1793 in Scotland

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1793
in
Scotland

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 BritainWalesElsewhere

Events from the year 1793 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateRobert Dundas of Arniston
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandRobert Blair

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of SessionLord Succoth
  • Lord Justice GeneralThe Viscount Stormont
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Braxfield

Events[]

  • 2 January – Radical Thomas Muir of Huntershill arrested on a charge of sedition but released on bail.
  • 20 JulyStornoway-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 August79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers) raised at Fort William from members of Clan Cameron by Alan Cameron of Erracht.[2]
  • 24 AugustThomas 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[]

  • 6 MarchWilliam Dick, founder of Edinburgh Veterinary College (died 1866)
  • 3 AprilAlexander Nicoll, Orientalist (died 1828 in Oxford)
  • 1 JuneHenry Francis Lyte, Anglican divine and hymn-writer (died 1847 in Nice)
  • James Browne, man of letters (died 1841)

Deaths[]

  • 5 JanuaryJohn Howie, biographer (born 1735)
  • 2 FebruaryWilliam Aiton, botanist (born 1731)
  • 20 MarchWilliam 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 JuneWilliam Robertson, historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh (born 1721)
  • 16 OctoberJohn Hunter, surgeon (born 1728)
  • James Small, inventor (born 1740)

The arts[]

  • 27 JulyRobert Burns sets out on his first Galloway tour.[2]
  • August – Burns writes "Scots Wha Hae".

References[]

  1. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 343–345. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  2. ^ 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.
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