1806 in Scotland
Events from 1806 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 1 February - George Harvey, genre painter (died 1876)
- 19 March - John Coldstream, physician (died 1863 in England)
- 26 March - James Hogg, publisher (died 1888 in England)
- 15 April - Alexander Duff, Church of Scotland missionary to India (died 1878 in England)
- 4 June - Daniel Macnee, portrait painter (died 1882)
- 20 July - John Sterling, author (died 1844 in England)
- 19 September - William Dyce, painter (died 1864 in England)
- October - William Atherton, lawyer and liberal politician (died 1864 in England)
- 10 or 12 October - David Scott, historical painter (died 1849)
- 10 December - David Robertson, marine biologist (died 1896)
- James Graham, missionary photographer (died 1869)
Deaths
- 30 January - David Smythe, Lord Methven, judge (born 1746)
- 20 February - Lachlan McIntosh, military and political leader (born 1725; died in Savannah, Georgia)
- 17 March - David Dale, businessman and philanthropist (born 1739)
- 5 April - Benjamin Bell, surgeon (born 1749)
- 24 May - John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, field marshal (born 1723)
- 29 December - Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, politician (born 1735)
- Mungo Park, explorer (born 1771; died in Bussa, Nigeria)
The Arts
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