1809 in Scotland
Events from 1809 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 20 April - James David Forbes, physicist, glaciologist and seismologist (died 1868 in Bristol)
- 7 June - William Forbes Skene, historian (died 1892)
- 22 August - John Hill Burton, historian (died 1881)
- 27 August - John West, pioneer of food canning (died 1888 in the United States)
- 8 September - Robert Reid Kalley, physician and Presbyterian missionary to the lusophone countries (died 1888)
- 24 October - John Barr, poet (died 1889 in New Zealand)
- 29 December - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in Liverpool; died 1898 in Wales)
- Alexander Allan, locomotive engineer (died 1891 in England)
- Archibald Campbell, born Douglas, laird (died 1868)
Deaths
- 14 January - Robert Anstruther, British Army general (born 1768; died on active service at Corunna)
- 16 January - John Moore, British Army general (born 1761; killed in Battle of Corunna)
- 24 January - James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (born 1729; died in London)
- 25 February - John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, colonial governor (born 1730; died in Ramsgate)
- 10 May - Andrew Bell, engraver, co-founder of the Encyclopædia Britannica (born 1726)
- 3 August - Andrew Mackay, mathematician (born 1760; died in London)
- 29 August - Robert Melvill, British Army general and antiquary (born 1723)
- 8 October - James Elphinston, philologist (born 1721; died in London)
- 18 December - Alexander Adam, classical scholar (born 1741)
- Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet, landowner and industrialist
See also
References
- ↑ Timeline of Glasgow history.
- ↑ Taylor, David (April 2007). "Bell Rock Lighthouse". Bellrock.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ↑ Lindsay, Jean (1968). The Canals of Scotland. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 124. ISBN 0-7153-4240-1.
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- ↑ Duncan, George John C. (1848). Memoir of the Rev. Henry Duncan, D.D., Minister of Ruthwell, Founder of Savings Banks, Author of Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons, &c., &c. Edinburgh; London: W. Oliphant Hamilton, Adams. p. 77.
- ↑ "The Martello Tower". History of Leith. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- ↑ "White Cart Bridge". Secret Scotland. 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2014-08-15.