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HOW IT WORKS
1760 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1760 in
Scotland
.
←
1759
1758
1757
1756
1755
1760
in
Scotland
→
1761
1762
1763
1764
1765
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1740s
1750s
1760s
1770s
1780s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1760 in:
Great Britain
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Robert Dundas the younger
; then
Thomas Miller of Glenlee
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
James Montgomery
jointly with
Francis Garden
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Lord Glendoick
until 10 March; then from 30 April
Lord Arniston, the younger
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Ilay
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Tinwald
Events
edit
January –
88th Regiment of Foot (Highland Volunteers)
raised at
Stirling
.
26 December –
Carron Company
produces its first
cast iron
at
Falkirk
.
George Ross acquires
Cromarty
and begins the process of developing it as a planned town.
Edinburgh City Chambers
is opened as the Royal Exchange, to a design by
John Adam
.
Construction of a new Glasgow town hall is completed.
First wellhouse built at
St Bernard's Well, Stockbridge, Edinburgh
.
The office of
Regius Professor of Practical Astronomy
in the
University of Glasgow
is established, with
Alexander Wilson
as first holder.
Births
edit
29 April? –
Adam Gillies, Lord Gillies
, judge (died 1842 in Leamington Spa)
3 September –
James Wilson
, weaver and revolutionary (executed
1820
)
28 September –
Gilbert Burns
, farmer, brother of Robert Burns (died
1827
)
Deaths
edit
11 October –
Lord George Murray
, Jacobite general (born
1694
; died in
Medemblik
)
Margaret McMurray
, last known speaker of
Galwegian Gaelic
The arts
edit
June–October –
James Macpherson
is sponsored to make his first tour of the Higlands and Islands to seek out traditional
Gaelic poetry
, following his publication in Edinburgh of
Fragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of Scotland
.
[1]
27 July? – the Trustees Drawing Academy of Edinburgh, predecessor of
Edinburgh College of Art
, is established.
Approximate date – piper Joseph MacDonald’s
Compleat Theory of the Scots Highland Bagpipe
is written, the first study of the subject.
[2]
See also
edit
Scotland portal
Timeline of Scottish history
References
edit
^
Magnusson, Magnus
(2007) [2006].
Fakers, Forgers & Phoneys
. Edinburgh: Mainstream. pp. 331–4.
ISBN
978-1-84596-210-4
.
^
Chamier, George (2009).
When it Happened in Scotland
. London: Constable. p. 127.
ISBN
978-1-84901-006-1
.