Events from the year 1764 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Thomas Miller of Glenlee * Solicitor General for Scotland – James Montgomery jointly with Francis Garden; then James Montgomery alone

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger * Lord Justice General – Duke of Queensberry * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Minto

Events

* 3 January – '' Edinburgh Advertiser'' newspaper begins publication. * November –

The Speculative Society The Speculative Society is a Scottish Enlightenment society dedicated to public speaking and literary composition, founded in 1764. It was mainly, but not exclusively, an Edinburgh University student organisation. The formal purpose of the Societ ...

established in Edinburgh as a debating group, part of the

Scottish Enlightenment The Scottish Enlightenment ( sco, Scots Enlichtenment, gd, Soillseachadh na h-Alba) was the period in 18th- and early-19th-century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By the eighteenth century ...

. * New Byth established as a planned village in Aberdeenshire by the local laird. * New liturgy for the Scottish Episcopal Church published in Edinburgh. * The turnip is first cultivated in Scotland as a field crop, by Dawson of Frogden (

Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the north-west, and Berw ...

). * Howden Bridge built at Mid Calder. * Approximate date –

Yair Bridge The Yair Bridge or Fairnilee Bridge is a bridge across the River Tweed at Yair, near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. History It was built in around 1764, with William Mylne acting as both designer and contractor. Its construction was auth ...

built across the River Tweed by William Mylne.

Births

* c. 1 February –

George Duff Captain George Duff RN (c. 1 February 1764 – 21 October 1805) was a British naval officer during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, who was killed by a cannonball at the Battle of Trafalg ...

, naval officer (killed 1805 at Battle of Trafalgar) * 22 February – Alexander Campbell, musician and miscellaneous writer (died

1824 May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) , Ninth Symphony Events January–March * January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, ...

) * 5 May – Robert Craufurd, general (killed 1812 at Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo) * 11 July – Jane Aitken, printer (died

1832 in the United States Events from the year 1832 in the United States. Incumbents Federal Government * President: Andrew Jackson ( D-Tennessee) * Vice President: John C. Calhoun ( D-South Carolina) (until December 28), ''vacant'' (starting December 28) * Chief J ...

) * 5 October – Isaac Cruikshank, painter and caricaturist (died 1811 in London) * 10 October – John Dick, minister and theologian (died

1833 Events January–March * January 3 – Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833), Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. * February 6 – His Royal Highness Prince Otto ...

) * October – William Symington, mechanical engineer, steamboat pioneer (died 1831 in London) * 6 November – Robert Heron, writer (died 1807 in London) * Alexander Mackenzie, explorer of northern Canada (died

1820 Events January–March *January 1 – Nominal beginning of the Trienio Liberal in Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7). *January 8 – General Maritime T ...

)

Deaths

* 23 May – William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, politician and judge (born

1701 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 12 – Parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian cal ...

; died at Bath)

The arts

* Pompeo Batoni paints portraits of Thomas Dundas and

Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, KT (18 June 1743 – 17 June 1827), styled Marquess of Huntly until 1752, was a Scottish nobleman, described by Kaimes as the "greatest subject in Britain", and was also known as the Cock o' the North, the tr ...

in Rome.

References

{{Years in Scotland , state=collapsed Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland 1760s in Scotland