1836 in Scotland
Events from the year 1836 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 13 January - Alexander Whyte, minister of the Free Church of Scotland and theologian (died 1921)
- 12 February - John Gerard Anderson, educationalist in Queensland (died 1911 in Australia)
- 21 February - Alexander Dickson, botanist (died 1887)
- 18 March - James Laidlaw Maxwell, Presbyterian missionary in Taiwan (died 1921)
- 31 March - William Dingwall Fordyce, Liberal politician (died 1875)
- 5 April - John Scott, botanist (died 1880)
- 24 May - William Mortimer Clark, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1915)
- 9 June - Thomas McCall Anderson, physician (died 1908)
- 26 June - Aeneas Chisholm (Bishop of Aberdeen), Roman Catholic priest (died 1918)
- 11 August - Hugh Gilzean-Reid, journalist and Liberal politician (died 1911 in London)
- 7 September - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1908 in 10 Downing Street, London)
- 23 September - Samuel Chisholm, Liberal politician and Lord Provost of Glasgow (died 1923)
- 28 October - James Edward Tierney Aitchison, surgeon and botanist (died 1898)
- 16 November - David Binning Monro, classical scholar (died 1905)
- 4 December (probable date) - Duncan MacGregor Crerar, poet (died 1916)
- John Gregorson Campbell, minister of the church and folklorist (died 1891)
- William Baxter Collier Fyfe, genre and portrait painter (died 1882 in London)
- Jessie Seymour Irvine, psalmist (died 1887)
- William Angus Knight, philosopher and literary scholar (died 1916)
- John Rhind, architect (died 1889)
- Andrew Strath, golfer (died 1868)
Deaths
- 15 February - John Gillies, Historiographer Royal for Scotland (born 1747)
- 24 February - Henry Liston, minister of the church and inventor (born 1771)
- 4 April - John Grieve, poet (born 1781)
- 23 June - James Mill, historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher (born 1773; died in London)
- August - Sir John Hope, British Army officer (born 1765)
- 21 October - Donald Gregory, antiquarian (born 1803)
- 26 November - John Loudon McAdam, civil engineer and road-builder (born 1756)
- John Heaviside Clark, artist (born c.1771)
The Arts
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