1795 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1795 Events from the year 1795 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 18 November – the River Clyde, in spate, floods the centre of Glasgow and brings down the recently erected bridge at the foot of the Saltmarket.Notable Dates in History http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2016-01-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20160125210210/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm 25 January 2016 dead dmy-all Gallowgate Barracks in Glasgow are built. Births 12 March – William Lyon Mackenzie, journalist and politician in Canada (died 1861 in Canada) 25 May – George Meikle Kemp, designer of the (uncompleted) Scott Monument (died 1844) 19 June – James Braid, surgeon and scientist, pioneer of hypnotherapy (died 1860 in England) 6 September – Frances Wright, freethinker (died 1852 in the United States) 12 October – Janet Hamilton, née Thomson, poet and essayist (died 1873) 10 November – Walter Geikie, painter (died 1837) 4 December – Thomas Carlyle, historian, philosopher and essayist (died 1881 in England) 10 December – Sir George Burns, shipowner (died 1890) 21 December – Robert Moffat, missionary (died 1883) Deaths 22 February – Alexander Gerard, philosopher (born 1728) 19 May – James Boswell, diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson (born 1740) 23 June – James Craig, architect, planner of the New Town, Edinburgh (born 1744) 24 June – William Smellie, encyclopedist and naturalist (born 1740) 10 December – John Johnstone, nabob with the East India Company and landowner (born 1734) The arts Archibald Constable starts in business for himself as a dealer in rare books in Edinburgh, origin of the publishing business which enters the 21st century as Constable & Robinson. Sport 17 January – Duddingston Curling Society formally organised.Chronology of Scottish History A Timeline of Scottish History Rampant Scotland http://www.rampantscotland.com/timeline/1899.htm 2016-01-15 See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1795 in Great Britain References collapsed Scotland Category:1790s in Scotland Scotland