1821 in Scotland explained
Events from the year 1821 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 15 January – Sumburgh Head Lighthouse in Shetland, designed by Robert Stevenson, is first illuminated.
- 28 April – foundation stone for the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, is laid.[1]
- 18 July – thief David Haggart is hanged in Edinburgh, aged 20, for the murder of a Dumfries tolbooth keeper in 1820, leaving an autobiography, The life of David Haggart, and phrenologist George Combe's Phrenological observations on the cerebral development of David Haggart.
- 14 August – Trinity Chain Pier opens at Trinity, Edinburgh.
- 16 October – the School of Arts of Edinburgh, a predecessor of Heriot-Watt University, is established by Leonard Horner for the education of working men.[2] [3]
- The Royal Scottish Society of Arts is founded as The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland by David Brewster.
- The publisher T&T Clark is established in Edinburgh by Thomas Clark.
- William Hooker (botanist) publishes Flora Scotica; or, A description of Scottish plants.
- Robert Owen's Report to the County of Lanark, of a plan for relieving public distress and removing discontent is published in Glasgow.
Births
- 10 March – Màiri Mhòr nan Òran, Gaelic poet (died 1898)
- 15 March – William Milligan, theologian (died 1893)
- 11 April – James Campbell Walker, architect (died 1888)
- 26 April – Robert Adamson, pioneer photographer (died 1848)
- 16 June – Old Tom Morris, golfer (died 1908)
- 19 June – George Whyte-Melville, sporting novelist (died hunting 1878 in England)
- 1 August – James Gowans, architect (died 1890)
- 17 October – Alexander Gardner, photographer (died 1882 in the United States)
- 13 December – Joseph Noel Paton, painter (died 1901)
- 29 December – John Francis Campbell, Celtic folklorist and inventor (died 1885 in France)
Deaths
The arts
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: History of Edinburgh. Visions of Scotland. 2014-08-09. 14 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150214170220/http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm. dead.
- Jameson. R.. Some Account of the School of Arts of Edinburgh.. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. 11. 203–205. 1824.
- Book: O'Farrell, P. N.. 2004. Heriot Watt University: An Illustrated History. Harlow. Pearson Education. 0-273-69605-X. 64–66.
- Ballantyne, John (1774-1821). 3.