1823 in Scotland

Events from the year 1823 in Scotland.

Incumbents

14 January - The Plinian Society is inaugurated for students of natural history at the University of Edinburgh under the presidency of John Baird.^[1]
7 February - The Bannatyne Club is inaugurated by Sir Walter Scott and others as a text publication society to print by subscription rare texts relating to the history, literature and traditions of Scotland.
17 June - Charles Macintosh patents the waterproof material later used to make Mackintosh coats.^[2]
November - The Highland Society’s Veterinary School, predecessor of the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, organises its first regular classes in Edinburgh under William Dick.^[3]
Excise Act reduces duties on the distillation of whisky, encouraging its commercial production.
First Hebrew congregation in Glasgow in modern times established.
Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan completes reconstruction of the Northumbrian Ruthwell Cross.

13 March - William Mackinnon, shipowner (died 1893 in London)
31 March - William Hart, painter of the Hudson River School (died 1894 in the United States)
11 July - John Stuart McCaig of Muckairn and Soroba, creator of McCaig's Tower, Oban (died 1902)
28 October - William Simpson, war artist (died 1899 in London)
Robert Boog Watson, malacologist and Free Church minister (died 1910)

28 March - Ilay Campbell, judge (born 1734)
29 March - William Taylor, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Principal of the University of Glasgow (born 1744)
16 June - Archibald Elliot, architect (born 1760)
8 July - Sir Henry Raeburn, portrait painter (born 1756)
29 September - George Beattie, poet (born 1786)
George Finlayson, naturalist (born 1790; died at sea)

February - A monument to poet Robert Burns (died 1796), designed by Thomas Hamilton, is opened in Alloway.^[4]
Thomas Campbell's poem The Last Man is published.
John Galt's novel The Entail is published.
Sir Walter Scott's novels Peveril of the Peak, Quentin Durward and St. Ronan's Well are published anonymously.
William Tennant's poetic drama Cardinal Beaton is published.^[5]
John Wilson's novel The Trials of Margaret Lyndsay is published.

↑ Browne, E. Janet (1995). Charles Darwin: vol. 1 Voyaging. London: Jonathan Cape. pp. 73–5. ISBN 1-84413-314-1.
↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
↑ Bradley, O. Charnock (1923). History of the Edinburgh Veterinary College. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd.
↑ Rock, Joe. "The Burns Monument, Alloway". Retrieved 2014-08-27.
↑ Chambers, William. "William Tennant". Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. Retrieved 2014-08-07.