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HOW IT WORKS
1759 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1759 in
Scotland
.
←
1758
1757
1756
1755
1754
1759
in
Scotland
→
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1730s
1740s
1750s
1760s
1770s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1759 in:
Great Britain
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Robert Dundas the younger
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Andrew Pringle of Alemore
; then
Thomas Miller of Glenlee
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Lord Glendoick
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Ilay
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Tinwald
Burns Cottage
,
Robert Burns
' birthplace at
Alloway
Events
edit
13 September
–
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
(
Seven Years' War
): British forces, including the
78th Fraser Highlanders
, defeat those of the French to take
Quebec City
.
[1]
September–October –
Benjamin Franklin
visits Scotland.
87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders)
raised at
Perth
and sent to Germany.
Dumfries House
, designed by
Robert Adam
, completed.
David Erskine establishes his own legal practice in Edinburgh, origins of the partnership
Dundas & Wilson
.
The
Carron Company
establishes its ironworks at
Falkirk
.
Births
edit
25 January
–
Robert Burns
, national poet of Scotland (died
1796
)
[2]
5 March
–
John Jamieson
, Secession minister and lexicographer (died
1838
)
26 March
–
John Mayne
, printer, journalist and poet (died 1836 in London)
29 March
–
Alexander Chalmers
, biographer and editor (died 1834 in London)
4 May
(baptism) –
Isabella Kelly
, novelist and poet (died 1857 in London)
7 May
–
John Beugo
, engraver (died
1841
)
22 June
–
John Gilchrist
, Indologist and surgeon (died 1841 in Paris)
22 September
–
William Playfair
, political economist (died 1823 in London)
Aeneas Chisholm
, Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District (died
1818
)
Approximate date –
Anne Rankine
, innkeeper and possible muse of Robert Burns (died
1843
)
Deaths
edit
20 January
–
James Fergusson, Lord Kilkerran
, judge (born
1688
)
11 March
–
John Forbes
, British Army general (born
1707
; died in Philadelphia)
7 August
–
John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis
(born
1700
)
Publications
edit
William Robertson
–
The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James
Adam Smith
–
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
, embodying some of his Glasgow lectures
See also
edit
Scotland portal
Timeline of Scottish history
References
edit
^
Chamier, George (2009).
When it Happened in Scotland
. London: Constable. p. 126.
ISBN
978-1-84901-006-1
.
^
"Robert Burns (1759-1796)".
National Records of Scotland
. 31 May 2013
. Retrieved
27 January
2023
.