1804 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1804 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1804 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1804 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- January â HMS York (1796) founders on patrol off Scotland, apparently striking the Inchcape rock, with the loss of all 491 on board.[1]
- 5 April â High Possil meteorite, the first recorded meteorite to fall in Scotland in modern times, falls at Possil.[2]
- 19 August â St Peter's Church, Aberdeen, is dedicated as the city's first purpose-built post-Reformation Roman Catholic church.
- 14 September â lighthouse on Inchkeith, designed by Thomas Smith and Robert Stevenson, is first illuminated.[3]
- The Glasgow Herald is first published under this title.[4]
- Galashiels Baptist Church is established as an independent Baptist congregation.[5]
Births
- 7 January â George Deas, judge (died 1887)
- 13 January â John Pringle Nichol, scientist (died 1859)
- 1 March â John Henderson, ecclesiastical architect (died 1862)
- 22 March â James Smart, chief constable (died 1870)
- 20 June â John Forrest, military doctor (died 1865 in England)
- 15 July â Jane Stirling, pianist, student of Chopin (died 1859)
- 18 September â John Steell, sculptor (died 1891)
- 3 November â Charles Baillie, Lord Jerviswoode, judge (died 1879)
- Robert Davidson, inventor (died 1894)
- Alexander McKay, heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer (died of injury sustained in fight 1830 in England)
- James Mackay, politician in New Zealand (died 1875 in New Zealand)
- George Thompson, shipowner and politician (died 1895)
Deaths
- 11 January â James Tytler, editor of Encyclopædia Britannica (born 1745; died in the United States)
- 26 July â Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet, politician (born c.1729)
- 4 August â Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, admiral (born 1731; died just south of the border en route to Edinburgh)
- 23 October â David Rae, Lord Eskgrove, judge (born 1724)
The arts
- John Galt's poem The Battle of Largs is published anonymously, the author's first published work.[6]
- David Wilkie paints Pitlessie Fair and William Chalmers-Bethune, his wife Isabella Morison and their Daughter Isabella.