1764 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1764 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1764 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1764 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate â Thomas Miller of Glenlee
- Solicitor General for Scotland â James Montgomery jointly with Francis Garden; then James Montgomery alone
Judiciary
Events
- 3 January â Edinburgh Advertiser newspaper begins publication.
- November â The Speculative Society established in Edinburgh as a debating group, part of the Scottish Enlightenment.
- New Byth established as a planned village in Aberdeenshire by the local laird.
- New liturgy for the Scottish Episcopal Church published in Edinburgh.[1]
- The turnip is first cultivated in Scotland as a field crop, by Dawson of Frogden (Roxburghshire).[2]
- Howden Bridge built at Mid Calder.
- Approximate date â Yair Bridge built across the River Tweed by William Mylne.[3]
Births
- c. 1 February â George Duff, naval officer (killed 1805 at Battle of Trafalgar)
- 22 February â Alexander Campbell, musician and miscellaneous writer (died 1824)
- 5 May â Robert Craufurd, general (killed 1812 at Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo)
- 11 July â Jane Aitken, printer (died 1832 in the United States)
- 5 October â Isaac Cruikshank, painter and caricaturist (died 1811 in London)
- 10 October â John Dick, minister and theologian (died 1833)
- October â William Symington, mechanical engineer, steamboat pioneer (died 1831 in London)
- 6 November â Robert Heron, writer (died 1807 in London)
- Alexander Mackenzie, explorer of northern Canada (died 1820)
Deaths
- 23 May â William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, politician and judge (born 1701; died at Bath)
The arts
- Pompeo Batoni paints portraits of Thomas Dundas and Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon in Rome.
