1798 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1798 Events from the year 1798 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas of Arniston Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Blair Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Succoth Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose* Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Braxfield Events 11 March – Dundee Infirmary opened. 26 May – Battle of Tara Hill in the Irish Rebellion of 1798: British forces including three companies of the Reay Fencibles (formed primarily from the Clan Mackay) drive rebels of the Society of United Irishmen from their position with around 400 of the latter killed and only 26 Reay casualties.Steen L. J. The Battle of the Hill of Tara 26th May 1798 Trim Trymme Press 1991 14 July – United States Consulate in Edinburgh opens.Chronology of Scottish History A Timeline of Scottish History Rampant Scotland http://www.rampantscotland.com/timeline/1899.htm 2016-01-15 4 December – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger announces the introduction of income tax in 1799.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 Highland Park distillery is founded in Kirkwall. Tobermory distillery is founded. The Merchant Banking Company of Glasgow fails. The Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry is formally adopted into the British Army. Orange Order is brought to Scotland by soldiers returning from service in Ulster Births 3 February – Daniel Sandford, Greek scholar, professor and Member of parliament for Paisley (died 1838) March – David Hay, interior decorator (died 1866) 28 April – Duncan Forbes, linguist (died 1868) 23 July – James Hyslop, poet (died 1827) 24 July – Mark Napier, lawyer, sheriff, biographer and historical author (died 1879) 13 October – Robert Crichton Wyllie, physician, businessman and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom of Hawaii (died 1865) 27 December – Alexander Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop, Member of Parliament for Greenock from 1852 to 1868 (died 1870) 28 December – Thomas James Henderson, astronomer (died 1844)Trimble Virginia Williams Thomas Bracher Katherine Jarrell Richard Marché Jordan D. Ragep F. Jamil Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers 18 September 2007 Springer Science & Business Media 978-0-387-30400-7 482 https://books.google.com/books?id=t-BF1CHkc50C&pg=PA482 en Deaths 21 November – Thomas Hardy, minister (born 1748) References Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1790s in Scotland Scotland