1843 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1843 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1843 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1843 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- 18 May â the Disruption of the Church of Scotland takes place.[1] Construction of the Triple Kirks in Aberdeen begins.
- 3 June â first burial in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh.
- 29 June â Robert Napier launches his first iron ship, the paddle steamer Vanguard, from his new yard at Govan on the River Clyde.[2]
- 1 July â Union Bank of Scotland opens in Glasgow.
- 13 August â Sir William Dunbar, priest of St. Paul's Chapel, Aberdeen, is excommunicated from the Scottish Episcopal Church for refusing to administer or receive the sacrament in accordance with the church's ritual.
- Dingwall becomes the county town of Ross and Cromarty.
- The last laird of Raasay, John Macleod, emigrates to Tasmania having sold the Scottish island to George Rainy to help clear his debts.[3]
- The Ordnance Survey commences its first published mapping of Scotland with a survey of Wigtownshire.[4]
- The Glenmorangie distillery is established in Tain by William Matheson.
- Glenburn Hydro is opened in Rothesay, Bute, the first hydropathic establishment in Scotland.
- First paddle steamer on Loch Katrine, Gypsy.
- Little Ross lighthouse completed.
- Angus MacKay becomes first Piper to the Sovereign.
- Marion Kirkland Reid's feminist tract A Plea for Woman is published in Edinburgh.
Births
- 12 June â David Gill, astronomer known for measuring astronomical distances, for astrophotography, and for geodesy (died 1914)
- 5 August â James Scott Skinner, dancing master, fiddler and composer (died 1927)
- 21 August â Thomas Hill Jamieson, librarian (died 1876)
Deaths
- 25 July â Charles Macintosh, chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics after whom the Mackintosh raincoat is named (born 1766)[5]
- 5 December â David Hamilton, architect (born 1768)
The arts
- Hill & Adamson form Scotland's first photographic studio, on Calton Hill in Edinburgh.
