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1765 In Scotland
Events from the year 1765 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers * Lord Advocate – Thomas Miller of Glenlee * Solicitor General for Scotland – James Montgomery Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger * Lord Justice General – Duke of Queensberry * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Minto Events * May – James Watt makes a breakthrough in the development of the steam engine by constructing a model with a separate condenser, an idea which has come to him in a walk on Glasgow Green. * Sugar refinery at Greenock opened. * Settlement at Grantown-on-Spey planned. Births * 11 January – John A. Macdonald, first Canadian Prime Minister (died 1891 in Ottawa) * 22 April – James Grahame, poet, lawyer and clergyman (died 1811) * 20 July – Peter Nicholson, architect, engineer and mathematician (died 1844 in Carlisle) * 24 August – Thomas Muir of Huntershill, radical (died 1799 in France) * 24 October – James Mackintos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey ( gd, Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, Counties of Scotland, historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorms, Cairngorm mountains, about south-east of Inverness ( by road). The town was founded in 1765 as a New town, planned settlement and was originally called simply Grantown after Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet, Sir James Grant. The addition 'on Spey' was added by the burgh council in 1898. The town has several listed 18th and 19th century buildings, including several large hotels and serves as a regional centre for tourism and services in the Strathspey, Scotland, Strathspey region. The town is twinned with Notre-Dame-de-Monts in the Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France. History The burgh was founded in 1765 during the early stages of the Industrial Revolution to encourage both agricultural marketing and handicrafts, as well as to increa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Adam
Jean Adam (or Adams) (30 April 1704 – 3 April 1765) was a Scottish poet from the labouring classes; her best-known work is "There's Nae Luck Aboot The Hoose". In 1734 she published a volume of her poetry entitled ''Miscellany poems'', but the cost of shipping a substantial number to the British colony of Boston in North America, where they did not sell well, forced her to turn first to teaching and then to domestic labour. She died penniless in Glasgow's Town's Hospital poorhouse at the age of sixty. Early years Born in Greenock into a maritime family, Adam was orphaned at a young age."Adam, Jean (1710–1765)." '' Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages'', edited by Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer, vol. 1, Yorkin Publications, 2007, pp. 7-8. ''Gale eBooks''. Accessed 14 Sept. 2021. Her most famous work (though the authorship was for some time in dispute) is "There's Nae Luck Aboot The Hoose", a tale of a sailor's wife and the safe return of her husband f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 April
Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. * 1559 – The second of two the treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars. 1601–1900 *1721 – Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title. * 1851 – Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand after the death of his half-brother, Rama III. * 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins. * 1865 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. *1882 – American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James. * 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Mackintosh
Sir James Mackintosh FRS FRSE (24 October 1765 – 30 May 1832) was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and Whig historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a journalist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher and politician. Early life Mackintosh was born at Aldourie, 7 miles from Inverness, the son of Captain John Mackintosh of Kellachie (Kyllachy, near Tomatin, Inverness-shire). His mother was Marjory MacGillivray, a daughter of Alexander MacGillivray and his wife Anne Fraser, who was a sister to Brigadier-General Simon Fraser of Balnain. Both his parents were from old Highland families. His mother died while he was a child, and his father was frequently abroad, mainly due to the Seven Years War – being wounded in 1761 at the Battle of Villinghausen. James was raised by his grandmother, and schooled at Fortrose Seminary academy. At age thirteen he proclaimed himself a Whig, and during p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 October
Events Pre-1600 *AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius. *1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France. *1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. *1590 – John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists. *1596 – The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port. 1601–1900 *1641 – Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issues his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England. *1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War. *1795 – Poland is completely consu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Muir Of Huntershill
Thomas Muir (24 August 1765 – 26 January 1799), also known as Thomas Muir the Younger of Huntershill, was a Scottish political reformer and lawyer. Muir graduated from Edinburgh University and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1787, aged 22. Muir was a leader of the Society of the Friends of the People. He was the most important of the group of two Scotsmen and three Englishmen on the Political Martyrs' Monument, Edinburgh (the others being Thomas Fyshe Palmer, William Skirving, Maurice Margarot and Joseph Gerrald). In 1793 they were sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay Australia for sedition. Two years later in 1796, Muir dramatically escaped from Botany Bay on the American ship the ''Otter'' for America. After a voyage across the uncharted Pacific Ocean the ''Otter'' reached Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island June 1796. The diaries of the first mate Pierre François Péron describe Muir's escape and voyage across the Pacific as far as Monterey, California. Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 August
Events Pre-1600 * 367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father. * 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is written. * 410 – The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome. *1185 – Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans. *1200 – King John of England, signer of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angoulême in Angoulême Cathedral. *1215 – Pope Innocent III issues a bull declaring Magna Carta invalid. * 1349 – Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague. * 1482 – The town and castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army. *1516 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq. * 1561 – Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony. 1601–1900 *1608 &ndash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nicholson (architect)
Peter Nicholson (20 July 1765 – 18 June 1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker but soon abandoned his trade in favour of teaching and writing. He practised as an architect but is best remembered for his theoretical work on the skew arch (he never actually constructed one himself), his invention of draughtsman's instruments, including a centrolinead and a cyclograph, and his prolific writing on numerous practical subjects. Biography Early life Born in 1765 in the parish of Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Peter Nicholson was the son of a stonemason. Largely self-taught and excelling in the field of mathematics, he received only a rudimentary formal education, studying under a Mr Richardson, brother of architect George Richardson, at the local parish school from the age of nine until he left, aged 12, to assist his father in the family business. During this time he amused himself by making drawi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20 July
Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. * 792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae. * 911 – Rollo lays siege to Chartres. * 1189 – Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy. *1225 – Treaty of San Germano is signed at San Germano between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX. A Dominican named Guala is responsible for the negotiations. *1398 – The Battle of Kellistown was fought on this day between the forces of the English led by Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March against the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles under the command of Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach, the most powerful Chieftain in Leinster. *1402 – Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1811 In Scotland
Events from the year 1811 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers * Lord Advocate – Archibald Colquhoun * Solicitor General for Scotland – David Boyle; then David Monypenny Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Avontoun until 20 May; then Lord Granton * Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Granton, then Lord Boyle Events * 9 January – the first women's golf tournament in Scotland takes place at the links of the Musselburgh Golf Club. * 1 February – Bell Rock Lighthouse begins operation. * March – Prisoner-of-war camp established at Penicuik. * 27 May – second national Census. In Scotland the count is carried out by schoolmasters. * June – Walter Scott buys the farm at Abbotsford near Galashiels and commences building his future residence, Abbotsford House. * August – passengers are being carried on the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, in horse-drawn vehicles. * November – Thomas Telford's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grahame
Rev James Grahame (22 April 1765 – 14 September 1811) was a Scottish poet. His best-known poem, ''The Sabbath'', combines devotional feeling with vivid description of Scottish scenery. Early life He was born at Whitehill House in Glasgow, the son of Thomas Grahame, a successful lawyer. His elder brother was Robert Grahame of Whitehill. He attended University of Glasgow. Career After completing his literary course at the University of Glasgow, Grahame went in 1784 to Edinburgh, where he worked as a legal clerk, and was called to the Scottish bar in 1795. However, he had always wanted to go in for the Church, and when he was 44 he took Anglican orders, and became a curate first at Shipton, Gloucestershire, and then at Sedgefield, Durham. His works include a dramatic poem, ''Mary Queen of Scots'' (1801), ''The Sabbath'' (1804), ''The Birds of Scotland'' (1806), ''British Georgics'' (1809), and ''Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade'' in a joint volume on the subject with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
