1816 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1816 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1816 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1816 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- April â Highland Clearances: Factor Patrick Sellar is tried but acquitted at Inverness of culpable homicide during the mass expulsion of crofting tenants from Strathnaver in 1814.[1]
- 21 May â Highland Society of London (established 1778) incorporated by Act of Parliament.
- 18 June â causeway, bridge and sluice across Loch Fleet at The Mound, designed by Thomas Telford, completed.
- 13 August â an earthquake in Inverness is the strongest ever in Scotland.[2]
- 1 September â the Northern Lighthouse Board's new light on the Isle of May, designed by Robert Stevenson, is completed.[3]
- The Nelson Monument, Edinburgh, on Calton Hill, is completed.
- Logie Bridge at Ferness completed to a design by Telford;[4] as also is the bridge at Contin and the harbour at Portmahomack.
- Suspension footbridge erected over the Gala Water in Galashiels[5] and upper arch bridge at Rumbling Bridge completed.
- David Brewster discovers stress birefringence.
- Rev. Robert Stirling obtains a U.K. patent for the Stirling hot air engine.
- Lagavulin distillery established on Islay.
- St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow, is completed as the city's first post-Reformation Roman Catholic church (architect: James Gillespie Graham).
- First Jewish community in Edinburgh in modern times established.
- The Edinburgh Races and Caledonian Hunt are held for the first time at Musselburgh Racecourse rather than on the sands of Leith.[6][7]
Births
- 5 January
- James Brunlees, civil engineer (died 1892)
- Daniel Wilson, archaeologist and academic (died 1892 in Canada)
- 11 January â Henry Robertson, railway promoter (died 1888 in Wales)
- 3 February â Archibald McKellar, politician in Ontario (died 1894 in Canada)
- 14 February â James Morison, evangelical (died 1893)
- 13 June â Charles Alexander, merchant and politician in Quebec (died 1905 in Canada)
- 1 September â James Drummond, historical painter and curator (died 1877)
- 16 September â Theodore Martin, writer (died 1909)
- 30 September â Archibald Sturrock, steam locomotive engineer (died 1909)
- 12 October â Alexander Bryson, scientist (died 1866)
Deaths
- 22 February â Adam Ferguson, philosopher and historian (born 1723)
- 28 February â Archibald Bruce, theologian (born 1746)
- 14 June â Allan Maconochie, jurist (born 1748)
- 25 December â Hercules Ross, merchant in Jamaica (born 1745)
The arts
- Walter Scott's novels The Antiquary, The Black Dwarf and Old Mortality are published.
- The Elgin Marbles are purchased by the British government from Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, for the British Museum in London.