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1793 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1793 in
Scotland
.
←
1792
1791
1790
1789
1788
1793
in
Scotland
→
1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1770s
1780s
1790s
1800s
1810s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1793 in:
Great Britain
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Robert Dundas of Arniston
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Robert Blair
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Lord Succoth
Lord Justice General
–
The Viscount Stormont
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Braxfield
Events
edit
2 January
– Radical
Thomas Muir of Huntershill
arrested on a charge of sedition but released on bail.
20 July
–
Stornoway
-born explorer
Alexander Mackenzie
's 1792–1793 Peace River expedition to the
Pacific Ocean
reaches its goal at
Bella Coola, British Columbia
, making him the first known person to complete a transcontinental crossing of northern
North America
.
[1]
17 August
–
79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers)
raised at
Fort William
from members of
Clan Cameron
by
Alan Cameron of Erracht
.
[2]
24 August
–
Thomas Muir
arrested at
Portpatrick
on his return from France.
31 August
– Thomas Muir sentenced to
penal transportation
for 14 years.
Little Cumbrae
Lighthouse built.
Piershill Barracks
in Edinburgh and
Queen's Barracks
in
Perth
completed, originally for cavalry regiments.
Births
edit
6 March
–
William Dick
, founder of Edinburgh Veterinary College (died
1866
)
3 April
–
Alexander Nicoll
, Orientalist (died 1828 in Oxford)
1 June
–
Henry Francis Lyte
,
Anglican divine
and
hymn
-writer (died 1847 in Nice)
James Browne
, man of letters (died
1841
)
Deaths
edit
5 January
–
John Howie
, biographer (born
1735
)
2 February
–
William Aiton
, botanist (born
1731
)
20 March
–
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
, judge and politician (born
1705
)
2 April or May –
Colin Macfarquhar
, bookseller and printer, co-founder of
Encyclopædia Britannica
(born 1744 or 1745?)
11 June
–
William Robertson
, historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh (born
1721
)
16 October
–
John Hunter
, surgeon (born
1728
)
James Small
, inventor (born
1740
)
The arts
edit
27 July
–
Robert Burns
sets out on his first
Galloway
tour.
[2]
August – Burns writes "
Scots Wha Hae
".
Scotland portal
References
edit
^
Williams, Hywel (2005).
Cassell's Chronology of World History
. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 343–345.
ISBN
0-304-35730-8
.
^
a
b
"Notable Dates in History".
The Flag in the Wind
.
The Scots Independent
. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016
. Retrieved
15 January
2016
.