1799 in Scotland explained
Events from the year 1799 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 6 February – George Arnott Walker-Arnott, botanist (died 1868)
- 13 February – Robert Willis, physician (died 1878 in London)
- 17 February – John Baird, evangelical minister (died 1861)
- 8 June – John Wilson, promoter of British Israelism (died 1870 in England)
- 25 June – David Douglas, botanist (died 1834 in Hawaii)
- 6 September – Peter Allan, eccentric (died 1849 in Co. Durham)
- 8 September – James Bowman Lindsay, inventor (died 1862)
- 5 November – Robert Carruthers, writer (died 1878)
- 18 December – Charles Macfarlane, travel writer and novelist (died 1858 in London)
- 21 December – David Don, botanist (died 1841 in London)
- Undated
- Approximate date – William Simson, painter best known as a landscapist (died 1847)
Deaths
- 5 January – John Swinton, Lord Swinton, judge (born 1723)
- 19 January – Peter Williamson ("Indian Peter"), tavern keeper, printer, postmaster, inventor, showman and sometime slave in America (born 1730)
- 26 January
- 26 May – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, judge and comparative linguist (born 1714)
- 30 May – Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield, hanging judge (born 1722)
- 1 June – James Tassie, engraver (born 1735)
- 14 June – Sir Patrick Warrender, 3rd Baronet, of Lochend, army officer and politician (born 1739)
- 15 August – Duncan Davidson, merchant and politician (born 1733)
- 6 December – Joseph Black, physician and chemist (born 1728)
- William Cunninghame of Lainshaw, tobacco merchant
- Lachlan McGillivray, fur trader and planter in the Province of Georgia (born 1718/19)
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 0-14-102715-0. 2006.
- Book: Browne, James. 1854. A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans. New. 4. Edinburgh. A. Fullarton and Co.
- Web site: Scotland Accounted For: An Introduction To The 'Old' (1791-1799) And The New (1834-1845) Statistical Accounts Of Scotland. Charles W. J.. Withers. EDINA. Edinburgh. 2014-08-27. 3 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140903114359/http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/reading/intro.shtml. dead.
- Web site: Notable Dates in History . The Flag in the Wind . . 2014-08-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044706/https://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-e.htm . 8 August 2014 . dmy .
- Web site: BBC History British History Timeline . 2007-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070909012414/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml . 9 September 2007 . live . dmy .
- Book: http://www.electricscotland.com/history/glasgow/glasgow3_44.htm. The History of Glasgow, Volume 3. Chapter XLIV: War with France. Electric Scotland. 2014-08-27.
- Web site: Inverbervie, Bervie Bridge. Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2013. 2014-08-27.
- Web site: Alexander. Bogomolny. Simson Line: What is it?. Cut The Knot: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. 2012-01-23.