1828 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1828 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1828 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1828 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 7 January â Rev. Henry Duncan describes his discovery of the fossil footmarks of quadrupeds (Chelichnus duncani) in Permian red sandstone at Cornockle Muir, near Lochmaben in Dumfriesshire, the first scientific report of a fossil track, in a paper read to the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1]
- 9 March â an English gang make off with £28,350 after holding up the Glasgow branch of the Greenock Bank.[2]
- April â David Stow opens his Drygate model school in Glasgow.[3]
- 15 June â 28 people are killed when the north gallery of the Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy, collapses during a sermon by popular preacher Edward Irving.[2]
- 8 August â the Ballochney Railway (near Airdrie, horse worked) is completed throughout.[4]
- 10 September â first public demonstration of Rev. Patrick Bell's reaping machine on his family's farm.[5]
- 17â24 December â Burke and Hare murders trial in Edinburgh:[6] William Burke is sentenced to hang for his part in the murder of 17 victims (up to 31 October) to provide bodies for dissection by anatomist Robert Knox; his accomplice William Hare is released having turned King's evidence.
- Inhabitants of the island of Muck emigrate to Nova Scotia.[7]
- St Stephen's Church, Edinburgh, is completed[8] to the design of William Henry Playfair.
- Caird & Company established by John Caird in Greenock as marine engineers.
- James Beaumont Neilson patents the hot blast process for ironmaking.[9]
- A steam road coach constructed by James and George Naysmith runs between Leith and Queensferry.[8]
- Glasgow Co-operative Society established.[10]
Births
- 4 April â Mrs. Oliphant, born Margaret Wilson, novelist and historical writer (died 1897 in London)
- 16 August â John Waddell, railway contractor (died 1888)
- 30 September â John Simpson Knox, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1897 in England)
- 5 October â Alexander Gunn, grocery wholesaler (died 1907 in Canada)
- 1 November â Balfour Stewart, physicist (died 1887 in Ireland)
- 13 December â Alexander Shand, 1st Baron Shand, judge (died 1904)
- Alexander Crum, textile printer and Liberal politician (died 1893)
- Robert Doull, merchant and politician (died 1906 in Canada)
- John Small, librarian and scholar (died 1886)
Deaths
- 29 February â John Ainslie, cartographer (born 1745)
- 11 June â Dugald Stewart, Enlightenment philosopher (born 1753)
- 5 July â Andrew Duncan, physician (born 1744)
- 20 December â Archibald Fletcher, reforming lawyer (born 1746)
- Robert Blair, astronomer (born 1748)
- William Drummond of Logiealmond, diplomat and philosopher (born c.1770)
The arts
- The Maitland Club is founded in Glasgow to edit and publish early Scottish texts.[11]
- The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell is published.[12]
- Sir Walter Scott's novel The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day; Chronicles of the Canongate, 2nd series) is published.
