1816 in Scotland
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Events from 1816 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- 18 June - Causeway, bridge and sluice across Loch Fleet at The Mound, designed by Thomas Telford, completed.
- 13 August - An earthquake in Inverness is the strongest ever in Scotland.[1]
- The Nelson Monument, Edinburgh, on Calton Hill, is completed.
- Logie Bridge at Ferness completed to a design by Telford;[2] as also is the bridge at Contin and the harbour at Portmahomack.
- Suspension footbridge erected over the Gala Water in Galashiels[3] and upper arch bridge at Rumbling Bridge completed.
- The Northern Lighthouse Board erect a new light on the Isle of May, designed by Robert Stevenson.[4]
- David Brewster discovers stress birefringence.
- Rev. Robert Stirling obtains a U.K. patent for the Stirling hot air engine.
- Lagavulin distillery established on Islay.
- St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow, is completed as the city's first post-Reformation Roman Catholic church (architect: James Gillespie Graham).
- First Jewish community in Edinburgh in modern times established.
- The Edinburgh Races and Caledonian Hunt are held for the first time at Musselburgh Racecourse rather than on the sands of Leith.[5][6]
Births
- 5 January
- James Brunlees, civil engineer (died 1892)
- Daniel Wilson, archaeologist and academic (died 1892 in Canada)
- 11 January - Henry Robertson, railway promoter (died 1888 in Wales)
- 3 February - Archibald McKellar, politician in Ontario (died 1894 in Canada)
- 14 February - James Morison, evangelical (died 1893)
- 13 June - Charles Alexander, merchant and politician in Quebec (died 1905 in Canada)
- 1 September - James Drummond, historical painter and curator (died 1877)
- 16 September - Theodore Martin, writer (died 1909)
- 30 September - Archibald Sturrock, steam locomotive engineer (died 1909)
- 12 October - Alexander Bryson, scientist (died 1866)
Deaths
- 22 February - Adam Ferguson, philosopher and historian (born 1723)
- 28 February - Archibald Bruce, theologian (born 1746)
- 14 June - Allan Maconochie, jurist (born 1748)
- 25 December - Hercules Ross, merchant in Jamaica (born 1745)
The Arts
- Walter Scott's novels The Antiquary, The Black Dwarf and Old Mortality are published.
- The Elgin Marbles are purchased by the British government from Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, for the British Museum in London.
See also
References
- ↑ The Guinness Book of Answers (3rd ed.). Enfield: Guinness Superlatives. 1980. p. 56. ISBN 0-85112-202-7.
- ↑ "Logie Bridge". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2007. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
- ↑ "1816 Galashiels". Bridgemeister. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
- ↑ "Isle of May". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
- ↑ "History of Edinburgh". Visions of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ↑ "Horse-racing at Musselburgh". Haddington, East Lothian: John Gray Centre. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
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