1804 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1804 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1804 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Charles Hope; then Sir James Montgomery, Bt
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Robert Blair
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Succoth
- Lord Justice General — The Duke of Montrose
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Eskgrove, then Lord Granton
Events
- 5 April — High Possil meteorite, the first recorded meteorite to fall in Scotland in modern times, falls at Possil.[1]
- 19 August — St Peter's Church, Aberdeen, is dedicated as the city's first purpose-built post-Reformation Roman Catholic church.
- 14 September — Lighthouse on Inchkeith, designed by Thomas Smith and Robert Stevenson, is first illuminated.[2]
- The Glasgow Herald is first published under this title.[3]
- Galashiels Baptist Church is established as an independent Baptist congregation.[4]
Births
- 7 January — George Deas, judge (died 1887)
- 13 January — John Pringle Nichol, scientist (died 1859)
- 1 March — John Henderson, ecclesiastical architect (died 1862)
- 20 June — John Forrest, military doctor (died 1865 in England)
- 18 September — John Steell, sculptor (died 1891)
- 3 November — Charles Baillie, Lord Jerviswoode, judge (died 1879)
- Robert Davidson, inventor (died 1894)
- Alexander McKay, heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer (died of injury sustained in fight 1830 in England)
- James Mackay, politician in New Zealand (died 1875 in New Zealand)
- George Thompson, shipowner and politician (died 1895)
Deaths
- 11 January — James Tytler, editor of Encyclopædia Britannica (born 1745; died in the United States)
- 26 July — Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet, politician (born c.1729)
- 4 August — Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, admiral (born 1731; died just south of the border en route to Edinburgh)
- 23 October — David Rae, Lord Eskgrove, judge (born 1724)
The Arts
- John Galt's poem The Battle of Largs is published anonymously, the author's first published work.[5]
- David Wilkie paints Pitlessie Fair and William Chalmers-Bethune, his wife Isabella Morison and their Daughter Isabella.
See also
References
- ↑ Faithfull, John (2005). "The High Possil Meteorite". Glasgow: Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Inchkeith". Northern Lighthouse Board. 2009. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ↑ Terry, Stephen (2011). "Chapter 2". Glasgow Almanac: An A–Z of the City and Its People. Glasgow: Neil Wilson Publishing. ISBN 9781903238639.
- ↑ "The History of Galashiels Baptist Church: 1782-1900". Galashiels Baptist Church. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
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