1781 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1781 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1781 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1781 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- Construction of The Mound in Edinburgh begins.
- Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary & Dispensary, predecessor of Sunnyside Royal Hospital, founded by Susan Carnegie.
- John Howie begins publication of the 2nd edition of his Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies): A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies.
Births
- March (probable) â John Burnet, engraver and painter (died 1868)
- 16 March â William Mitchell, entrepreneur (died 1854)
- 19 March â John Henry Wishart, surgeon (died 1834)
- 12 June (probable) â Christian Isobel Johnstone, journalist and novelist (died 1857)
- 12 September â John Grieve, poet (died 1836)
- 14 September â James Walker, civil engineer (died 1862)
- 18 September â Allan Burns, surgeon (died 1813)
- 30 November â Alexander Berry, adventurer and Australian pioneer (died 1873 in Australia)
- 11 December â David Brewster, physicist (died 1868)
Deaths
- 31 March â Robert Watson, historian (born c. 1730)
- 2 July â John Maule, MP (born 1706)
The arts
- 4 July â Robert Burns joins the Freemasons at Tarbolton.[1]
- 12 October â first bagpipes competition in the Masonic Arms, Falkirk.
