1804 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1804 Events from the year 1804 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Charles Hope; then Sir James Montgomery, Bt 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 Eskgrove, then Lord Granton Events January – York 1796 founders on patrol off Scotland, apparently striking the Inchcape rock, with the loss of all 491 on board.Hepper David J. 1994 British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859 Jean Boudriot Rotherfield 0-948864-30-3 5 April – High Possil meteorite, the first recorded meteorite to fall in Scotland in modern times, falls at Possil.John Faithfull The High Possil Meteorite http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/John/Huntmin/hposs.htm 2005 Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Glasgow 2014-08-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030735/http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/John/Huntmin/hposs.htm 24 September 2015 dead 19 August – St Peter's Church, Aberdeen, is dedicated as the city's first purpose-built post-Reformation Roman Catholic church. 14 September – lighthouse on Inchkeith, designed by Thomas Smith and Robert Stevenson, is first illuminated.Inchkeith Northern Lighthouse Board 2009 http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/inchkeith.htm 2014-11-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20120716234424/http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/inchkeith.htm 16 July 2012 dead The Glasgow Herald is first published under this title.Glasgow Almanac: An A–Z of the City and Its People Neil Wilson Publishing Terry Stephen 2011 Glasgow 9781903238639 Chapter 2 Galashiels Baptist Church is established as an independent Baptist congregation.The History of Galashiels Baptist Church: 1782-1900 http://www.galashielsbaptistchurch.org.uk/history1 Galashiels Baptist Church 2014-08-22 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140829022755/http://www.galashielsbaptistchurch.org.uk/history1 29 August 2014 Births 7 January – George Deas, judge (died 1887) 13 January – John Pringle Nichol, scientist (died 1859) 1 March – John Henderson, ecclesiastical architect (died 1862) 22 March – James Smart, chief constable (died 1870) 20 June – John Forrest, military doctor (died 1865 in England) 15 July – Jane Stirling, pianist, student of Chopin (died 1859) 18 September – John Steell, sculptor (died 1891) 3 November – Charles Baillie, Lord Jerviswoode, judge (died 1879) Robert Davidson, inventor (died 1894) Alexander McKay, heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer (died of injury sustained in fight 1830 in England) James Mackay, politician in New Zealand (died 1875 in New Zealand) George Thompson, shipowner and politician (died 1895) Deaths 11 January – James Tytler, editor of Encyclopædia Britannica (born 1745; died in the United States) 26 July – Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet, politician (born c.1729) 4 August – Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, admiral (born 1731; died just south of the border en route to Edinburgh) 23 October – David Rae, Lord Eskgrove, judge (born 1724) The arts John Galt's poem The Battle of Largs is published anonymously, the author's first published work.The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature 2004 Oxford University Press 0-19-860634-6 Cox, Michael registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm David Wilkie paints Pitlessie Fair and William Chalmers-Bethune, his wife Isabella Morison and their Daughter Isabella. See also 1804 in Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Category:1800s in Scotland Scotland