1829 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1829 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- 8 January - Hanging of body-selling murderer William Burke in Edinburgh. His associate William Hare, who testified against him, is released.[1]
- 1 June - Wishaw and Coltness Railway incorporated.[2]
- 23 June - Royal High School, Edinburgh, opens its new building on Calton Hill.[3]
- 2–3 August - The "Muckle Spate", a great flood of the River Findhorn which devastates much of Strathspey, washing away many bridges.[4]
- 12 August - Founding of Perth in Australia, named in honour of Colonel Sir George Murray, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, born in the Scottish Perth and Member of Parliament for Perthshire.
- September - Timothy Burstall of Leith completes the vertical boiler geared steam locomotive Perseverance for October's Rainhill Trials on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (although it does not formally compete).[5]
- 29 September - Foundation stone of Tolbooth Church in Edinburgh is laid.[3]
- Construction of the National Monument of Scotland in Edinburgh, designed by Charles Robert Cockerell and William Henry Playfair, is abandoned due to funds being exhausted, leaving only a row of Doric columns supporting the entablature.
- Craig & Rose are established as paint manufacturers in Edinburgh.[6]
- Port Charlotte distillery is established on Islay.
Births
- January - George Rodgers, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1870)
- 26 March - William Robinson Clark, theologian (died 1912 in Canada)
- 11 October - George Alexander Drummond, businessman and senator (died 1910 in Canada)
- 24 October - John Veitch, poet, philosopher and historian (died 1894)
- 31 October - Andrew Bannatyne, fur trader and politician (died 1889 in Canada)
- 13 November - Simon Somerville Laurie, educationalist (died 1909)
- 31 December - Alexander Smith, Spasmodic poet (died 1867)
- George Corson, architect (died 1910 in Leeds)
- George Gordon, water engineer (died 1907 in Australia)
- George Yule, merchant and President of the Indian National Congress (died 1892 in London)
Deaths
- 3 January - Robert Archibald Smith, composer (born 1780 in England)
- 12 September - Alexander Balfour, novelist (born 1767)
The Arts
- April–September - The composer Felix Mendelssohn pays his first visit to Britain, including his trip to Fingal's Cave.[7]
- Edwin Henry Landseer paints An Illicit Whisky Still in the Highlands.
- Sir Walter Scott's novel Anne of Geierstein, "by the author of Waverley", is published.
See also
References
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
- ↑ James, Leslie (1983). A Chronology of the Construction of Britain's Railways, 1778-1855. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1277-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "History of Edinburgh". Visions of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
- ↑ Mcewen, Lindsey J.; Werritty, Alan (2007). "The Muckle Spate of 1829: the physical and societal impact of a catastrophic flood on the River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 32: 66–89. doi:10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00232.x.
- ↑ Simkin, John (September 1997). "Rainhill Trials". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
- ↑ "Craig & Rose History". Edinburgh: Craig & Rose. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
- ↑ Grove, George (1 October 1904). "Mendelssohn's Scotch Symphony". The Musical Times 45 (740): 644. JSTOR 904111.