1801 in Scotland

Events from the year 1801 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas of Arniston; then Charles Hope, Lord Granton, Charles Hope
* Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Blair, Lord Avontoun, Robert Blair

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session – Ilay Campbell, Lord Succoth, Lord Succoth
* Lord Justice General – James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose, The Duke of Montrose
* Lord Justice Clerk – David Rae, Lord Eskgrove, Lord Eskgrove

Events

* 1 January – legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
* 10 March – the first British census is carried out (under terms of the Census Act 1800), with the Scottish counts undertaken by schoolmasters. The population of Scotland is determined to be 1,608,420.
* 16 March – Edinburgh music teacher Anne Gunn is granted the first British patent for a board game, designed as a music teaching aid.
* 4 June – Soldiers of the Highland Fencible Corps#Ross and Cromarty Rangers (1799), Ross and Cromarty Rangers fire on a mob in Aberdeen celebrating the King's birthday, killing two.
* 18 July – Crinan Canal opened (although incomplete).
* First complete Bible translations into Scottish Gaelic, Bible translation into Scottish Gaelic, ''Am Bìoball Gàidhlig'', is published.
* ''The Courier (Dundee), Dundee Courier & Argus'' first published.
* John Cary publishes ''A New Map of Scotland''.
* Second Elgin Academy, Scotland, Elgin Academy school building (occupied in modern times by Moray College) constructed.
* Edinburgh town council resolves to drain The Meadows (park), The Meadows.
* John Crabbie of Leith begins to deal in ginger.
* Chivas Brothers open a grocery store in Aberdeen which will blend Chivas Regal whisky.

Births

* 4 January – James Giles (painter), James Giles, landscape painter (died 1870 in Scotland, 1870)
* 14 January – Jane Welsh Carlyle, née Jane Baillie Welsh, letter-writer (died 1866 in London)
* 2 February – George Maclean, colonial governor (died 1847 in Cape Coast)
* 31 May – Robert Rankin (1801–1870), Robert Rankin, timber merchant and shipowner (died 1870 in England)
* 7 June – Charles Cowan, papermaker and Radical politician (died 1889 in Scotland, 1889)
* 24 June – David Haggart, thief and murderer (hanged 1821 in Scotland, 1821)
* 4 July – James Johnstone (1801–1888), James Johnstone, Liberal politician (died 1888 in Scotland, 1888)
* 21 August – Benjamin Boyd, settler in New South Wales (probably killed 1851 ln Guadalcanal)
* 31 August – William Downe Gillon , Whigs (British political party), Whig politician (died 1846 in Scotland, 1846)
* 7 November – Robert Dale Owen, social reformer (died 1877 in the United States)
* Alexander Thom (almanac editor), Alexander Thom, almanac editor (died 1879 in Ireland)
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Deaths

* 14 February – Robert Paterson (stonemason), Robert Paterson ("Old Mortality"), stonemason (born 1715 in Scotland, 1715)
* 28 March – Sir Ralph Abercromby, general (born 1734 in Scotland, 1734; died in Egypt)
* 10 May – Richard Gall, poet (born 1776 in Scotland, 1776)
* 30 May – John Millar (philosopher), John Millar, philosopher (born 1735 in Scotland, 1735)
* 11 October – John Donaldson (painter), John Donaldson, miniature painter (born 1737 in Scotland, 1737; died in London)
* 25 December – Andrew Lumisden, Jacobitism, Jacobite (born 1720 in Scotland, 1720)
* Jean Glover, poet and singer (born 1758 in Scotland, 1758; died in Ireland)

The arts

* 21 July – Greenock Burns Clubs, Burns Club is established to honour the memory of poet Robert Burns (died 1796) and ''Poems Ascribed to Robert Burns'' is published.
* James Hogg publishes ''Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs''.

See also

* 1801 in Ireland

References

{{Years in Scotland

1801 in Scotland,
1801 in the United Kingdom, Scotland
Years of the 19th century in Scotland
1800s in Scotland