1790 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1790 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1790 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1790 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- 16 June–28 July – British general election gives Pitt an increased majority.[1]
- 28 June – Forth and Clyde Canal opened.[1]
- October – Pladda Lighthouse first illuminated.[2]
- Balblair distillery at Edderton founded.
- Caerlee Mill at Innerleithen completed, the oldest woollen mill in the Scottish Borders.
- New Ardkinglas Castle built.
- Construction of Gosford House to the design of Robert Adam for Francis Wemyss-Charteris is begun.
- The mineral element strontium is discovered near Strontian by chemists Adair Crawford and William Cruickshank.
- Approximate date – Whaligoe steps cut.
Births
- 3 March – Robert Story, Church of Scotland minister and writer (died 1859)
- 25 October – Robert Stirling, Church of Scotland minister and inventor of the Stirling engine (died 1878)
- 29 October – David Napier, marine engineer (died 1869 in London)
- James Clow, Presbyterian minister and settler in Melbourne (died 1861 in Australia)
- Approximate date – Mary Diana Dods, writer as "David Lyndsay", later known as "Walter Sholto Douglas" (died 1830 in France)
Deaths
- 5 February – William Cullen, physician and chemist (born 1710)[3]
- 4 March – Flora MacDonald, Jacobite (born 1722)
- 17 July – Adam Smith, economist and philosopher (born 1723)
- 24 November – Robert Henry, historian and Church of Scotland minister (born 1718)[4]
The arts
- Catholic priest Alexander Geddes writes the poem Linton: a Tweedside Pastoral, Carmen Seculare pro Gallica Gente in praise of the French Revolution.
- Kirkmichael musician Robert Petrie publishes several Highland music pieces with "Mrs. Small of Dirnanean" in their title. The compositions are published in "Petrie's Collection of Strathspey Reels & County Dances".[5]
