1816 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1816 Events from the year 1816 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Archibald Colquhoun; then Alexander Maconochie Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Maconochie; then James Wedderburn Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Granton Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Boyle Events April – 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.Eric Richards Sellar, Patrick (1780–1851) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25055 2016-03-09 10.1093/ref:odnb/25055 21 May – Highland Society of London (established 1778) incorporated by Act of Parliament. 18 June – causeway, bridge and sluice across Loch Fleet at The Mound, designed by Thomas Telford, completed. 13 August – an earthquake in Inverness is the strongest ever in Scotland.The Guinness Book of Answers Enfield Guinness Superlatives 3rd 1980 0-85112-202-7 56 1 September – the Northern Lighthouse Board's new light on the Isle of May, designed by Robert Stevenson, is completed.https://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Isle-of-May/ Northern Lighthouse Board Isle of May 2014-08-27 The Nelson Monument, Edinburgh, on Calton Hill, is completed. Logie Bridge at Ferness completed to a design by Telford;Logie Bridge http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/15487/details/logie+bridge/ Canmore Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland 2007 2014-08-09 as also is the bridge at Contin and the harbour at Portmahomack. Suspension footbridge erected over the Gala Water in Galashiels1816 Galashiels http://www.bridgemeister.com/bridge.php?bid=584 Bridgemeister 2014-05-23 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.History of Edinburgh http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm Visions of Scotland 2014-05-15 14 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150214170220/http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm deadhttp://www.johngraycentre.org/east-lothian-subjects/leisure/horse-racing-at-musselburgh/ Horse-racing at Musselburgh John Gray Centre Haddington, East Lothian 2014-05-15 Births 5 January James Brunlees, civil engineer (died 1892) Daniel Wilson, archaeologist and academic (died 1892 in Canada) 11 January – Henry Robertson, railway promoter (died 1888 in Wales) 3 February – Archibald McKellar, politician in Ontario (died 1894 in Canada) 14 February – James Morison, evangelical (died 1893) 13 June – Charles Alexander, merchant and politician in Quebec (died 1905 in Canada) 1 September – James Drummond, historical painter and curator (died 1877) 16 September – Theodore Martin, writer (died 1909) 30 September – Archibald Sturrock, steam locomotive engineer (died 1909) 12 October – Alexander Bryson, scientist (died 1866) Deaths 22 February – Adam Ferguson, philosopher and historian (born 1723) 28 February – Archibald Bruce, theologian (born 1746) 14 June – Allan Maconochie, jurist (born 1748) 25 December – 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. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1816 in Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Category:1810s in Scotland Scotland