1772 in Scotland explained
Events from the year 1772 in Scotland.
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Events
- April–June – the brig Alexander collects emigrants from the west of Scotland (the "Glenaladale settlers") and carries them to Prince Edward Island.[1]
- 10 June – Credit crisis of 1772 is triggered when, following the flight of their partner, Aberdeen-born Alexander Fordyce, to France, the London banking house of Neal, James, Fordyce and Down (which has been speculating in East India Company stock) suspends payment. The resultant panic causes failure of other banks, particularly in Scotland, and especially in Edinburgh and the Ayr Bank.
- Summer – Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant makes a second tour of Scotland.[2]
- Construction of St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, as the first part of the New Town (designed by James Craig), begins.[3]
- Original North Bridge, Edinburgh, completed.[4]
- Three Stirling councillors privately sign a secret agreement, the "Black Bond", to run the affairs of the burgh to their own personal advantage.
- Fingal's Cave is brought to the attention of the English-speaking world by English naturalist Sir Joseph Banks.[5] [6]
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Notes and References
- Web site: The Passenger List of the "Alexander", and the Glenaladale Settlers. The Island Register. 1972. 2016-01-26.
- Book: Pennant, Thomas. A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII. Chester. John Monk. 1774.
- Book: Lang, Theo. The Queen’s Scotland. Edinburgh and the Lothians. London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1952. 124.
- Book: Stark, John. Picture of Edinburgh. J. Anderson, Jun.. 1825. 77–79.
- Web site: Show Caves of the World. . 10 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060525171553/http://www.showcaves.com/english/gb/caves/Fingals.html . 25 May 2006 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: Caves and Caving in the UK. . 10 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090306140334/http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/arb/scotland/fingals.html . 6 March 2009 . dead .