died - Noble
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1716
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Dugald Buchanan (D'ughall Bochanan) born - Gaelic poet and preacher
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1716
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George Cleghorn born - Medical pioneer
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1716
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George Gordon (4th Marquis of Huntly; 1st Duke of Gordon) died - Royalist noble
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1716
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James Lind born - Naval physician
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1716
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Mount Stuart (Argyll and Bute) Built
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1716
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Rev. Robert Traill died - Puritan Minister
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1717
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John Campbell (1st Earl of Breadalbane) died - Noble and politician
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1717
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John Goldie born - Author and philosopher
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1717
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Matthew Stewart born - Mathematician
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1717
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Rev. John Gray died - Preacher, scholar and linguist
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1717
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Samuel Garbett born - Industrialist
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1718
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Dr. John Roebuck born - Inventor and entrepreneur, who was a leader of the Industrial Revolution in Scotland
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1718
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Martin Martin died - Geographer and Mapmaker
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1718
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Old Calton Burial Ground (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1718
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Robert Sandeman born - Sect leader
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1718
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William Hunter born - Pioneer in the field of Obstetrics
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1719
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Adam Skirving born - Song writer
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1719
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Andrew Meikle born - Agricultural Engineer
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1719
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Belhaven Brewery (East Lothian) Opened
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1719
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Cosmo-George Gordon (3rd Duke of Gordon) born - Noble
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1719
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James Stuart Mackenzie born - Politician
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1719
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Scalan (Moray) Established
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1719
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William Paterson died - Merchant and Politician
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1719
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1719 Jacobite Rebellion
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1719
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Battle of Glenshiel
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1720
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Ardwell House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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1720
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Clementina Walkinshaw born - Jacobite and mistress of the 'Young Pretender'
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1720
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General James Grant born - Soldier and colonial governor
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1720
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George Gordon of Haddo (1st Earl of Aberdeen) died - Statesman and lawyer
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1720
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John Haig born - Whisky distiller
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1720
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Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) born - The "Young Pretender"
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1720
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St Michael's Well (West Lothian) Erected
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1721
|
Alexander Selkirk died - Seaman and castaway
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1721
|
David Wemyss (Lord Elcho) born - Jacobite
|
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1721
|
Francis Garden (Lord Gardenstone) born - Judge
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1721
|
General Charles Schaw Cathcart (9th Lord Cathcart) born - Soldier and diplomat
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1721
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General James Murray born - First Governor of Canada
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1721
|
John Adam born - Architect
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1721
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Sir David Dalrymple (1st Baronet of Hailes) died - Brother of John Dalrymple (1648 - 1707) and youngest son of James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair (1619-95)
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1721
|
Tobias George Smollett born - Author
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1721
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William Augustus Hanover (Duke of Cumberland) born - Prince and Field Marshall
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1721
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William Burnes born - Farmer and father of the poet Robert Burns
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1721
|
William Robertson born - Historian
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1722
|
Alexander Carlyle (Jupiter Carlyle) born - Clergyman
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1722
|
Flora MacDonald born - Reluctant heroine
|
|
1722
|
George Younger born - Brewer
|
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1722
|
John Adair died - Map-maker and surveyor
|
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1722
|
John Home born - Soldier, playwright and churchman
|
|
1722
|
Lord Robert Macqueen Braxfield born - Lawyer and 'hanging judge'
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1722
|
Major John Pitcairn born - Royal Marine officer, who fought in the American War of Independence
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1722
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Rev. John Brown born - Preacher and author
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1722
|
Rev. William Veitch died - Covenanter
|
|
1722
|
Sir George Warrender of Lochend (1st Baronet Lochend) died - Merchant, politician and landowner
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1722
|
Sir John Lauder (Lord Fountainhall) died - Judge and author of a noted journal
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1722
|
Sir Robert Sibbald died - Physician, geographer and natural historian
|
|
1722
|
Whittingehame Parish Church (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1723
|
Adam Ferguson born - Sociologist, philosopher and historian
|
|
1723
|
Adam Smith born - Economist and philosopher
|
|
1723
|
Field Marshal John Campbell (5th Duke of Argyll) born - Soldier and politician
|
|
1723
|
Francis Charteris born - Noble
|
|
1723
|
Gavin Hamilton born - Painter
|
|
1723
|
James Livingston (4th Earl of Callendar, 5th Earl of Linlithgow) died - Jacobite
|
|
1723
|
James Maule (4th Earl of Panmure) died - Jacobite soldier
|
|
1723
|
Mavisbank House (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1723
|
Rev. John Witherspoon born - Clergyman born in Gifford, East Lothian
|
|
1723
|
Sir Archibald Primrose (1st Earl of Rosebery) died - Lawyer and Politician
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|
1723
|
Sir William Chambers born - Architect
|
|
c.1724
|
Langholm Castle (Dumfries and Galloway) Abandoned
|
|
1724
|
Back Walk (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1724
|
Gardie House (Shetland) Built
|
|
1724
|
Gilmerton Cove (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1724
|
John Murray (1st Duke of Atholl) died - Noble
|
|
1724
|
John Smeaton born - An English engineer of Scottish descent, born at Austhorpe near Leeds, Smeaton has been dubbed the father of civil engineering
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1724
|
Leveller's Revolt
|
|
1724
|
Ruthven Barracks (Highland) Built
|
|
1724
|
Sir Patrick Hume (Patrick Home of Polwarth, 1st Earl of Marchmont) died - Statesman and Covenanter
|
|
1724
|
William Douglas (4th Duke of Queensberry; 3rd Earl of March) born - Philanderer
|
|
1725
|
Andrew Buchanan born - Tobacco merchant
|
|
1725
|
Dalmahoy House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1725
|
Floors Castle (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1725
|
John Gow died - Mutineer and pirate
|
|
1725
|
Mellerstain (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1725
|
Prof. John Hope born - Botanist
|
|
c.1726
|
Lord Adam Gordon born - General
|
|
1726
|
Arniston House (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1726
|
Balnain House (Highland) Built
|
|
1726
|
General Hugh Mercer born - Military commander and hero of the American Revolutionary War
|
|
1726
|
General Sir Hector Munro born - Military commander and politician
|
|
1726
|
Hundy Mundy (Scottish Borders) Erected
|
|
1726
|
James Gillespie born - Snuff manufacturer and philanthropist
|
|
1726
|
James Hutton born - Father of modern geology, born in Edinburgh
|
|
1726
|
John Anderson born - Scientist
|
|
1726
|
Major General William Roy born - Surveyor and cartographer
|
|
1726
|
Robert Dundas of Arniston (2nd Lord Arniston) died - Politician and lawyer
|
|
1726
|
Sir David Dalrymple (3rd Baronet Hailes; Lord Hailes) born - Lawyer, judge and historian
|
|
1726
|
Sir John Vanbrugh died - Architect and playwright
|
|
1727
|
Calda House (Highland) Built
|
|
1727
|
Colonel Donald Murchison died - Loyal factor and Jacobite commander
|
|
1727
|
James Lockhart-Wishart (Count Lockhart-Wishart of Lee and Carnwath) born - Soldier
|
|
1727
|
Jean Elliot born - Song writer
|
|
1727
|
Lady Elizabeth Wardlaw (Elizabeth Halkett) died - Poetess
|
|
1727
|
Neil Gow (Niel Gow) born - Musician and composer
|
|
1728
|
Alexander Gordon (2nd Duke of Gordon) died - Jacobite
|
|
1728
|
Auchtermuchty Town House (Fife) Built
|
|
1728
|
Charles Lyon (4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) died - Noble
|
|
1728
|
John Clerk of Eldin born - Politician, artist and author
|
|
1728
|
John Hunter born - Pioneer of surgery and dentistry
|
|
1728
|
Prof. Joseph Black born - Chemist
|
|
1728
|
Robert Adam born - Architect
|
|
1728
|
Sir James Dick died - Politician and wealthy merchant
|
|
1729
|
James Duff (2nd Earl of Fife) born - Politician
|
|
1729
|
John Law died - Financier and gambler
|
|
1729
|
John Murray (3rd Duke of Atholl) born - Politician and soldier
|
|
1729
|
Sir William Pulteney (William Johnstone) born - Wealthy lawyer, politician and landowner
|
|
c.1730
|
Broughton House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
c.1730
|
George Ramsay (8th Earl of Dalhousie) born - Noble and mason
|
|
1730
|
House of Dun (Angus) Built
|
|
1730
|
Iain Dubh MacCrimmon born - The last of the hereditary pipers to MacLeod of Dunvegan
|
|
1730
|
James Bruce born - Early Explorer
|
|
1730
|
James Small born - Inventor
|
|
1730
|
Lord William Campbell born - Statesman, who was the last British Governor of South Carolina
|
|
1730
|
Peter Williamson (Indian Peter) born - Reformer
|
|
1730
|
Rev. Prof. John Walker born - Naturalist, lecturer and clergyman
|
|
1731
|
Admiral Adam Duncan (1st Viscount Camperdown) born - Naval commander
|
|
1731
|
Cumbernauld House (North Lanarkshire) Built
|
|
1731
|
Daniel Defoe died - Author, journalist and social thinker
|
|
1731
|
Garvamore Bridge (Highland) Opened
|
|
1731
|
James Smith died - Architect and politician
|
|
1731
|
Patrick Miller of Dalswinton born - Entrepreneur, banker and early patron of Robert Burns (1759-96)
|
|
1731
|
Robert Gordon died - Merchant, born in Aberdeen
|
|
1731
|
William Aikman died - Painter
|
|
1731
|
William Aiton born - Botanist
|
|
c.1732
|
Robert Balmanno born - Merchant, farmer and Burgess of Aberdeen
|
|
1732
|
Agnes Broun born - Mother of Robert Burns (1759-96)
|
|
1732
|
Anne Scott (Duchess of Buccleuch) died - Wealthy noble
|
|
1732
|
Colonel Francis Charteris died - Infamous gambler, adulterer and duellist
|
|
1732
|
George Dempster of Dunnichen (Honest George) born - Politician and reformer
|
|
1732
|
Haddo House (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1732
|
Hilton House (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1732
|
James Adam born - Architect
|
|
1732
|
John Broadwood born - Piano manufacturer
|
|
1732
|
John Erskine (6th Earl of Mar, Bobbing John) died - A Scottish Jacobite born at Alloa who frequently changed his political allegiance, earning the nickname 'Bobbing John'
|
|
1732
|
John McNabb born - Ship-owner and philanthropist
|
|
1732
|
John Murray (4th Earl of Dunmore) born - Colonial governor
|
|
1732
|
Old High Kirk (East Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1732
|
Thomas Boston died - Theologist
|
|
1733
|
Alexander Monro (Secundus) born - Anatomist
|
|
1733
|
Archerfield House (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1733
|
Establishment of the Secession Church
|
|
1733
|
James Ramsay born - Naval surgeon and abolitionist
|
|
1733
|
Robert Mylne born - Architect
|
|
1733
|
Whalsay Parish Church (Shetland) Built
|
|
1734
|
Chatelherault Hunting Lodge (South Lanarkshire) Built
|
|
1734
|
Clan Gunn Heritage Centre and Museum (Highland) Built
|
|
1734
|
Francis Macnab (The Macnab; 16th Chief of the Clan Macnab) born - Clan chief, landowner and eccentric
|
|
1734
|
Hermits and Termits (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1734
|
Rob Roy's Grave (Stirling) Erected
|
|
1734
|
Robert (Rob Roy) MacGregor died - Notorious cattle thief and Jacobite Guerilla
|
|
1734
|
Sir Ralph Abercromby born - General
|
|
1734
|
Springkell House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1734
|
The Drum (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1734
|
William Mylne born - Architect
|
|
1735
|
Charles Cowan born - Merchant who gave rise to a paper-making dynasty
|
|
1735
|
Duff House (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1735
|
James Tassie born - Glass and gemstone engraver
|
|
1735
|
John Arbuthnot died - Physician and satirist
|
|
1735
|
Sir Samuel Greig born - Born in Inverkeithing (Fife), Greig served in the British Navy
|
|
1735
|
The Wauchope Mausoleum (City of Edinburgh) Erected
|
|
1735
|
Thomas Coutts born - Banker
|
|
1736
|
Alexander Runciman born - Painter
|
|
1736
|
Freemason's Hall (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1736
|
James Watt born - Inventor and engineer
|
|
1736
|
John Elphinstone (4th Lord Balmerino; 3rd Lord Coupar) died - Lawyer and politician
|
|
1737
|
Alexander Dalrymple born - Hydrographer
|
|
1737
|
John Hunter born - Governor of New South Wales (Australia) between 1795 and 1800
|
|
1737
|
John Lyon (9th Earl of Strathmore; John Bowes-Lyon) born - Noble
|
|
1737
|
John Murray (John McMurray) born - Publisher
|
|
1737
|
William Forsyth born - Horticulturist
|
|
1738
|
Elspat Buchan (Elsbeth or Elizabeth Buchan) born - Sect leader
|
|
1738
|
James Dickson born - Plant collector
|
|
1738
|
Paisley Arts Centre (Renfrewshire) Built
|
|
1738
|
William Cochran born - Artist
|
|
1739
|
David Dale born - Mill-owner and philanthropist
|
|
1739
|
Dr. James Anderson born - Inventor, agricultural economist and author
|
|
1739
|
Hugh Montgomerie of Coilsfield (12th Earl of Eglinton) born - Politician and soldier
|
|
1739
|
James Craig born - Architect
|
|
1739
|
Prof. Alexander Hamilton born - Obstetric surgeon and medical lecturer
|
|
1739
|
Robert Barker born - Artist and entrepreneur
|
|
1739
|
Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo born - Banker and philanthropist
|
|
c.1740
|
Sylvan House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
c.1740
|
The Scottish Enlightenment
|
|
1740
|
Alexander Hume-Campbell (Sir Alexander Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont) died - Statesman and lawyer
|
|
1740
|
Galloway House Gardens (Dumfries and Galloway) Created
|
|
1740
|
Jacob More born - Painter
|
|
1740
|
James Boswell born - Biographer and traveller
|
|
1740
|
John Jameson born - Whisky distiller, who established the world-famous Irish brand
|
|
1740
|
John Ker (1st Duke of Roxburghe) died - Politician and noble
|
|
1740
|
Lauderdale House (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1740
|
Old Bridge of Dee (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1740
|
Rubislaw Quarry (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1740
|
Sir Robert Abercromby born - Soldier
|
|
1740
|
Sir Robert Preston born - Merchant and philanthropist
|
|
1740
|
The Meadows (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
|
1740
|
William Fullerton Elphinstone born - Chairman of the East India Company
|
|
1740
|
William Mackenzie (5th Earl of Seaforth; Black William, Uilleam Dubh) died - Jacobite
|
|
1740
|
William Smellie born - Printer and natural historian
|
|
1741
|
Alexander Adam born - Antiquary, author and educator
|
|
1741
|
Daniel Stewart born - Philanthropist
|
|
1741
|
Francis Masson born - Botanist and gardener
|
|
1741
|
Prof. George Skene born - Physician
|
|
1741
|
Robert Blair (Lord Avontoun) born - Jurist
|
|
1741
|
Sciennes Hill House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1741
|
Sir James Hunter Blair born - Politician and banker
|
|
1741
|
Sir Thomas Dundas of Kerse (1st Baron Dundas) born - Politician, merchant and naval officer
|
|
1741
|
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre (Western Isles) Built
|
|
1741
|
William Brodie (Deacon Brodie) born - Ingenious burglar
|
|
1742
|
Alexander Milne born - Entrepreneur
|
|
1742
|
Anne Hunter (Anne Home) born - Minor poet and socialite
|
|
1742
|
Charles Hope (1st Earl of Hopetoun) died - Politician and noble
|
|
1742
|
David Steuart Erskine (11th Earl of Buchan, Lord Cardross) born - Noble and antiquarian
|
|
1742
|
Galloway House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1742
|
Henry Dundas (1st Viscount Melville) born - 'The Uncrowned King of Scotland'
|
|
1742
|
John Kay born - Artist and social commentator
|
|
1742
|
Robert Cullen (Lord Cullen) born - Lawyer
|
|
1742
|
Thomas Edington born - Industrialist
|
|
1742
|
Town House (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1743
|
Alexander Gordon (4th Duke of Gordon) born - Noble and song-writer
|
|
1743
|
Field Marshal John Campbell (2nd Duke of Argyll; Duke of Greenwich) died - Soldier and politician
|
|
1743
|
George Fergusson (Lord Hermand) born - Judge
|
|
1743
|
James Douglas-Hamilton (5th Duke of Hamilton) died - Politician
|
|
1743
|
Sir William Forbes (William Forbes of Callendar) born - 'Copperbottom Forbes'
|
|
1743
|
Sir William Macleod Bannatyne (Lord Bannatyne) born - Jurist, judge and author
|
|
1743
|
Susan Carnegie (Susan Scott) born - Campaigner, benefactor and lady of letters
|
|
1744
|
Charles Maitland (6th Earl of Lauderdale) died - Politician and noble
|
|
1744
|
David Allan born - Artist and portrait painter
|
|
1744
|
Dr. Andrew Duncan born - Medical reformer
|
|
1744
|
General Nisbet Balfour born - Soldier and politician
|
|
1744
|
Inveraray Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1744
|
James McGill born - Fur trader
|
|
1744
|
John Runciman born - Painter
|
|
1744
|
John Stuart (1st Marquess and 4th Earl of Bute) born - Noble
|
|
1744
|
Patrick Ferguson born - Inventor and soldier
|
|
1744
|
Sarah Murray (Sarah Maze, Sarah Aust) born - English traveller
|
|
c.1745
|
Daldowie Doocot (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
c.1745
|
William Skirving born - Political reformer
|
|
1745
|
Battle of Prestonpans
|
|
1745
|
Colonel James Gardiner died - Soldier
|
|
1745
|
John Ainslie born - Surveyor and cartographer
|
|
1745
|
Maurice Margarot born - One of the so-called 'Scottish Martyrs'
|
|
1745
|
Sir William Douglas born - Industrialist and landowner
|
|
1745
|
William Jessop born - Engineer
|
|
1745
|
1745 Jacobite Rebellion
|
|
1746
|
Admiral George Keith Elphinstone (Admiral Lord Keith; 1st Viscount Keith) born - Naval commander
|
|
1746
|
Archibald Fletcher born - Campaigner, libertarian and father of burgh reform
|
|
1746
|
Arthur Elphinstone (6th Lord Balmerino) died - Jacobite
|
|
1746
|
Battle of Culloden
|
|
1746
|
Colin Maclaurin died - Mathematician
|
|
1746
|
David Smythe (Lord Methven) born - Judge
|
|
1746
|
Gairnshiel Lodge (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1746
|
Hector MacNeill born - Poet
|
|
1746
|
Henry Erskine born - Lord Advocate and politician
|
|
1746
|
Lady Grisel Baillie died - Song-writer and heroine
|
|
1746
|
Michael Bruce born - Poet and author of Gospel Sonnets or paraphrases
|
|
1746
|
Prof. William Traill born - Mathematician
|
|
1746
|
Robert Blair died - Poet and clergyman
|
|
1746
|
William Boyd (4th Earl of Kilmarnock) died - Jacobite
|
|
1746
|
William Gordon (2nd Earl of Aberdeen) died - Politician
|
|
1746
|
William Murray (Marquess of Tullibardine) died - Jacobite soldier
|
|
1746
|
Rout of Moy
|
|
c.1747
|
James Tytler born - Author, eccentric and radical
|
|
1747
|
Duncan Forbes of Culloden died - Statesman and jurist
|
|
1747
|
James Clark born - Thread manufacturer
|
|
1747
|
John Paul Jones born - Naval pioneer
|
|
1747
|
Learney House (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1747
|
Simon Fraser (12th Lord Lovat) died - Clan chief of wavering loyalty, described as 'the most devious man in Scotland'
|
|
1747
|
Thomas Fyshe Palmer born - One of the so-called 'Scottish Martyrs'
|
|
1747
|
Touch House (Stirling) Built
|
|
1748
|
Fort George (Highland) Built
|
|
1748
|
General George Wade died - British soldier, who was born in Ireland and employed after the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 to construct a system of metalled military roads and associated stone bridges throughout the Scottish Highlands
|
|
1748
|
Hartfell Spa (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1748
|
Island House (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1748
|
James Thomson died - Poet and dramatist
|
|
1748
|
John Playfair born - Geologist, physicist and mathematician
|
|
1748
|
Robert Blair born - Inventor and astronomer
|
|
1748
|
Southerness Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1748
|
Thomas Graham (1st Baron Lynedoch of Balgowan) born - Military commander and politician
|
|
1748
|
William Adam died - Architect, particularly noted for his design of country houses
|
|
1748
|
William Marshall born - Composer and fiddle-player
|
|
c.1749
|
Jane Gordon (Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon) born - Leading figure of Georgian Society, noted for entertaining on a grand scale
|
|
1749
|
Alexander Robertson of Struan (13th Chief of Clan Donnachaidh) died - Ardent Jacobite, who was uniquely present from the beginning to the end of that historical episode
|
|
1749
|
Archibald Skirving born - Artist
|
|
1749
|
Charles Shirreff born - Artist
|
|
1749
|
Dr. Benjamin Bell born - Surgeon
|
|
1749
|
Francis Charteris born - Noble
|
|
1749
|
George Seton (5th Earl of Winton) died - Jacobite
|
|
1749
|
Marchmont Doocot (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1749
|
Pear Tree House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1749
|
Prof. Daniel Rutherford born - Scientist
|
|
1749
|
Prof. Patrick Copland born - Academic
|
|
1749
|
Tam o' Shanter Inn (South Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1749
|
William Ged died - Inventor, printer and goldsmith
|
|
c.1750
|
Bush House (Midlothian) Built
|
|
c.1750
|
Cruck Cottage (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
c.1750
|
Largo House (Fife) Built
|
|
c.1750
|
Old Bridge of Tarff (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
c.1750
|
Old Haa (Shetland) Built
|
|
c.1750
|
The Lang Stane (Aberdeen City) Erected
|
|
1750
|
John Fraser born - Plant hunter
|
|
1750
|
King James VI Hospital (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1750
|
Raasay House (Highland) Built
|
|
1750
|
Robert Fergusson born - Poet and song-writer
|
|
1750
|
Sir William Fettes born - Merchant and philanthropist
|
|
1750
|
The Highland Clearances
|
|
1751
|
Dr. Alexander Gray born - Surgeon
|
|
1751
|
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1st Earl of Minto) born - Politician and statesman
|
|
1751
|
Sir James Donaldson born - Publisher and philanthropist
|
|
1751
|
The Flag Tower (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1751
|
William Adam born - Lawyer and politician
|
|
1751
|
William Roxburgh born - Botanist, who significantly advanced the study of Indian flora
|
|
c.1752
|
Lord George Gordon born - Infamous politician
|
|
1752
|
Cosmo-George Gordon (3rd Duke of Gordon) died - Noble
|
|
1752
|
James Aitken (John the Painter) born - Terrorist, who tried to destroy the British naval dockyards
|
|
1752
|
John Campbell (2nd Earl of Breadalbane) died - Eccentric noble and politician, known as Old Rag
|
|
1752
|
Pollok House (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1752
|
Robert Burn born - Architect
|
|
1752
|
Thomas Smith born - Engineer
|
|
c.1753
|
Gunsgreen House (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1753
|
Bonawe Iron Furnace (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1753
|
Charlotte Stuart (Duchess of Albany) born - Only acknowledged daughter of Bonnie Prince Charlie
|
|
1753
|
Dalguise House (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1753
|
Daniel Campbell of Shawfield (Great Daniel) died - Merchant, politician and landowner
|
|
1753
|
Drummore House (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1753
|
Dugald Stewart born - Philosopher
|
|
1753
|
James Taylor born - Engineer
|
|
1753
|
Moorheads Hospital (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1753
|
Prof. James Gregory born - Professor of Medicine
|
|
1753
|
Rev. Dr. Andrew Bell born - Educationalist
|
|
1753
|
Robert Dundas of Arniston (3rd Lord Arniston) died - Lawyer and politician
|
|
1753
|
Sir Hugh Dalrymple (Lord Drummore) died - Invented hollow-pipe drainage
|
|
c.1754
|
Archibald Campbell-Colquhoun born - Politician and lawyer
|
|
1754
|
Archibald Menzies born - Plant hunter
|
|
1754
|
Daniel Lizars born - Copper-plate engraver and printer
|
|
1754
|
Ebenezer Erskine died - Evangelical divine and founder of the Secession Church of Scotland
|
|
1754
|
James Gibbs died - Influential architect
|
|
1754
|
John Graham born - Painter
|
|
1754
|
Lord Lewis Gordon died - Jacobite
|
|
1754
|
Marchmont House (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1754
|
Royal and Ancient Golf Club (Fife) Opened
|
|
1754
|
Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster born - Politician, lawyer and agricultural reformer
|
|
1754
|
The Well of the Lecht (Moray) Erected
|
|
1754
|
William Murdock (William Murdoch) born - Engineer and inventor of gas lighting
|
|
1755
|
General Sir William Schaw Cathcart (1st Earl of Cathcart) born - Soldier and diplomat
|
|
1755
|
James Playfair born - Architect
|
|
1755
|
Lieut-Colonel William Patterson (William Paterson) born - Explorer and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
|
|
1755
|
Sir Hew Dalrymple (Lord Drummore) died - Judge
|
|
1755
|
Sir John Clerk (Sir John Clerk of Penicuik) died - Politician, advocate, patron of the arts, antiquarian, author and arbiter of taste
|
|
c.1756
|
Buccleuch Parish Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
c.1756
|
Redhall Walled Garden (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
|
1756
|
Dysart House (Fife) Built
|
|
1756
|
James Wemyss (5th Earl of Wemyss) died - Noble
|
|
1756
|
James West born - Mathematician and clergyman
|
|
1756
|
John Loudon MacAdam (John Loudon McAdam) born - Surveyor and builder of roads
|
|
1756
|
Redhall Doocot (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1756
|
Sir Henry Raeburn born - Portrait painter
|
|
1757
|
Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell born - Naval commander
|
|
1757
|
General Sir David Baird born - Soldier
|
|
1757
|
Little Cumbrae Old Lighthouse (North Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1757
|
Meikle Dramlach Bridge (Moray) Opened
|
|
1757
|
Prof. James Mylne born - Philosopher and reformer
|
|
1757
|
Robert Keith died - Churchman, historian and Jacobite
|
|
1757
|
St Andrew's in the Square (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1757
|
Thomas Telford born - Civil engineer
|
|
1758
|
Agnes Maclehose (Clarinda) born - The Clarinda with whom Robert Burns (1759-96) famously corresponded
|
|
1758
|
Alexander Nasmyth born - Painter and architect
|
|
1758
|
Allan Ramsay died - Poet and bookseller
|
|
1758
|
Charles Darwin born - Unfortunate medical student
|
|
1758
|
Dr. John Barclay born - Anatomist
|
|
1758
|
Gavin Turnbull born - Minor poet
|
|
1758
|
George Granville Leveson-Gower (1st Duke of Sutherland) born - Wealthy noble who gained a reputation as an infamous reformer
|
|
1758
|
James Francis Edward Keith died - Field Marshal of Prussia
|
|
1758
|
Ossian's Hall (Perth and Kinross) Erected
|
|
1758
|
Paxton House (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1758
|
Prof. Henry Cullen born - Physician
|
|
1758
|
Redhall House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1758
|
Robert Dundas of Arniston (5th Lord Arniston) born - Judge and politician
|
|
1758
|
Thomas Blaikie born - Garden designer, who became known as the Capability Brown of France
|
|
1759
|
Andrew Buchanan died - Tobacco merchant who became Lord Provost of Glasgow
|
|
1759
|
General John Forbes died - Military commander who founded the settlement of Pittsburgh in the USA
|
|
1759
|
James Maitland (8th Earl of Lauderdale) born - Politician and economist
|
|
1759
|
John Wilson born - Printer and publisher
|
|
1759
|
Ramsay's Monument (Midlothian) Erected
|
|
1759
|
Rev. John Jamieson born - Lexicographer
|
|
1759
|
Robert Burns born - Poet and writer
|
|
1759
|
Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran (Lord Kilkerran) died - Jurist
|
|
1759
|
Vincenzo Lunardi born - Ballooning pioneer
|
|
c.1760
|
Ochtertyre (Stirling) Built
|
|
1760
|
Andrew McDouall (Lord Bankton) died - Jurist
|
|
1760
|
Ballochmyle House (East Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1760
|
Bridge of Dochart (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1760
|
Colin Macaulay born - Soldier and abolitionist
|
|
1760
|
Finlaystone House (Inverclyde) Built
|
|
1760
|
Gilbert Burns born - Younger brother of poet Robert Burns (1759-96)
|
|
1760
|
Lord George Murray died - Distinguished Jacobite general and strategist
|
|
1761
|
Archibald Campbell (3rd Duke of Argyll; 1st Earl of Islay; Lord Illay) died - Politician, lawyer and soldier
|
|
1761
|
Archibald Douglas (Duke of Douglas; 3rd Marquis of Douglas; Earl of Angus) died - Noble
|
|
1761
|
Edinburgh City Chambers (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1761
|
General Sir John Moore born - Soldier
|
|
1761
|
Glasshaugh Windmill (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1761
|
John Rennie born - Engineer, born in Phantassie, East Lothian
|
|
1761
|
Lachlan Macquarie born - Soldier, civil servant and Father of Australia
|
|
1761
|
Matthew Baillie born - Anatomist and physician extraordinary to King George III
|
|
1761
|
Moffat House Hotel (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1761
|
Orchardton House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1761
|
Rev. Lord George Murray born - Developed the shutter telegraph
|
|
1761
|
Sir James Hall born - Geologist and politician
|
|
1761
|
The Pineapple (Falkirk) Erected
|
|
c.1762
|
Sandbed Street Bridge (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1762
|
Felix Yaniewicz (Feliks Janiewicz) born - Polish-Lithuanian composer and musician
|
|
1762
|
Francis Hamilton Buchanan born - Explorer and naturalist
|
|
1762
|
Jamaica Street (Glasgow City) Constructed
|
|
1762
|
Joanna Baillie born - Poet and dramatist
|
|
1762
|
John Campbell (4th Earl and 1st Marquis of Breadalbane) born - Noble and soldier
|
|
1762
|
John Philp Wood (Honest John Wood) born - Antiquary and biographer
|
|
1762
|
King George IV born - The first British monarch to visit Scotland since the Treaty of Union in 1707
|
|
1762
|
Thomas Watling born - Artist, illustrator and forger
|
|
1763
|
Admiral Sir David Milne born - Naval commander
|
|
1763
|
Cally Palace Hotel (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1763
|
Charles Erskine (Lord Tinwald) died - Jurist and politician
|
|
1763
|
Charles Hope (Lord Granton) born - Jurist and politician
|
|
1763
|
Duddingston House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1763
|
Dugald Buchanan (D'ughall Bochanan) died - Gaelic poet and preacher
|
|
1763
|
Gayfield House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1763
|
Greenbank Gardens (East Renfrewshire) Created
|
|
1763
|
Greenbank House (East Renfrewshire) Built
|
|
1763
|
James Thomson born - Minor poet
|
|
1763
|
Joseph Gerrald born - One of the so-called 'Scottish Martyrs'
|
|
1763
|
St Cecilia's Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1763
|
The Mound (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
|
|
1763
|
William Duff (1st Earl of Fife) died - Politician
|
|
1763
|
William Maclure born - Father of American geology and educationalist
|
|
1763
|
William Symington born - Engineer
|
|
1764
|
Alexander Campbell born - Composer, musician, poet and author
|
|
1764
|
Chisholm House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1764
|
George Don born - Horticulturist and plant collector
|
|
1764
|
Howden Bridge (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
1764
|
James Murray (2nd Duke of Atholl) died - Noble, soldier and politician
|
|
1764
|
Oswald Hall (South Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1764
|
Robert Haldane born - Evangelist and writer
|
|
1764
|
Sir Alexander Mackenzie born - Explorer
|
|
1764
|
Sir James Shaw born - Lord Major of London and real-life Dick Whittington
|
|
1764
|
Sir John Gladstone born - Merchant and politician
|
|
1764
|
William Grant (Lord Prestongrange) died - Lawyer, judge and politician
|
|
1764
|
Yair Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
c.1765
|
Hailes House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1765
|
Alexander Baird born - Farmer and entrepreneur
|
|
1765
|
Bighouse (Highland) Demolished
|
|
1765
|
Carlingwark Lane Canal (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1765
|
Cross Keys Hotel (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1765
|
David Mallet (David Malloch) died - Minor poet
|
|
1765
|
Dr. James Crichton born - Physician and philanthropist
|
|
1765
|
Dumbarton Bridge (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1765
|
Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (Countess of Sutherland) born - Countess, artist and reformer
|
|
1765
|
Forse House (Highland) Built
|
|
1765
|
Sir James Ivory born - Mathematician
|
|
1765
|
Sir John Hope (4th Earl of Hopetoun) born - Soldier
|
|
1765
|
Thomas Muir born - Radical reformer
|
|
1765
|
William Augustus Hanover (Duke of Cumberland) died - Prince and Field Marshall
|
|
1766
|
Alexander Wilson born - Father of American ornithology
|
|
1766
|
Andrew Fletcher (Lord Milton) died - Jurist
|
|
1766
|
Charles Baird born - Engineer, who build Russia's first steamship
|
|
1766
|
Charles Macintosh born - Industrial chemist and entrepreneur
|
|
1766
|
George Drummond died - Politician and visionary planner
|
|
1766
|
George Square (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
|
|
1766
|
James Francis Edward Stuart (The Old Pretender) died - Jacobite leader
|
|
1766
|
James Sandy born - Inventor of the invisible hinge
|
|
1766
|
Lady Carolina Nairne (Carolina Oliphant) born - Lyricist, song-writer and poet
|
|
1766
|
Lord Thomas Erskine died - Noble
|
|
1766
|
Masonic Hall (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1766
|
Princes Street (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
|
|
1766
|
Princes Street Gardens (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
|
1766
|
Prof. Sir John Leslie born - Physicist and inventor
|
|
1766
|
Prof. Thomas Charles Hope born - Chemist
|
|
1766
|
Rev. William Brown born - Clergyman and author
|
|
1766
|
Thomas Bruce (7th Earl of Elgin; 11th Earl of Kincardine) born - Diplomat
|
|
1767
|
Admiral Sir George Johnstone Hope born - Naval commander
|
|
1767
|
Alexander Monro (Primus) died - Anatomist
|
|
1767
|
Charles Lyell born - Botanist and translator of Dante
|
|
1767
|
Coldstream Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1767
|
George Street (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
|
|
1767
|
George Watson born - Portrait painter
|
|
1767
|
Henry Bell born - Engineer
|
|
1767
|
Henry David Erskine (10th Earl of Buchan) died - Noble
|
|
1767
|
Major William Caulfeild died - British army officer who succeeded General George Wade (1673 - 1748) as HM Inspector of Roads for Scotland in 1732
|
|
1767
|
Merton Hall (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1767
|
Michael Bruce died - Poet and author of Gospel Sonnets or paraphrases
|
|
1767
|
Prof. James Hamilton born - Obstetrician and medical lecturer
|
|
1767
|
Robert Ferguson of Raith born - Politician and mineral collector
|
|
1767
|
William Baxter born - Textile manufacturer
|
|
1768
|
Alloa Waggonway (Clackmannanshire) Opened
|
|
1768
|
Bedford Place Tunnel (Clackmannanshire) Built
|
|
1768
|
Charles Tennant born - Industrial chemist
|
|
1768
|
David Hamilton born - Architect
|
|
1768
|
Encyclopaedia Britannica published
|
|
1768
|
George Mealmaker born - Radical reformer, referred to as the 'forgotten martyr'
|
|
1768
|
George William Campbell (6th Duke of Argyll) born - Noble and politician
|
|
1768
|
James Alexander Haldane born - Evangelist
|
|
1768
|
James Short died - Astronomer and scientific instrument-maker
|
|
1768
|
James Thomson born - Editor and clergyman
|
|
1768
|
Joan (Jackie) Crookston born - Famously died resisted the Militia Act of 1797
|
|
1768
|
John Runciman died - Painter
|
|
1768
|
Mar Street / Drysdale Street Tunnel (Clackmannanshire) Opened
|
|
1768
|
Rev. Thomas Mair died - Minister of the Secession Church in the parish of Orwell, Kinross-shire
|
|
1768
|
Robert Simson died - Mathematician
|
|
1768
|
St Andrew Square (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
|
|
1768
|
William Wallace born - Mathematician and inventor
|
|
1768
|
Zachary Macaulay born - Abolitionist
|
|
1769
|
Ebenezer Picken born - The Poet of Paisley
|
|
1769
|
Fort George (Highland) Opened
|
|
1769
|
Gordon Castle (Moray) Built
|
|
1769
|
Hall of Clestrain (Orkney) Built
|
|
1769
|
James Bell born - Geographer
|
|
1769
|
James Dun's House (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1769
|
Kilarrow Parish Church (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1769
|
Major General Sir Archibald Campbell born - Heroic soldier and Governor of New Brunswick
|
|
1769
|
Mortonhall House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1769
|
Penicuik House (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1769
|
Queen Street (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
|
|
1769
|
Rev. Alexander John Forsyth born - Inventor of the percussion cap
|
|
1769
|
Sir William Rae born - Lord Advocate and politician
|
|
1769
|
Whitefoord House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1769
|
William Daniell born - Landscape artist and noted aquatint engraver
|
|
c.1770
|
Howden House (West Lothian) Built
|
|
c.1770
|
Kinnaird House (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
c.1770
|
Melville House Doocot (Fife) Built
|
|
1770
|
Almond Valley Heritage Centre (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
1770
|
Ardstinchar Bridge (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1770
|
Broich (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1770
|
Cameron House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1770
|
Eliza Fletcher (Eliza Dawson) born - Minor author
|
|
1770
|
George Abercromby (2nd Lord Abercromby of Aboukir and Tullibody) born - Lawyer and politician
|
|
1770
|
George Gordon (5th Duke of Gordon) born - Noble and general, who raised the Gordon Highlanders
|
|
1770
|
George Ramsay (9th Earl of Dalhousie) born - Soldier and statesman
|
|
1770
|
Hugh Baird born - Civil engineer
|
|
1770
|
James Hogg (The Ettrick Shepherd) born - Author, songwriter and poet
|
|
1770
|
James Paterson born - Inventor
|
|
1770
|
James Stirling died - Mathematician and surveyor
|
|
1770
|
Mackenzie Meridian (Angus) Erected
|
|
1770
|
Old Tolbooth (Shetland) Built
|
|
1770
|
Robert Dinwiddie died - Colonial Governor
|
|
1770
|
Robert Stein born - Distiller
|
|
1770
|
St Andrew Square Garden (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
|
1770
|
Union Bridge (Moray) Opened
|
|
1770
|
William Nicol born - Mineralogist and physicist
|
|
1770
|
William Wordsworth born - Romantic Poet
|
|
c.1771
|
Barnbarroch (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
c.1771
|
Richard Crichton born - Architect
|
|
1771
|
Alexander Douglas born - Minor poet
|
|
1771
|
Colinton Parish Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1771
|
Dorothy Wordsworth born - Poet and diarist
|
|
1771
|
Francis Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas (6th Earl of Wemyss; 4th Earl of March) born - Noble
|
|
1771
|
James Dickson died - Wealthy merchant and agricultural improver
|
|
1771
|
James Montgomery born - Poet
|
|
1771
|
Mungo Park born - Explorer
|
|
1771
|
Penicuik Trinity Community Church (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1771
|
Register House (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1771
|
Robert Owen born - Social reformer and entrepreneur
|
|
1771
|
Robert Sandeman died - Sect leader
|
|
1771
|
Robert Saunders Dundas (2nd Viscount Melville) born - Politician, lawyer and First Lord of the Admiralty
|
|
1771
|
Sir Andrew Mitchell died - Diplomat
|
|
1771
|
Sir James McGrigor born - Military surgeon, credited with laying the foundations of the Royal Army Medical Corps
|
|
1771
|
Sir Thomas Hope of Rankeillor died - Agriculturalist
|
|
1771
|
Sir Walter Scott born - Prodigious writer, patriot and enthusiast for all things Scottish
|
|
1771
|
Sydney Smith born - Clergyman, writer, wit and co-founder of the Edinburgh Review
|
|
1771
|
Thomas Douglas (5th Earl of Selkirk) born - Philanthropist and coloniser
|
|
1771
|
Tobias George Smollett died - Author
|
|
1771
|
William Maule of Panmure (1st Baron Panmure of Brechin and Navar) born - Laird
|
|
c.1772
|
Hay Lodge Hospital (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1772
|
Allan Glen born - Philanthropist
|
|
1772
|
Cromarty House (Highland) Built
|
|
1772
|
David Mushet born - Industrialist and metallurgist
|
|
1772
|
Dundas House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1772
|
General Sir George Murray born - Soldier, statesman and politician
|
|
1772
|
James Ballantyne born - Printer and Publisher
|
|
1772
|
James Finlayson born - Industrialist
|
|
1772
|
John Baildon born - Iron-founder
|
|
1772
|
North Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1772
|
Robert Stevenson born - Engineer
|
|
1772
|
Sir James Erskine of Torrie born - Soldier, amateur artist and collector
|
|
1772
|
Sir John Abercromby born - General
|
|
1772
|
Troup House School (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1772
|
William Stirling born - Architect and builder
|
|
1773
|
Alexander Monro (Tertius) born - Anatomist
|
|
1773
|
Caldwell House (East Renfrewshire) Built
|
|
1773
|
Captain Simon Fraser born - Fiddler, collector and composer of folk tunes
|
|
1773
|
Cromarty Courthouse Museum (Highland) Built
|
|
1773
|
Francis Jeffrey (Lord Jeffrey) born - Lawyer, critic and co-founder of the Edinburgh Review
|
|
1773
|
Friars' Carse Hotel (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1773
|
Friendville (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1773
|
George Buchanan died - Wealthy Glasgow merchant
|
|
1773
|
James Mill born - Philosopher, historian and economist, who was a founder of University College London
|
|
1773
|
John Glass died - Sect leader
|
|
1773
|
John Haig died - Whisky distiller
|
|
1773
|
John MacCulloch born - Geologist
|
|
1773
|
Letterfourie House (Moray) Built
|
|
1773
|
Lieut-General Sir Ronald Crauford Ferguson born - Soldier, politician and landowner
|
|
1773
|
Robert Brown born - Botanist, who gave the name 'nucleus' to the structure which controls cells
|
|
1773
|
Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane born - Soldier and astronomer
|
|
1773
|
Thomas Thomson born - Scientist
|
|
1774
|
Archibald Constable born - Publisher
|
|
1774
|
East Kilbride Old Parish Church (South Lanarkshire) Built
|
|
1774
|
Henry Aston Barker born - Artist
|
|
1774
|
Inveresk Gate (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1774
|
Inverleith House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1774
|
John Ballantyne born - Printer and publisher, born in Kelso
|
|
1774
|
John Murray (3rd Duke of Atholl) died - Politician and soldier
|
|
1774
|
John Wilson (Old Jock) born - Marine artist
|
|
1774
|
Prof. Robert Jameson born - Geologist and naturalist
|
|
1774
|
Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan born - Father of the Savings Banks
|
|
1774
|
Rev. Thomas Dick born - Author, clergyman, philosopher and astronomer
|
|
1774
|
Robert Fergusson died - Poet and song-writer
|
|
1774
|
Robert Reid born - King's architect and surveyor in Scotland
|
|
1774
|
Robert Tannahill born - Poet, flautist and song-writer
|
|
1774
|
Robert Thom born - Engineer
|
|
1774
|
Robert Tullis born - Printer, publisher and paper-maker
|
|
1774
|
Rossdhu House (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1774
|
Saddell House (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1774
|
Sir Charles Bell born - Anatomist and surgeon
|
|
1774
|
Sir John Peter Grant born - Politician and colonial judge
|
|
1774
|
Smollett Monument (West Dunbartonshire) Erected
|
|
1774
|
St Patrick's Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1774
|
The Harelaw Limestone Quarry (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1774
|
Thomas Gillespie died - Clergyman
|
|
1774
|
William Farquhar born - Founder and first colonial administrator of Singapore
|
|
c.1775
|
Sophia Inglis Memorial (Midlothian) Erected
|
|
1775
|
Alexander Cowan born - Paper-maker and philanthropist
|
|
1775
|
Alexander James Adie born - Optician, instrument manufacturer and meteorologist
|
|
1775
|
Alexander Murray born - Classical scholar and linguist
|
|
1775
|
Andrew Foulis died - Printer and publisher
|
|
1775
|
George Kinloch born - Politician and reformer
|
|
1775
|
James Abercromby died - Colonialist
|
|
1775
|
Joseph Mallord William Turner (J.M.W. Turner) born - English landscape artist, regarded as one of Britain's greatest painters
|
|
1775
|
Lower North Water Bridge (Angus) Opened
|
|
1775
|
Major John Pitcairn died - Royal Marine officer, who fought in the American War of Independence
|
|
1775
|
Thomas Cochrane (10th Earl of Dundonald) born - Naval commander
|
|
1775
|
Tobacco Merchant's House (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1775
|
Wedderburn Castle (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
c.1776
|
The Temple (Renfrewshire) Built
|
|
1776
|
Captain Sir Samuel Brown born - Civil engineer and naval commander
|
|
1776
|
City Observatory (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1776
|
David Hume died - Philosopher, historian, agnostic and leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
|
|
1776
|
Dr. Patrick Neill born - Naturalist and author, who became a central figure of the later Scottish Enlightenment
|
|
1776
|
Drumlanrig Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1776
|
General Charles Schaw Cathcart (9th Lord Cathcart) died - Soldier and diplomat
|
|
1776
|
James Carmichael born - Engineer and industrialist
|
|
1776
|
James Duff (4th Earl of Fife) born - Soldier
|
|
1776
|
James Ferguson died - Engineer, astronomer, lecturer and artist
|
|
1776
|
James Gillespie Graham born - Architect
|
|
1776
|
James Jardine born - Civil Engineer
|
|
1776
|
James Niven born - Plant-hunter
|
|
1776
|
John Gibb born - Civil engineer and building contractor, best remembered for his work on harbours
|
|
1776
|
John Lyon (9th Earl of Strathmore; John Bowes-Lyon) died - Noble
|
|
1776
|
John Struthers born - Minor poet and editor
|
|
1776
|
Robert Bald born - Surveyor and mining engineer
|
|
1776
|
Robert Foulis died - Printer and publisher
|
|
1776
|
Sir James Abercromby (1st Lord Dunfermline) born - Politician and lawyer
|
|
1776
|
William Blackwood born - Publisher and bookseller
|
|
1777
|
Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland born - Naval commander
|
|
1777
|
Admiral Sir John Ross born - Arctic explorer
|
|
1777
|
Archers' Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1777
|
Culzean Castle (South Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1777
|
Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1777
|
General Hugh Mercer died - Military commander and hero of the American Revolutionary War
|
|
1777
|
James Aitken (John the Painter) died - Terrorist, who tried to destroy the British naval dockyards
|
|
1777
|
James Ferguson (Lord Pitfour) died - Advocate and judge
|
|
1777
|
James Glen died - American governor
|
|
1777
|
John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell (7th Duke of Argyll) born - Brother of George William Campbell (1766 - 1839), the 6th Duke and son of John Campbell (1723 - 1806), the 5th Duke
|
|
1777
|
Sir John Murray of Broughton died - Advisor and confidant to Bonnie Prince Charlie
|
|
1777
|
Thomas Allan born - Banker, newspaper proprietor and mineralogist
|
|
1777
|
William Tassie born - Glass engraver and portraitist
|
|
1778
|
Charles Darwin died - Unfortunate medical student
|
|
1778
|
Charles Douglas (3rd Duke of Queensberry; 2nd Duke of Dover) died - Noble
|
|
1778
|
Francis Horner born - Politician and economist
|
|
1778
|
Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1778
|
George Keith (10th Earl Marischal) died - Unsuccessful Jacobite General
|
|
1778
|
Henry Peter Brougham (1st Baron Brougham and Vaux) born - Inventor, lawyer and politician
|
|
1778
|
James Lumsden born - Businessman and Lord Provost of Glasgow
|
|
1778
|
John Knox born - Painter
|
|
1778
|
John Strachan born - First Bishop of Toronto
|
|
1778
|
Langholm Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1778
|
Lord William Campbell died - Statesman, who was the last British Governor of South Carolina
|
|
1778
|
Prof. Andrew Ure born - Scientist
|
|
1778
|
Prof. James Pillans born - Academic and educational reformer
|
|
1778
|
Rev. John Thomson born - Minister at Duddingston and artist
|
|
1779
|
Bowmore Distillery (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1779
|
Elizabeth Crichton (Elizabeth Grierson) born - Founder of the Crichton Royal Hospital in Dumfries
|
|
1779
|
Henry Thomas Cockburn (Lord Cockburn) born - Barrister, judge, historian and conservationist
|
|
1779
|
John Galt born - Novelist
|
|
1779
|
John Neilson born - Industrialist
|
|
1779
|
John Wilson Ewbank born - Painter
|
|
1779
|
Oxford Bar (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1779
|
Rev. Dr. John Lee born - Academic who rose to become Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
|
|
1779
|
St Peter's Heritage Centre (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
c.1780
|
Bod of Gremista (Shetland) Built
|
|
c.1780
|
Gracemount House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
c.1780
|
Liberton Bank House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
c.1780
|
Pollock Halls of Residence (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
c.1780
|
Rosehall (Highland) Built
|
|
c.1780
|
Salisbury Green (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
c.1780
|
The David Livingstone Centre (South Lanarkshire) Built
|
|
1780
|
Alexander Allan born - Captain and ship-owner
|
|
1780
|
Birkhill House (Fife) Built
|
|
1780
|
George Square (Glasgow City) Constructed
|
|
1780
|
John Abercrombie born - Physician and medical scientist
|
|
1780
|
Mary Somerville born - Mathematician and scientist, born in Jedburgh, the daughter of a naval officer (Vice-Admiral Sir William Fairfax)
|
|
1780
|
Murrayfield Hospital (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1780
|
Norman Macleod born - Religious leader
|
|
1780
|
Patrick Ferguson died - Inventor and soldier
|
|
1780
|
Prof. Adam Anderson born - Educationalist and pioneering engineer, who modernised the utility infrastructure of Perth
|
|
1780
|
Queensberry Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
|
|
1780
|
Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers born - Founder of the Free Church of Scotland
|
|
1780
|
Robert Archibald Smith born - Minor composer and collector of songs
|
|
1780
|
Sir George Ballingall born - Military surgeon
|
|
1780
|
Straloch (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1780
|
Thomas Nelson (Thomas Neilson) born - Publisher
|
|
1780
|
Walter Newall born - Architect
|
|
1780
|
William McNab born - Plant collector and horticulturist
|
|
c.1781
|
Robert Burns Centre (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1781
|
Auchtermuchty Parish Church (Fife) Built
|
|
1781
|
James Barr born - Composer
|
|
1781
|
John Smith born - Aberdeen architect
|
|
1781
|
Lamer Island Battery (East Lothian) Opened
|
|
1781
|
North Breakwater (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1781
|
Sir David Brewster born - Physicist
|
|
1781
|
Sir Lawrence Dundas died - Merchant, entrepreneur and politician
|
|
1781
|
Sunnyside Estate (Angus) Built / Opened
|
|
1781
|
Thomas Morton born - Shipbuilder and inventor
|
|
1781
|
William Chadwell Mylne born - Engineer
|
|
1781
|
William Mitchell born - Entrepreneur
|
|
1781
|
William Ritchie born - Publisher
|
|
1782
|
Andrew Usher born - Spirit merchant
|
|
1782
|
Castle Venlaw Hotel (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1782
|
Charles MacLaren born - Editor
|
|
1782
|
Chirnside Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1782
|
General William Maule (1st Earl of Panmure of Forth) died - Soldier and politician
|
|
1782
|
James Alexander Gordon born - Admiral
|
|
1782
|
James Chalmers born - Inventor
|
|
1782
|
John Campbell (3rd Earl of Breadalbane) died - Noble, politician and diplomat
|
|
1782
|
Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone born - Unsuccessful military commander
|
|
1782
|
Oxenfoord Castle (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1782
|
Sir William Allan born - Artist and traveller
|
|
1783
|
Alexander Nimmo born - Surveyor, engineer and educationalist
|
|
1783
|
Andrew Buchanan died - Tobacco merchant
|
|
1783
|
Charles Murray Cathcart (2nd Earl of Cathcart; Lord Greenock) born - Soldier and geologist
|
|
1783
|
Colzium House (North Lanarkshire) Built
|
|
1783
|
Dr. John Crawfurd born - Colonial administrator and orientalist
|
|
1783
|
Isabella (Tibbie) Shiels born - Inn-keeper and Borders worthy
|
|
1783
|
James Baillie Fraser born - Traveller, author and painter
|
|
1783
|
John Claudius Loudon born - Horticulturalist and garden designer
|
|
1783
|
John Glassford died - Tobacco Lord
|
|
1783
|
St Enoch Square (Glasgow City) Constructed
|
|
1783
|
Thomas Morton born - Engineer and inventor
|
|
1783
|
William Hunter died - Pioneer in the field of Obstetrics
|
|
1784
|
Adam Black born - Publisher
|
|
1784
|
Alexander Ross died - Poet
|
|
1784
|
Allan Ramsay died - Artist
|
|
1784
|
Colonel Alexander Abercromby born - Soldier and politician
|
|
1784
|
Dr. Samuel Johnson died - English author, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and lexicographer
|
|
1784
|
George Hamilton-Gordon (4th Earl of Aberdeen) born - Politician and British Prime Minister
|
|
1784
|
James Bremner born - Naval architect and engineer
|
|
1784
|
James Gall born - Publisher, inventor of a system of print for the blind and a notable map projection
|
|
1784
|
Knockando Wool Mill (Moray) Opened
|
|
1784
|
New Town Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1784
|
Prof. William Tennant born - Poet and linguist
|
|
1784
|
Richard Oswald died - Influential merchant who amassed great wealth from plantations in the West Indies
|
|
1784
|
Thomas Hamilton born - Architect
|
|
1784
|
William Burnes died - Farmer and father of the poet Robert Burns
|
|
1784
|
William Jardine born - Trader and entrepreneur
|
|
1785
|
Alexander Runciman died - Painter
|
|
1785
|
Ewan MacPhee born - Outlaw, known as Scotland's last bandit
|
|
1785
|
James Andrew Anderson born - Banker
|
|
1785
|
John James Audubon (Jean Jacques Audubon) born - Ornithologist, naturalist and illustrator
|
|
1785
|
Leonard Horner born - Social reformer and geologist
|
|
1785
|
Leuchie House (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1785
|
Matthew Stewart died - Mathematician
|
|
1785
|
Prof. John Wilson (Christopher North) born - Author, poet, critic and editor
|
|
1785
|
Sir David Wilkie born - Painter
|
|
1785
|
Sir William Jackson Hooker born - Botanist and first Director of Kew Gardens (London)
|
|
1785
|
The Tower (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1785
|
Thomas De Quincey born - Author and poet
|
|
1785
|
William Cochran died - Artist
|
|
1786
|
Alexander Fraser born - Painter
|
|
1786
|
George Ross died - Laird and businessman
|
|
1786
|
John Clunies Ross born - Seaman, explorer and adventurer
|
|
1786
|
Marischal Museum (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1786
|
Melville Castle (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1786
|
Northern Lighthouse Board Headquarters (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1786
|
Pease Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1786
|
Prof. John Hope died - Botanist
|
|
1786
|
Simpson House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1786
|
St Andrew's Square (Glasgow City) Constructed
|
|
1786
|
Stanley Mills (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1786
|
William John Napier (9th Lord Napier) born - Sailor and diplomat
|
|
c.1787
|
Annet House (West Lothian) Built
|
|
c.1787
|
Prof. John Lizars born - Surgeon
|
|
c.1787
|
Sir George Simpson born - Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada, who became known as the father of the Canadian fur trade
|
|
1787
|
Alexander Maconochie born - Geographer and penal reformer
|
|
1787
|
Assembly Rooms (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1787
|
Bridge of Dun (Angus) Opened
|
|
1787
|
David Wemyss (Lord Elcho) died - Jacobite
|
|
1787
|
General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas born - Soldier
|
|
1787
|
George Hay (8th Marquess of Tweeddale) born - Soldier
|
|
1787
|
George Ramsay (8th Earl of Dalhousie) died - Noble and mason
|
|
1787
|
Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1787
|
Lord John Murray died - Hanoverian general
|
|
1787
|
Patrick Nasmyth born - Artist
|
|
1787
|
Rev. John Brown died - Preacher and author
|
|
1787
|
Robert Dundas of Arniston (4th Lord Arniston) died - Judge and politician
|
|
1787
|
Sir James Hunter Blair died - Politician and banker
|
|
1787
|
Sir John Forbes born - Physician
|
|
1787
|
Sir John Richardson born - Naturalist and explorer
|
|
1787
|
Thomas Hay (9th Earl of Kinnoull) died - Noble and politician
|
|
c.1788
|
David Henderson died - Architect and mason
|
|
c.1788
|
James Blair born - Politician and plantation-owner
|
|
1788
|
Andrew Picken born - Author
|
|
1788
|
Ardtaraig House (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1788
|
Basil Hall born - Traveller and author
|
|
1788
|
Eaglesham Old and Carswell Parish Church (East Renfrewshire) Built
|
|
1788
|
General Sir John Low born - Indian army commander
|
|
1788
|
George Noel Gordon Byron (6th Lord Byron) born - Romantic poet
|
|
1788
|
George Younger died - Brewer
|
|
1788
|
Hugh Clapperton born - Explorer
|
|
1788
|
Liberton Golf Club (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1788
|
Margaret Stuart Hamilton Tyndall-Bruce born - Heiress and landowner
|
|
1788
|
Mayen House (Moray) Built
|
|
1788
|
Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1788
|
Neil Arnott born - Inventor, natural philosopher and physician
|
|
1788
|
Old Aberdeen Town House (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1788
|
Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) died - The "Young Pretender"
|
|
1788
|
Sir John Watson Gordon born - Painter
|
|
1788
|
Sir Samuel Greig died - Born in Inverkeithing (Fife), Greig served in the British Navy
|
|
1788
|
Sir William Hamilton born - Philosopher and educationalist
|
|
1788
|
South Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1788
|
Thomas Short died - Optician and astronomer
|
|
1788
|
Vice Admiral Robert Wauchope born - Inventor and naval commander
|
|
1788
|
William Brodie (Deacon Brodie) died - Ingenious burglar
|
|
1788
|
William Home Lizars born - Artist and engraver
|
|
1788
|
Yair (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1789
|
Abercrombie's Jetty (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1789
|
Andrew Melrose born - Tea merchant and grocer
|
|
1789
|
Auchterderran Parish Church (Fife) Built
|
|
1789
|
Charlotte Stuart (Duchess of Albany) died - Only acknowledged daughter of Bonnie Prince Charlie
|
|
1789
|
Frederick McAdam Cathcart born - Diplomat and soldier
|
|
1789
|
James Burns born - Ship-owner
|
|
1789
|
James Ramsay died - Naval surgeon and abolitionist
|
|
1789
|
John Kennedy born - Minor poet
|
|
1789
|
John Ramsay McCulloch born - Economist
|
|
1789
|
Mary MacDougal Macdonald born - Gaelic hymn-writer and poet
|
|
1789
|
Old College (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1789
|
Old North Ronaldsay Light Beacon (Orkney) Built
|
|
1789
|
Robert Bruce born - Discovered tea plants growing in India
|
|
1789
|
Sir William Fairbairn born - Engineer
|
|
1789
|
Stephen Mitchell born - Tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist
|
|
1789
|
The Johnstone Mausoleum (Clackmannanshire) Erected
|
|
1789
|
Thomas Pringle born - Minor poet and reformer
|
|
1789
|
William Bald born - Engineer, surveyor and cartographer
|
|
1789
|
William Burn born - Architect
|
|
1789
|
William Collins born - Publisher
|
|
1789
|
William Glen born - Minor poet
|
|
1789
|
William Henry (Christie) Miller (Christie Miller) born - Eccentric politician
|
|
1789
|
William Henry Playfair born - Architect
|
|
c.1790
|
Arthurstone House (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
c.1790
|
Ravelston House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
C.1790
|
Arthurstone House (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1790
|
Adam Smith died - Economist and philosopher
|
|
1790
|
Alexander Dennistoun born - Cotton trader
|
|
1790
|
Archibald Simpson born - Aberdeen-based architect
|
|
1790
|
Balblair Distillery (Highland) Opened
|
|
1790
|
Brechin Museum (Angus) Built
|
|
1790
|
Castle Lachlan (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1790
|
Chesters (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1790
|
David Napier born - Marine engineer
|
|
1790
|
Dolphin House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1790
|
Dunrossness Kirk (Shetland) Built
|
|
1790
|
Fetlar Kirk (Shetland) Built
|
|
1790
|
Flora MacDonald died - Reluctant heroine
|
|
1790
|
Forth and Clyde Canal (Falkirk) Opened
|
|
1790
|
George Rainy born - Merchant and plantation owner
|
|
1790
|
Gosford House (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1790
|
Grangemouth, Port of (Falkirk) Built
|
|
1790
|
Harold's Tower (Highland) Built
|
|
1790
|
Hunter Square (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
|
|
1790
|
James Lockhart-Wishart (Count Lockhart-Wishart of Lee and Carnwath) died - Soldier
|
|
1790
|
John Finnie born - Cotton merchant, financier and philanthropist
|
|
1790
|
Johnstone Mausoleum (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
|
|
1790
|
Major General William Roy died - Surveyor and cartographer
|
|
1790
|
Nethergate House (Dundee City) Built
|
|
1790
|
Ochtertyre (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1790
|
Onesiphorous Tyndall-Bruce born - English barrister who became, through marriage, a noted figure in the history of Falkland
|
|
1790
|
Pitcalzean House (Highland) Built
|
|
1790
|
Prof. Henry Cullen died - Physician
|
|
1790
|
Prof. William Cullen died - Physiologist
|
|
1790
|
Rev. Robert Stirling born - Clergyman who made his name as an engineer, inventing the Stirling-cycle engine
|
|
1790
|
Robert Forrest born - Sculptor
|
|
1790
|
Sir James Campbell born - Merchant, who became Lord Provost of Glasgow
|
|
1790
|
Thomas Campbell born - Sculptor
|
|
1790
|
William Mylne died - Architect
|
|
1791
|
Airthrey Castle (Stirling) Built
|
|
1791
|
Andrew Rutherfurd born - Advocate, judge and politician
|
|
1791
|
Dr. Robert Knox born - Anatomist
|
|
1791
|
Elspat Buchan (Elsbeth or Elizabeth Buchan) died - Sect leader
|
|
1791
|
Patrick Shirreff born - Farmer and pioneer of cereal hybridisation
|
|
1791
|
Rev. Hew Scott born - Ecclesiastical editor
|
|
1791
|
Robert Napier born - Engineer and pioneer of ship-building on the River Clyde
|
|
1791
|
The Burn (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1791
|
Trades' Hall (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1792
|
Arthur Anderson born - Ship owner
|
|
1792
|
Bridge of Ross (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1792
|
Clachan Bridge (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1792
|
Ebenezer Scroggie born - Edinburgh merchant who provided Charles Dickens with the inspiration for the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge
|
|
1792
|
Edward Irving born - Charismatic preacher
|
|
1792
|
Field Marshall Sir Colin Campbell (Lord Clyde) born - Outstanding soldier
|
|
1792
|
Glasgow Royal Infirmary (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1792
|
Insh Church (Highland) Built
|
|
1792
|
Inverness Royal Academy (Highland) Established
|
|
1792
|
James Beaumont Neilson born - Inventor and industrialist
|
|
1792
|
John Adam died - Architect
|
|
1792
|
John Paul Jones died - Naval pioneer
|
|
1792
|
John Stuart (3rd Earl of Bute) died - British prime minister
|
|
1792
|
Raehills (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1792
|
Robert Adam died - Architect
|
|
1792
|
Sir David Dalrymple (3rd Baronet Hailes; Lord Hailes) died - Lawyer, judge and historian
|
|
1792
|
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison born - Geologist and geographer
|
|
1792
|
Theatre Royal (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1792
|
Thomas Binnie born - Builder, property developer and philanthropist
|
|
1792
|
William Burke born - Resurrectionist and murderer
|
|
1793
|
Charles Alexander Bruce born - Father of the Indian tea industry
|
|
1793
|
Daniel Lizars born - Engraver, printer and publisher
|
|
1793
|
David Stow born - Education pioneer
|
|
1793
|
Dean Edward Bannerman Burnett Ramsay born - Clergyman
|
|
1793
|
Dr. Robert Lee born - Pioneering gynaecologist
|
|
1793
|
Dunnikier House (Fife) Built
|
|
1793
|
Francis Garden (Lord Gardenstone) died - Judge
|
|
1793
|
Jacob More died - Painter
|
|
1793
|
James Anderson born - Engineer and land surveyor
|
|
1793
|
James Archibald born - Railway engineer
|
|
1793
|
James Small died - Inventor
|
|
1793
|
John Crichton-Stuart (2nd Marquess of Bute) born - Entrepreneur
|
|
1793
|
John Hunter died - Pioneer of surgery and dentistry
|
|
1793
|
John Murray (John McMurray) died - Publisher
|
|
1793
|
Leith Fort (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1793
|
Little Cumbrae Lighthouse (North Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1793
|
Little Cumbrae Old Lighthouse (North Ayrshire) Closed
|
|
1793
|
Lord George Gordon died - Infamous politician
|
|
1793
|
Lord John Hay born - Naval commander
|
|
1793
|
Monkland Canal (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1793
|
Rev. Henry Francis Lyte born - One of the great Victorian hymn-writers
|
|
1793
|
Robert Edmond Grant born - Naturalist and medical scientist
|
|
1793
|
Sir Andrew Agnew born - Politician
|
|
1793
|
Sir David Baxter born - Textiles manufacturer and benefactor
|
|
1793
|
Westerkirk Library (Dumfries and Galloway) Established
|
|
1793
|
William Aiton died - Botanist
|
|
1793
|
William Campbell born - International trader and philanthropist
|
|
1793
|
William Dick born - Pioneer of veterinary education in Scotland and founder of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Science
|
|
1793
|
William Robertson died - Historian
|
|
c.1794
|
Babbity Bowster (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1794
|
Alexander Gordon Laing born - African explorer
|
|
1794
|
Alison Cockburn (Alison Rutherford) died - Poetess, songwriter and socialite
|
|
1794
|
Ardbeg Distillery (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1794
|
Charles Lawson born - Botanist and Traveller
|
|
1794
|
Dr. John Roebuck died - Inventor and entrepreneur, who was a leader of the Industrial Revolution in Scotland
|
|
1794
|
Elizabeth Gordon (Duchess of Gordon, 'The Good Duchess') born - Noted for her charitable works
|
|
1794
|
General James Murray died - First Governor of Canada
|
|
1794
|
George Cleghorn died - Medical pioneer
|
|
1794
|
Greyfriars Free Church (Highland) Built
|
|
1794
|
Hugh Hume-Campbell (3rd Earl of Marchmont) died - Noble and politician
|
|
1794
|
James Adam died - Architect
|
|
1794
|
James Bruce died - Early Explorer
|
|
1794
|
James Lind died - Naval physician
|
|
1794
|
James Playfair died - Architect
|
|
1794
|
John Anderson born - Merchant and banker
|
|
1794
|
John Gibson Lockhart born - Author and literary critic, best known for his biography of his father-in-law Sir Walter Scott
|
|
1794
|
John Graham Gilbert (John Graham) born - Portrait painter and colourist
|
|
1794
|
John Smeaton died - An English engineer of Scottish descent, born at Austhorpe near Leeds, Smeaton has been dubbed the father of civil engineering
|
|
1794
|
John Zephaniah Bell born - Artist
|
|
1794
|
Lieut-General Sir George Cathcart born - Soldier
|
|
1794
|
Monreith House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1794
|
New Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1794
|
Oban Distillery (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1794
|
Preston Hall (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1794
|
Rev. John Witherspoon died - Clergyman born in Gifford, East Lothian
|
|
1794
|
Robert Liston born - Surgeon
|
|
1794
|
Thomas Grainger born - Pioneering railway engineer
|
|
c.1795
|
Craig Inn Community Centre (West Lothian) Built
|
|
c.1795
|
Islay House Square (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
c.1795
|
James Miranda Barry born - Army surgeon and, through deception, the world's first female doctor
|
|
c.1795
|
Persley Castle (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1795
|
Dr. Robert Moffat born - Missionary and explorer
|
|
1795
|
Frances (Fanny) Wright born - Social reformer and feminist
|
|
1795
|
George Meikle Kemp born - Architect and draughtsman
|
|
1795
|
James Boswell died - Biographer and traveller
|
|
1795
|
James Braid born - Surgeon and pioneer in the field of hypnosis
|
|
1795
|
James Craig died - Architect
|
|
1795
|
Rear Admiral Robert Aitchison born - Naval commander
|
|
1795
|
Sir George Burns born - Shipping magnate
|
|
1795
|
The Arched House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1795
|
Thomas Carlyle born - Writer, historian, philosopher and literary critic
|
|
1795
|
Walter Geikie born - Artist
|
|
1795
|
William Lyon Mackenzie born - Politician and radical
|
|
1795
|
William Smellie died - Printer and natural historian
|
|
1796
|
Ardinning, Loch (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1796
|
David Allan died - Artist and portrait painter
|
|
1796
|
David Roberts born - Painter
|
|
1796
|
Eglinton Castle (North Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1796
|
Georgian House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1796
|
John Anderson died - Scientist
|
|
1796
|
Joseph Gerrald died - One of the so-called 'Scottish Martyrs'
|
|
1796
|
No.5 Charlotte Square (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1796
|
Rev. Dr. John Anderson born - Clergyman and scientist
|
|
1796
|
Robert Burns died - Poet and writer
|
|
1796
|
Robert Foulis born - Engineer, entrepreneur and inventor
|
|
1796
|
Sir James Matheson born - Trader and entrepreneur
|
|
1796
|
Sir William Chambers died - Architect
|
|
1796
|
Thomas Reid died - Philosopher
|
|
1796
|
United Church of Bute (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1796
|
William Baird born - Industrialist and politician
|
|
1796
|
William Skirving died - Political reformer
|
|
1797
|
Archibald McLellan born - Coach-builder and patron of the arts
|
|
1797
|
Cloch Lighthouse (Inverclyde) Built
|
|
1797
|
Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus (The Highland Lady) born - Writer and social observer
|
|
1797
|
Hermand House (West Lothian) Built
|
|
1797
|
James Gillespie died - Snuff manufacturer and philanthropist
|
|
1797
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James Hutton died - Father of modern geology, born in Edinburgh
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1797
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Joan (Jackie) Crookston died - Famously died resisted the Militia Act of 1797
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1797
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Matthew Brisbane born - Antarctic explorer and Falkland Islands settler
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1797
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Murdoch Mackenzie died - Surveyor and marine cartographer
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1797
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Sir Charles Lyell born - Influential geologist
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1797
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Sir Robert Christison born - Pioneering toxicologist
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1797
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Thomas Drummond born - Surveyor, inventor and politician
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1797
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William MacDonald Mackenzie born - Architect
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1797
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William Motherwell born - Poet, antiquary and journalist
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c.1798
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The Roundhouse (Aberdeen City) Built
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1798
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Andrew Bannatyne born - Politician, lawyer and businessman
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1798
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Blair Athol Distillery (Perth and Kinross) Opened
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1798
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David Macbeth Moir born - Author and Physician
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1798
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Gavin Hamilton died - Painter
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1798
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George Don born - Botanist and plant collector
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1798
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Highland Park Distillery (Orkney) Opened
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1798
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Joanna Belfrage Picken born - Minor poet
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1798
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John Baird born - Architect
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1798
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Robert Pollok born - Poet
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1798
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Sir William Edmond Logan born - Geologist
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1798
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Thomas Henderson born - Astronomer
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c.1799
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Hunterston House (North Ayrshire) Built
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1799
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David Douglas born - Adventurous botanist
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1799
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David Hutcheson born - Ship owner
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1799
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James Bowman Lindsay born - Born in Carmyllie, near Arbroath, Lindsay was a visionary and pioneer in the field of electricity
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1799
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James Syme born - Surgeon
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1799
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James Tassie died - Glass and gemstone engraver
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1799
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Lord Robert Macqueen Braxfield died - Lawyer and 'hanging judge'
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1799
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Margaret Agnes Bunn (Margaret Agnes Somerville) born - Actress, noted for her roles as the tragic heroine
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1799
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Peter Williamson (Indian Peter) died - Reformer
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1799
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Prof. Joseph Black died - Chemist
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1799
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Rev. Patrick Bell born - Invented the reaping machine which was a direct precursor of the modern combine harvester
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1799
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Thomas Muir died - Radical reformer
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1799
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William Thom born - Minor poet
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