1780 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1780 Events from the year 1780 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Henry Dundas; Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Murray Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger Lord Justice General – The Viscount Stormont Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming Events 31 May – James Watt patents a copying machine.English Patent 1,244, accepted 14 February. 18 December – the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is formed.Notable Dates in History http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2016-01-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20160125210210/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm 25 January 2016 dead Dalmally Bridge built.Dalmally, Dalmally Bridge https://canmore.org.uk/site/96800/dalmally-dalmally-bridge Canmore Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland Edinburgh 1976 2016-01-22 Böd of Gremista built in Lerwick. Approximate date James Small produces a two-horse swing plough using Carron Company iron.Jonathan Brown Small, James (bap. 1740, d. 1793) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/51709 10.1093/ref:odnb/51709 Kilcalmonell Parish Church at Clachan, Kintyre, is rebuilt. Births 15 February – William Laird, shipbuilder (died 1841 in Birkenhead) 26 February – Alexander Allan, shipowner (died 1854) 17 March – Thomas Chalmers, Free Church leader (died 1847) 3 April – Walter Newall, architect and civil engineer (died 1863) 30 August – James Howe, animal and portrait painter (died 1836) 10 October – John Abercrombie, physician and philosopher (died 1844) 16 November – Robert Archibald Smith, composer (died 1829) 5 December – Patrick Sellar, lawyer, factor and sheep farmer instrumental in the Highland Clearances (died 1851) 26 December – Mary Somerville, née Fairfax, mathematician (died 1872 in Naples) David Buchan, naval officer and Arctic explorer (lost at sea 1838) Colquhoun Grant, British Army officer (died 1829 in Aachen) Robert Pinkerton, Bible missionary (died 1859 in Reigate) Andrew Wilson, landscape painter (died 1848) Deaths 7 October – Patrick Ferguson, British Army officer and designer of the Ferguson rifle (born 1744; killed in Battle of Kings Mountain) 26 November – Sir James Steuart Denham, economist (born 1712)Sir James Steuart Denham, 4th Baronet Scottish economist Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-James-Steuart-Denham-4th-Baronet www.britannica.com 31 May 2022 en Sport Royal Aberdeen Golf Club founded as the 'Society of Golfers at Aberdeen'. See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1780s in Scotland Scotland