1790 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1790 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Succoth
- Lord Justice General — The Viscount Stormont
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Braxfield
Events
- 16 June–28 July — A general election is held, giving Pitt an increased majority.[1]
- 28 June — Forth and Clyde Canal opened.[1]
- October — Pladda Lighthouse first illuminated.[2]
- Balblair distillery at Edderton founded.
- Caerlee Mill at Innerleithen completed, the oldest woollen mill in the Scottish Borders.
- New Ardkinglas Castle built.
- Approximate date — Whaligoe steps cut.
Births
- 3 March — Robert Story, Church of Scotland minister and writer (died 1859)
- 25 October — Robert Stirling, Church of Scotland minister and inventor of the Stirling engine (died 1878)
- 29 October — David Napier, marine engineer (died 1869 in London)
- James Clow, Presbyterian minister and settler in Melbourne (died 1861 in Australia)
Deaths
- 5 February — William Cullen, physician and chemist (born 1710)
- 4 March — Flora MacDonald, Jacobite (born 1722)
- 17 July — Adam Smith, economist and philosopher (born 1723)
- 24 November — Robert Henry, historian and Church of Scotland minister (born 1718)[3]
The Arts
- Catholic priest Alexander Geddes writes the poem Linton: a Tweedside Pastoral, Carmen Seculare pro Gallica Gente in praise of the French Revolution.
- Kirkmichael musician Robert Petrie publishes several Highland music pieces with "Mrs. Small of Dirnanean" in their title. The compositions are published in "Petrie's Collection of Strathspey Reels & County Dances".[4]
References
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- ↑ The History of Stirlingshire by William Nimmo, revised by W. M. Stirling and R. Gillespie, 1880
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