1787 in Scotland

none January 2016 January 2016 1787 Events from the year 1787 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Ilay Campbell Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas of Arniston Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger until 13 December; then from 22 December, Lord Glenlee Lord Justice General – The Viscount Stormont Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming, then Lord Braxfield Events 11 January – new Assembly Rooms opened in George Street, Edinburgh. 27 January – Bridge of Dun completed.Bridge Of Dun, Reference: LB4677 http://portal.historic-scotland.gov.uk/hes/web/f?p=PORTAL:DESIGNATION:::::DES:LB4677 Historic Environment Scotland 2016-02-20 1 February – New Club, Edinburgh, founded as a private gentlemen's club. June Patrick Miller of Dalswinton demonstrates his design of manually-propelled paddleboat on the Firth of Forth. Kennetpans Distillery begins to operate a condensing rotative stationary steam engine designed by James Watt, the first in Scotland.http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/ruined-whisky-distillery-gets-new-lease-of-life-1-3658303 Ruined whisky distillery gets new lease of life The Scotsman 2015-01-12 2019-02-28 Summer – Calton weavers' strike. On 3 September, six of the Calton weavers are killed by troops. 1 December – Kinnaird Head Lighthouse first illuminated. Catrine is developed on the River Ayr around one of the first cotton mills in Scotland by Claud Alexander of Ballochmyle in partnership with David Dale.Stenlake Richard A Lot o Genuine Folks and a Wheen o Rogues 2011 Catrine Stenlake Publishing 9781840335347 10–12 The Scotch Distilling Act imposes a tax on gin exported from Scotland to England. Kerelaw House and Tarbat House built. Births 7 January – Patrick Nasmyth, landscape painter (died 1831 in London) 11 February – Alexander Maconochie, naval officer, geographer and penal reformer (died 1860 in England) 14 May – Alexander Laing, "the Brechin poet" (died 1857) 5 November – John Richardson naturalist, explorer and naval surgeon (died 1865 in England) 22 November – Robert Balmer, minister of the Secession Church (died 1844) 17 December – John Forbes, physician (died 1861 in England) Susanna Hawkins, poet (died 1868) Hugh Maxwell, lawyer and politician in New York (died 1873 in the United States) Deaths 2 March – Anne Mackintosh, Jacobite (born 1723) 6 June – Robert Duff, naval officer (born c. 1721) 19 June – John Brown, theologian (born 1722) 5 September – John Brown, portrait-draftsman and painter in Edinburgh (born 1749) 27 December – Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull, politician (born 1710) The arts 17 April – the Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect is published by William Creech including a portrait of Burns by Alexander Nasmyth. The poet has great social success in the city's literary circles; 16-year-old Walter Scott meets him at the house of Adam Ferguson. Burns also writes the first version of "The Battle of Sherramuir" this year. 4 December – Burns meets Agnes Maclehose at a party given by Miss Erskine Nimmo.Hecht Hans 1936 Robert Burns: The Man and His Work London William Hodge 106 The Scots Musical Museum begins publication. Sport May – Glasgow Golf Club founded. See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1787 in Great Britain References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1780s in Scotland Scotland