1819 in Scotland
1819 in Scotland |
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Events from 1819 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- 13 June - Highland Clearances: Strathnaver clearances begin on the estates of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, enforced by Patrick Sellar with burning of crofts.[1][2]
- 17 August–1 October - English poet Robert Southey joins civil engineer Thomas Telford on a tour of his Scottish projects.[3]
- 18 August - Regent Bridge, Edinburgh, opened.[4]
- The publisher Collins is founded as a printer of religious literature in Glasgow by William Collins.
- W. & R. Chambers, established by brothers William Chambers of Glenormiston and Robert Chambers in Edinburgh, begin publishing.
- The Ordnance Survey begins mapping in Scotland, in the south west, although this survey will be aborted.[5]
- Brora distillery is established as "Clynelish" by the Marquess of Stafford at Brora.
- First pump room opened at the spa town of Strathpeffer.
- Replacement Highbridge near Spean Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, is built.
Births
- 22 January - Hugh McColl, pioneer of irrigation (died 1885 in Australia)
- 25 January - Gideon Lang, settler (died 1880 in Australia)
- 28 March - William Cross Yuille, settler (died 1894 in Australia)
- 10 April - James Logan, lawyer (died 1869 in Penang)
- 27 April - William Muir, Orientalist and colonial administrator (died 1905)
- 26 May - George Thomson, missionary and botanist (died 1878 in Cameroon)
- 2 July - George Young, Lord Young, judge (died 1907)
- 3 July - William Smith, Roman Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh (died 1892)
- 14 July - Benjamin Blyth, civil engineer (died 1866)
- 22 July - John Murdoch, evangelist and educationalist (died 1904 in India)
- 30 July - John Campbell Shairp, man of letters (died 1885)
- 2 August - William Walls, lawyer and industrialist (died 1893)
- 25 August - Allan Pinkerton, private detective (died 1884 in the United States)
- 3 September - Alexander Campbell Fraser, philosopher (died 1914)
- 7 September - Aeneas William Mackintosh, Liberal politician (died 1900)
- 6 November - Charles James Campbell, merchant and politician in Nova Scotia (died 1906 in Canada)
- 13 November - Peter Sinclair, farmer and politician in Prince Edward Island (died 1906 in Canada)
- 28 November - Walter Montgomerie Neilson, steam locomotive manufacturer (died 1889)
- James Cassie, painter (died 1879)
- James Miln, antiquary (died 1881)
Deaths
- 14 February - William Ogilvie of Pittensear, classicist, numismatist and land reformer (born 1736)
- 12 March - Robert Watt, physician and bibliographer (born 1774)
- 17 June - Robert Dundas of Arniston, judge (born 1758)
- 20 July - John Playfair, natural philosopher (born 1748)
- 25 August - James Watt, inventor (born 1736; died in Birmingham)
- 15 December - Daniel Rutherford, physician, chemist and botanist (born 1749)
The Arts
- Walter Scott's novels Ivanhoe, The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose are published anonymously.
- The Harp of Caledonia: a collection of songs, ancient and modern, chiefly Scottish, compiled by John Struthers, is published in Glasgow; and The Harp of Renfrewshire: a collection of songs and other poetical pieces, compiled by William Motherwell, is published in Paisley (where Motherwell is appointed sheriff-clerk depute this year).
See also
References
- ↑ "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ↑ Prebble, John (1963). The Highland Clearances. London: Secker & Warburg.
- ↑ Southey, Robert (1929). Journal of a Tour in Scotland in 1819. London: John Murray. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ↑ "Edinburgh, Waterloo Place, Regent Bridge". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2007. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
- ↑ Fleet, Christopher; Withers, Charles W. J. "Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch 1st edition, Scotland, 1843-1882: A Scottish paper landscape". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
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