1776 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1776 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1776 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1776 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 27 February â American Revolution: At the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Scottish American Loyalists are defeated by North Carolina Patriots.[1] Capt. Allan MacDonald (husband of Flora) is among those taken prisoner.
- 4 July â American Revolution: United States Declaration of Independence. Fife-born James Wilson and Gifford-born Rev. John Witherspoon are among the signatories.
- Physician Andrew Duncan proposes establishment of the institution that becomes the Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh.
- New Aray Bridge on Inveraray Castle estate, designed by Robert Mylne, is completed.[2]
- Probable â Dunmore Pineapple constructed.
Publications
- 9 March â Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations is published in London.
- David Dalrymple's Annals of Scotland are published.
The arts
- David Herd's anthology Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs is published.
Births
- 23 February â Heneage Horsley, Episcopal dean (died 1847)
- 9 March â Archibald Bell, lawyer and writer (died 1854)
- 11 April â Macvey Napier, lawyer and encyclopedia editor (died 1847)
- 15 April â John Anstruther, nobleman, landowner and colonel (died 1833)
- 11 June â James Gillespie Graham, architect (died 1855)
- 18 July â John Struthers, poet (died 1853)
- 6 October â James Duff, 4th Earl Fife, general in Spanish service (died 1857)
- 13 October â John Gibb, civil engineering contractor (died 1850)
- 7 November â James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline, lawyer and Whig politician (died 1858)
- 20 November â William Blackwood, publisher (died 1834)
- 30 November â James Jardine, hydraulic engineer (died 1858)
Deaths
- 2 June â Robert Foulis, printer, publisher and art critic (born 1707)
- 25 August â David Hume, philosopher (born 1711)
