Events from the year 1777 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Henry Dundas; * Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland, Alexander Murray

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session – Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger, Lord Arniston, the younger * Lord Justice General – Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, Duke of Queensberry * Lord Justice Clerk – Thomas Miller, Lord Barskimming, Lord Barskimming

Events

* 21 June – Encyclopædia Britannica Second Edition, ''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 (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot, 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), John Cheyne, physician (died 1836 in England) * 24 June – John Ross (Royal Navy officer), John Ross, naval officer and Arctic explorer (died 1856 in London) * 26 July – Robert Hamilton Bishop, Presbyterian minister and educator (died 1855 in the United States) * 27 July – Thomas Campbell (poet), Thomas Campbell, poet (died 1844 in France) * 21 December – John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, peer and Whig politician (born in London; died 1847 in Scotland, 1847)

Deaths

* 3 January – William Leslie (British Army officer), William Leslie, British Army captain (born 1751 in Scotland, 1751; killed at Battle of Princeton) * 12 January – Hugh Mercer, surgeon and American Continental Army brigadier general (born 1726 in Scotland, 1726; died of injuries received at Battle of Princeton) * 13 January – James Rait, Episcopalian Bishop of Brechin since 1742 (born 1689 in Scotland, 1689) * 23 March – Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet, Jacobite (born 1685 in Scotland, 1685) * 7 October – Simon Fraser of Balnain, British Army general (born 1729 in Scotland; killed at Battle of Bemis Heights)

Sport

* Fraserburgh Golf Club established. * Wanlockhead curling club established.

References

{{Years in Scotland , state=collapsed 1777 in Scotland, Years of the 18th century in Scotland 1777 in Great Britain, Scotland 1770s in Scotland