1829 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1829 Events from the year 1829 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir William Rae, Bt Solicitor General for Scotland – John Hope Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Granton Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Boyle Events 8 January – hanging of body-selling murderer William Burke in Edinburgh. His associate William Hare, who testified against him, is released.Notable Dates in History http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-e.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2014-08-02 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044706/https://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-e.htm 8 August 2014 1 June – Wishaw and Coltness Railway incorporated.Leslie James A Chronology of the Construction of Britain's Railways, 1778-1855 Ian Allan Shepperton 1983 0-7110-1277-6 23 June – Royal High School, Edinburgh, opens its new building on Calton Hill.History of Edinburgh http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm Visions of Scotland 2014-08-02 14 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150214170220/http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm dead August – Alexander Duff is ordained into the Church of Scotland, becoming its first missionary to India.W. R. Kermack 19 Centuries of Scotland Edinburgh Johnston 1944 86 2–3 August – the "Muckle Spate", a great flood of the River Findhorn which devastates much of Strathspey, washing away many bridges.The Muckle Spate of 1829: the physical and societal impact of a catastrophic flood on the River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00232.x Mcewen Lindsey J. Werritty Alan Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 32 2007 66–89 http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/20158/ subscription 12 August – founding of Perth in Australia, named in honour of Colonel Sir George Murray, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, born in the Scottish Perth and Member of Parliament for Perthshire. September – Timothy Burstall of Leith completes the vertical boiler geared steam locomotive Perseverance for October's Rainhill Trials on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (although it does not formally compete).John Simkin Rainhill Trials http://www.spartacus-educational.com/RArainhill.htm September 1997 Spartacus Educational 2014-08-02 29 September – foundation stone of Tolbooth Church in Edinburgh is laid. Construction of the National Monument of Scotland in Edinburgh, designed by Charles Robert Cockerell and William Henry Playfair, is abandoned due to funds being exhausted, leaving only a row of Doric columns supporting the entablature. James Beaumont Neilson's hot blast process for ironmaking is first applied commercially, at Clyde Iron Works, Glasgow. Craig & Rose are established as paint manufacturers in Edinburgh.Craig & Rose History Craig & Rose Edinburgh http://www.craigandrose.com/history 2014-08-02 6 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140806202349/http://www.craigandrose.com/history dead Port Charlotte distillery is established on Islay; Auchtermuchty distillery is also established. Births January – George Rodgers, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1870) 16 February – David Mitchell, builder in Australia, father of Nellie Melba (died 1916 in Australia) 26 March – William Robinson Clark, theologian (died 1912 in Canada) 11 October – George Alexander Drummond, businessman and senator (died 1910 in Canada) 24 October – John Veitch, poet, philosopher and historian (died 1894) 31 October – Andrew Bannatyne, fur trader and politician (died 1889 in Canada) 9 November – Peter Lumsden, British Indian Army general (died 1918) 13 November – Simon Somerville Laurie, educationalist (died 1909) 31 December – Alexander Smith, Spasmodic poet (died 1867) George Corson, architect (died 1910 in Leeds) George Gordon, water engineer (died 1907 in Australia) George Yule, merchant and President of the Indian National Congress (died 1892 in London) Deaths 3 January – Robert Archibald Smith, composer (born 1780 in England) 12 September – Alexander Balfour, novelist (born 1767) The arts April–September – the composer Felix Mendelssohn pays his first visit to Britain, including (July) the ruined chapel at Holyrood Palace, which inspires his Symphony No. 3 (completed 1842) and (August) his trip to Fingal's Cave.George Grove George Grove Mendelssohn's Scotch Symphony 904111 The Musical Times 45 740 1 October 1904 644 Edwin Henry Landseer paints An Illicit Whisky Still in the Highlands. Sir Walter Scott's novel Anne of Geierstein, "by the author of Waverley", is published. See also Scotland 1829 in Ireland References collapsed Category:19th century in Scotland