1834 in Scotland
Events from the year 1834 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 16 March - James Hector, geologist (died 1907 in New Zealand)
- 5 April - Robert Rowand Anderson, architect (died 1921)
- 12 April - William Hope, soldier, recipient of the Victorian Cross (died 1909 in London)
- 17 September - Robert Simpson, retail merchant (died 1897 in Canada)
- 12 October - Mark MacTaggart-Stewart, born Mark Stewart, politician (died 1923)
- 23 November - James Thomson (B.V.), born James Thompson, poet (died 1882 in London)
- Probable date - Peter Dodds McCormick, schoolteacher, composer of the Australian national anthem (died 1916 in Australia)
Deaths
- 26 March - Jean Armour, widow of Robert Burns (born 1765)
- 12 July - David Douglas, botanist (born 1799; died in Hawaii)
- 2 September - Thomas Telford, civil engineer (born 1757; died in London)
- 16 September - William Blackwood, publisher and writer (born 1776)
- 21 September - Robert Edmonstone, painter (born 1794)
- 24 November - John Gillies, botanist (born 1792)
- 5 December - Thomas Pringle, writer, poet and abolitionist (born 1789; died in London)
- 7 December - Edward Irving, founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church (born 1792)
- Probable date - Sarah Bezra Nicol, actress (born in England)
See also
References
- ↑ Catford, E. F. (1975). Edinburgh: The Story of a City. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-123850-1.
- ↑ "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ↑ "Introduction" (pdf). Edinburgh: The Gillis Centre. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ Russell, J. Scott (September 1844), "Report on waves" (PDF), Fourteenth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, York, pp. 311–390, retrieved 2012-08-28
- ↑ "Charles Randolph". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2014-07-10.