1801 in Scotland
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Events from 1801 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January - Legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 4 June - Soldiers of the Ross and Cromarty Rangers fire on a mob in Aberdeen celebrating the King's birthday, killing two.[3]
- 18 July - Crinan Canal opened (although incomplete).[4]
- First complete Bible translation into Scottish Gaelic, Am Bìoball Gàidhlig, is published.
- Dundee Courier & Argus first published.[5]
- John Cary publishes A New Map of Scotland.
- Second Elgin Academy school building (occupied in modern times by Moray College) constructed.
- Edinburgh town council resolves to drain The Meadows.[6]
- Chivas Brothers open a grocery store in Aberdeen which will blend Chivas Regal whisky.
Births
- 4 January - James Giles, landscape painter (died 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, timber merchant and shipowner (died 1870 in England)
- 7 June - Charles Cowan, papermaker and Radical politician (died 1889)
- 24 June - David Haggart, thief and murderer (hanged 1821)
- 4 July - James Johnstone, Liberal politician (died 1888)
- 21 August - Benjamin Boyd, settler in New South Wales (probably killed 1851 in Guadalcanal)
- 31 August - William Downe Gillon , Whig politician (died 1846)
- 7 November - Robert Dale Owen, social reformer (died 1877 in the United States)
- Alexander Thom, almanac editor (died 1879 in Ireland)
Deaths
- 14 February - Robert Paterson ("Old Mortality"), stonemason (born 1715)
- 28 March - Sir Ralph Abercromby, general (born 1734; died in Egypt)
- 10 May - Richard Gall, poet (born 1776)
- 30 May - John Millar, philosopher (born 1735)
- 11 October - John Donaldson, miniature painter (born 1737; died in London)
- 25 December - Andrew Lumisden, Jacobite (born 1720)
- Jean Glover, poet and singer (born 1758; died in Ireland)
The Arts
- 21 July - Greenock Burns Club is established to honour the memory of poet Robert Burns (died 1796)[7] and Poems Ascribed to Robert Burns is published.[8]
- James Hogg publishes Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1801". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
- ↑ "Population of Scotland". GENUKI. 2004. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ↑ Stewart, David (1822). Sketches of the character, manners, and present state of the Highlanders of Scotland. pp. 427–8.
- ↑ Lindsay, Jean (1968). The Canals of Scotland. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 121. ISBN 0-7153-4240-1.
- ↑ "Dundee Courier makes move to compact". BBC News. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ↑ "History of Edinburgh". Visions of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ↑ "Greenock Burns Club". Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
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