1801 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1801 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1801 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1801 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 1 January â legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[1]
- 10 March â the first British census is carried out (under terms of the Census Act 1800), with the Scottish counts undertaken by schoolmasters. The population of Scotland is determined to be 1,608,420.[2]
- 16 March â Edinburgh music teacher Anne Gunn is granted the first British patent for a board game, designed as a music teaching aid.[3]
- 4 June â Soldiers of the Ross and Cromarty Rangers fire on a mob in Aberdeen celebrating the King's birthday, killing two.[4]
- 18 July â Crinan Canal opened (although incomplete).[5]
- First complete Bible translation into Scottish Gaelic, Am Bìoball Gà idhlig, is published.
- Dundee Courier & Argus first published.[6]
- John Cary publishes A New Map of Scotland.
- Second Elgin Academy school building (occupied in modern times by Moray College) constructed.
- Edinburgh town council resolves to drain The Meadows.[7]
- John Crabbie of Leith begins to deal in ginger.
- Chivas Brothers open a grocery store in Aberdeen which will blend Chivas Regal whisky.
Births
- 4 January â James Giles, landscape painter (died 1870)
- 14 January â Jane Welsh Carlyle, née Jane Baillie Welsh, letter-writer (died 1866 in London)
- 2 February â George Maclean, colonial governor (died 1847 in Cape Coast)
- 31 May â Robert Rankin, timber merchant and shipowner (died 1870 in England)
- 7 June â Charles Cowan, papermaker and Radical politician (died 1889)
- 24 June â David Haggart, thief and murderer (hanged 1821)
- 4 July â James Johnstone, Liberal politician (died 1888)
- 21 August â Benjamin Boyd, settler in New South Wales (probably killed 1851 ln Guadalcanal)
- 31 August â William Downe Gillon, Whig politician (died 1846)
- 7 November â Robert Dale Owen, social reformer (died 1877 in the United States)
- Alexander Thom, almanac editor (died 1879 in Ireland)
Deaths
- 14 February â Robert Paterson ("Old Mortality"), stonemason (born 1715)
- 28 March â Sir Ralph Abercromby, general (born 1734; died in Egypt)
- 10 May â Richard Gall, poet (born 1776)
- 30 May â John Millar, philosopher (born 1735)
- 11 October â John Donaldson, miniature painter (born 1737; died in London)
- 25 December â Andrew Lumisden, Jacobite (born 1720)
- Jean Glover, poet and singer (born 1758; died in Ireland)
The arts
- 21 July â Greenock Burns Club is established to honour the memory of poet Robert Burns (died 1796)[8] and Poems Ascribed to Robert Burns is published.[9]
- James Hogg publishes Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs.[9]