1791 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1791 in: Great Britain • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1791 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Succoth
- Lord Justice General — The Viscount Stormont
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Braxfield
Events
- 22 August — Galloway Association of Glasgow founded as the Glasgow Galloway Brotherly Society.
- Agriculturalist Sir John Sinclair imports ewes of Cheviot sheep from the Northumberland/Scottish Borders to Caithness and Sutherland where they will form the basis of the North Country Cheviot breed.
Publications
- Francis Grose — The Antiquities of Scotland, volume 2
- Sir John Sinclair — Statistical Account of Scotland, begins publication, introducing the term Statistics into English[1]
Births
- April — William Mackenzie, ophthalmologist (died 1868)
- 4 September — Robert Knox, surgeon, anatomist and zoologist (died 1862)
- 21 June — Robert Napier, engineer, "Father of Clyde Shipbuilding" (died 1876)
Deaths
- 29 March — Elspeth Buchan, millenarian prophet, founder of the Buchanites (born c. 1738)
- 7 July — Thomas Blacklock, poet (born 1721)
- Approximate date — Alan Breck Stewart, Jacobite (born c. 1711; died in exile)
The Arts
- Poet and exciseman Robert Burns moves to Dumfries and writes "Ae Fond Kiss", "The Banks O' Doon", "Sweet Afton" and "Tam o' Shanter" (the latter first published on 18 March in the Edinburgh Herald).
Sport
- Burntisland Golf Club founded.
References
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