Events from the year 1783 in
Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
*
Lord Advocate –
Henry Dundas; then
Henry Erskine
*
Solicitor General for Scotland –
Alexander Murray; then
Ilay Campbell
Sir Ilay Campbell, 1st Baronet, Lord Succoth, (1734–1823) was a Scottish advocate, judge and politician.
He rose to be Lord President of the Court of Session.
Life
Campbell's birthplace is given as either Argyll or Edinburgh. His mother was ...
jointly with Alexander Wight
Judiciary
*
Lord President of the Court of Session –
Lord Arniston, the younger
*
Lord Justice General –
The Viscount Stormont
*
Lord Justice Clerk –
Lord Barskimming
Events
* 1 January – Glasgow
Chamber of Commerce
A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to ad ...
is founded by
Patrick Colquhoun, the first in Britain.
* 27 January – ''
The Herald'' newspaper begins publication as the weekly ''Glasgow Advertiser'' (with news of the
Peace of Paris); it will become the longest continually-published daily in Britain.
[
* 29 March – the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the ]Royal Society of Edinburgh
The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was established i ...
are chartered.[
* Halbeath Railway opens from the colliery at Halbeath (in the Fife Coalfield) to the harbour at Inverkeithing.]Elspeth Buchan
Elspeth Buchan (1738–1791) was the founder of a Scotland, Scottish religious sect known as the Buchanites.
Early life
She was born in 1738, the daughter of John Simpson and Margaret Gordon, who kept a wayside inn at Fatmacken, between Banff, Abe ...
proclaims herself in Irvine Irvine may refer to:
Places On Earth Antarctica
*Irvine Glacier
*Mount Irvine (Antarctica)
Australia
*Irvine Island
*Mount Irvine, New South Wales
Canada
*Irvine, Alberta
* Irvine Inlet, Nunavut
United Kingdom
*Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotla ...
as possessed of heavenly powers, leading to the formation of a Society of Buchanites
The Buchanites were the late 18th-century followers of Elspeth Buchan, a Scottish woman who claimed to be the Woman Clothed with the Sun, one of the figures named in the Book of Revelation.
History
In 1783, Mrs Buchan, in her late 40s and th ...
.
Births
* 5 April – Andrew Geddes, portrait painter and etcher (died 1844 in London)
* 8 April – John Claudius Loudon, horticulturalist (died 1843 in London)
* 24 April – James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford (died 1869 in England)
* 11 June – James Baillie Fraser
James Baillie Fraser (11 June 1783 – 23 January 1856) was a Scottish travel writer, and artist who illustrated and wrote about Asia Minor and India. Some of his watercolours made in the picturesque style represent early views of India and Per ...
, travel writer (died 1856
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
* January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voyag ...
)
* 15 June – Donald Mackenzie, explorer in North America (died 1851 in the United States
Events from the year 1851 in the United States.
Incumbents Federal Government
* President: Millard Fillmore ( W-New York)
* Vice President: ''vacant''
* Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland)
* Speaker of the House of Representatives: H ...
)
* 27 June – Adam Anderson, physicist (died 1846
Events
January–March
* January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom.
* January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway' ...
)
* 6 September – George Hogarth
George Hogarth WS (6 September 1783 – 12 February 1870) was a Scottish lawyer, newspaper editor, music critic, and musicologist. He authored several books on opera and Victorian musical life in addition to contributing articles to various publ ...
, newspaper editor, music critic, musicologist and father-in-law of Charles Dickens (died 1870 in London)
* 22 October – James Henry Keith Stewart, Tory Member of Parliament (died 1836)
* John Finlaison
John Finlaison (1783–1860) was a Scottish civil servant, government actuary and the first president of the Institute of Actuaries.
John was born under the name Finlayson, however, was better known under the name of Finlaison.
Early life
J ...
, actuary (died 1860 in London)
* William Glen, poet (died 1826
Events January–March
* January 15 – The French newspaper ''Le Figaro'' begins publication in Paris, initially as a weekly.
* January 30 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island o ...
)
* Peter Grant (Pàdraig Grannd nan Oran), Baptist minister and songwriter in Gaelic (died 1867
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...
)
* Norman Macleod (Caraid nan Gaidheal)
Norman MacLeod, known in Gaelic as ''Caraid nan Gàidheal'' ("friend of the Gael"), was a Church of Scotland minister, poet, and writer. He was Chaplain to Queen Victoria and Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland.
Life
He was the son of the Rev ...
, Church of Scotland minister and writer in Gaelic (died 1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
)
* Richard Poole, physician, psychiatrist, and phrenologist (died 1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
)
Deaths
* 30 March – William Hunter, anatomist (born 1718
Events
January – March
* January 7 – In India, Sufi rebel leader Shah Inayat Shaheed from Sindh who had led attacks against the Mughal Empire, is beheaded days after being tricked into meeting with the Mughals to discus ...
; died in London)
* 2 June – Charles Spalding, confectioner and diver (born 1738
Events
January–March
* January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown, when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River, during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escape ...
; died on dive in Dublin Bay)
* 27 August – John Glassford, tobacco merchant (born 1715
Events
For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire i ...
)
The arts
* The Glasgow engraving and publishing firm J. Lumsden and Son
J. Lumsden and Son is a Scottish engraving and publishing firm founded in 1783 by James Lumsden, most known for its short runs of high quality printings of children's books. The firm also made bookbinders' finishing tools.
The founder James Lumsd ...
, which becomes known for children's books, is founded.
References
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Years of the 18th century in Scotland
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1780s in Scotland