1777 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1777 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1777 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1777 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 21 June â Encyclopædia Britannica Second Edition begins publication in Edinburgh.
- 11 September â first minister ordained to United Presbyterian Church, Thurso; first church building opens this year.
- 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders) raised.
- Erskine Ferry established.
Births
- 22 January â Joseph Hume, army surgeon and radical politician (died 1855 in London)
- 3 February â John Cheyne, physician (died 1836 in England)
- 24 June â John Ross, naval officer and Arctic explorer (died 1856 in London)
- 26 July â Robert Hamilton Bishop, Presbyterian minister and educator (died 1855 in the United States)
- 27 July â Thomas Campbell, poet (died 1844 in France)[1]
- 21 December â John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, peer and Whig politician (born in London; died 1847)
Deaths
- 3 January â William Leslie, British Army captain (born 1751; killed at Battle of Princeton)
- 12 January â Hugh Mercer, surgeon and American Continental Army brigadier general (born 1726; died of injuries received at Battle of Princeton)
- 13 January â James Rait, Episcopalian Bishop of Brechin since 1742 (born 1689)
- 23 March â Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet, Jacobite (born 1685)
- 7 October â Simon Fraser of Balnain, British Army general (born 1729 in Scotland; killed at Battle of Bemis Heights)
Sport
- Fraserburgh Golf Club established.
- Wanlockhead curling club established.
