1830 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1830 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — George IV (until 26 June), William IV
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Sir William Rae, Bt until December; then Francis Jeffrey
- Solicitor General for Scotland — John Hope; then Henry Cockburn
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Granton
- Lord Justice General — The Duke of Montrose
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Boyle
Events
- 19 March — The suspension bridge at Montrose partly collapses due to movement of a crowd watching a boat race from it, with the loss of at least 4 lives.[1]
- 17 May — Meteorite falls on the North Inch at Perth.[2]
- 27 May — Rev. Alexander Duff arrives in Calcutta as the Church of Scotland's first missionary to India.
- 13 July — Alexander Duff co-founds the General Assembly's Institution, the modern-day Scottish Church College, in Calcutta.
- November — Wellington Suspension Bridge over River Dee at Aberdeen opened to pedestrians.
- 16 December — Bridge of Don at Aberdeen opened.[3]
- Twin-hulled iron paddle steamer Lord Dundas built for service on the Forth and Clyde Canal.[4]
- McVitie's founded as McVitie & Price's biscuit bakery in Rose Street, Edinburgh.
Births
- Early — Andrew Halliday, journalist and playwright (died 1877 in London)
- 5 February — Lieutenant General James John McLeod Innes, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1907)
- 5 March — Charles Wyville Thomson, marine zoologist (died 1882)
- 15 March — John Ferguson, politician (died 1906 in Australia)
- 5 April
- (probable date) Robert Francis Fairlie, steam locomotive designer (died 1885 in London)[5]
- Alexander Muir, songwriter (died 1906 in Canada)
- 16 July — Alexander Carnegie Kirk, mechanical engineer (died 1892)
- 3 September — Lewis Campbell, classicist (died 1908 in Switzerland)
- 21 September — John Holms, textile mill owner and Liberal politician (died 1891)
- 22 October — Arthur John Burns, woollen mill owner and politician in Otago (died 1901 in New Zealand)
- John Crawford, sculptor (died 1861)
Deaths
- 14 January — The Right Reverend Daniel Sandford, Bishop of Edinburgh (born 1766, near Dublin)
- 20 February — Robert Anderson, literary editor, biographer and critic (born 1750)
- 7 April — Henry Bell, engineer who introduced the first successful passenger steamboat service in Europe (born 1767)
- 3 July — John Campbell, advocate and politician (born 1798)
- 16 December — Sir James Donaldson printer and newspaper publisher, who bequeathed a large part of his estate to the founding of Donaldson's Hospital (born 1751)
The Arts
- Thomas Aird publishes his narrative poem The Captive of Fez.[6]
- Sir Walter Scott publishes the plays Auchindrane and The Doom of Devorgoil.
- David Wilkie appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV
- Completion of publication of the Edinburgh Encyclopædia, commenced in 1808
- 16 December — Felix Mendelssohn completes composition of his concert overture The Hebrides as Die einsame Insel ("The Lonely Island").
See also
References
- ↑ "Melancholy Occurrence, With Loss Of Lives". The Times (14183). London. 1830-03-25. p. 3.
- ↑ "The Perth Meteorite". Milton of Balgonie: Fernlea Meteorites UK. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ↑ Young, C. F. T. (1867). "Chapter 3, Chronology of Iron Ships". The Fouling and Corrosion of Iron Ships. London Drawing Association. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
- ↑ Hughes, Geoffrey (2004). "Fairlie, Robert Francis (1830–1885)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9101. Retrieved 2014-08-01. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ↑ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
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