Events from the year 1777 in

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Incumbents

Law officers

* Lord Advocate –

Henry Dundas Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811), styled as Lord Melville from 1802, was the trusted lieutenant of British Pri ...

; *

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– Alexander Murray

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger * Lord Justice General –

Duke of Queensberry The title Duke of Queensberry was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 3 February 1684 along with the subsidiary title Marquess of Dumfriesshire for the 1st Marquess of Queensberry. The Dukedom was held along with the Marquessate of Queensbe ...

* Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming

Events

* 21 June – ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Second Edition begins publication in Edinburgh. * 11 September – first minister ordained to United Presbyterian Church, Thurso; first church building opens this year. * 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders) raised. * Erskine Ferry established.

Births

* 22 January – Joseph Hume, army surgeon and radical politician (died 1855 in London) * 3 February – John Cheyne, physician (died 1836 in England) * 24 June – John Ross, naval officer and Arctic explorer (died 1856 in London) * 26 July –

Robert Hamilton Bishop Robert Hamilton Bishop (July 26, 1777 in West Lothian, Scotland – April 29, 1855 in Pleasant Hill, Ohio) was a Scottish-American educator and Presbyterian minister who became the first president of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. A professor o ...

, Presbyterian minister and educator (died

1855 in the United States Events from the year 1855 in the United States. Incumbents Federal Government * President: Franklin Pierce ( D-New Hampshire) * Vice President: ''vacant'' * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland) * Speaker of the House of Representati ...

) * 27 July –

Thomas Campbell Thomas Campbell may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Thomas Campbell (poet) (1777–1844), Scottish poet * Thomas Campbell (sculptor) (1790–1858), Scottish sculptor * Thomas Campbell (visual artist) (born 1969), California-based visual artist ...

, poet (died

1844 in France Events from the year 1844 in France. Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Louis Philippe I Events *6 August - First Franco-Moroccan War begins. *14 August - Battle of Isly, French victory over Moroccan forces near Oujda, Morocco, ...

) * 21 December –

John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, (21 December 1777 – 25 April 1847), known as Lord John Campbell until 1839, was a Scottish peer and Whig politician. Background Campbell was born in London, the third son of John Campb ...

, peer and Whig politician (born in London; died

1847 Events January–March * January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government. * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. * January 16 – John C. Frémont ...

)

Deaths

* 3 January – William Leslie, British Army captain (born

1751 In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January&nd ...

; killed at

Battle of Princeton The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777, and ending in a small victory for the Colonials. General Lord Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the comman ...

) * 12 January –

Hugh Mercer Hugh Mercer (16 January 1726 – 12 January 1777) was a Scottish-born American military officer and physician who participated in the Seven Years' War and Revolutionary War. Born in Pitsligo, Scotland, he studied medicine in his home country ...

, surgeon and American

Continental Army The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was establis ...

brigadier general (born

1726 Events January–March * January 23 – (January 12 Old Style) The Conventicle Act (''Konventikelplakatet'') is adopted in Sweden, outlawing all non-Lutheran religious meetings outside of church services. * January 26 – ...

; died of injuries received at Battle of Princeton) * 13 January –

James Rait James Rait, MA (1689–1777) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Scottish Episcopal Church as the Bishop of Brechin from 1742 to 1777. Biography He was consecrated the Bishop of the Diocese of Brechin on 4 October 1742 at Edinbur ...

, Episcopalian Bishop of Brechin since 1742 (born

1689 Events January–March * January 22 (January 12, 1688 O.S.) – Glorious Revolution in England: The Convention Parliament is convened to determine if King James II of England, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, vacated th ...

) * 23 March –

Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet (circa 1685 – 23 March 1777) was a Scottish Jacobite and Member of the Parliament of Great Britain. The son of Sir Hugh Paterson, 1st Baronet by his wife Barbara, daughter of Sir William Ruthven of Dung ...

, Jacobite (born

1685 Events January–March * January 6 – American-born British citizen Elihu Yale, for whom Yale University in the U.S. is named, completes his term as the first leader of the Madras Presidency in India, administering the colony ...

) * 7 October –

Simon Fraser of Balnain Simon Fraser (1729 – 7 October 1777) was a British general during the American War of Independence. He was killed in the Battle of Bemis Heights during the Saratoga Campaign. The shot that killed Fraser is often attributed to Timot ...

, British Army general (born 1729 in Scotland; killed at Battle of Bemis Heights)

Sport

* Fraserburgh Golf Club established. *

Wanlockhead Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands. It is Scotland's highest village, at an elevation of ar ...

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

club established.

References

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1770s in Scotland