1850 in Scotland
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1850 in Scotland |
Years |
1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 |
Events from 1850 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 17 October — James Young patents a method of distilling paraffin from coal, laying the foundations for the Scottish paraffin industry.
Births
- 13 November - Robert Louis Stevenson novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer (died 1894)
Deaths
- 12 July - Robert Stevenson civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses (born 1772)[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "NLB - Robert Stevenson". Retrieved July 23, 2013.
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