1803 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1803 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Succoth
- Lord Justice General — The Duke of Montrose
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Eskgrove
Events
- 4 January — William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas, the "first practical steamboat".
- 27 July — Caledonian Canal authorized by Act of Parliament and construction begins;[1] Thomas Telford also begins work on improving roads in Scotland.[2]
- Kelso Bridge, designed by John Rennie, completed.
- First Boulton and Watt steam engine in Scotland installed at an Aberdeen paper mill.[3]
- Lismore Seminary is opened by the Catholic Church.
- Most of the 'Luckenbooths' in High Street, Edinburgh are demolished, opening up the prospect of St Giles' Cathedral.[4]
Births
- 3 April — David Bryce, architect (died 1876)
- 16 April — Edward Maitland, Lord Barcaple, judge (died 1870)
- 12 July — Thomas Guthrie, Free Church preacher and philanthropist (died 1873)[5]
- 10 September — Robert Wilson, mechanical engineer, inventor of the screw propeller (died 1882 in England)
- 16 October — James Edward Alexander, soldier, author and traveller (died 1885)
- 25 December — Donald Gregory, antiquarian (died 1836) and his twin brother William Gregory, chemist and psychic investigator (died 1858)[6]
- George Patton, Lord Glenalmond, judge (suicide 1869)
Deaths
- 2 April — Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, politician and judge (born 1721)
- 6 April — William Hamilton, diplomat (born 1730)
- 3 June — Lord George Murray, Bishop of St David's and developer of the UK's first optical telegraph (born 1761)
- 18 August — James Beattie, poet and philosopher (born 1735)
The Arts
- Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803 written by Dorothy Wordsworth (published 1874)
See also
References
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 239–240. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Hills, Richard L. (2015). Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988: A Short History (2nd ed.). London: Bloomsbury. p. 162. ISBN 9781474241274. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ "History of Edinburgh". Visions of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Rev. Thomas Guthrie, 1803-1873, Preacher and philanthropist". National Galleries Scotland. 1862. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
- ↑ Brock, W. H. (2004). "Gregory, William (1803–1858)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11475. Retrieved 2014-07-08. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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