1755 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1755 Events from the year 1755 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas the younger Solicitor General for Scotland – Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles, jointly with Alexander Hume; then Andrew Pringle of Alemore Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Glendoick Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Tinwald Events June – Joseph Black's discovery of carbon dioxide and magnesium is communicated in a paper to the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh."Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and Some Other Alcaline Substances", published 1756. 1 November – Lisbon earthquake felt in Scotland. Demographic history of Scotland: First reliable national census conducted by Rev. Alexander Webster, showing the country's population as 1,265,380. Four towns have populations of over 10,000, with Edinburgh the largest with 57,000 inhabitants.Webster’s Account of the Population of Scotland in 1755 http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/census-records/webster%E2%80%99s-census-of-1755 National Records of Scotland 2016-02-18 Construction of St Ninian's Church, Tynet, the country's oldest surviving post-Reformation Roman Catholic clandestine church.http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=84461 Tynet, St Ninian's Church ScotlandsPlaces Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland 2015-01-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222424/http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=84461 3 March 2016 dead dmy-all Ironworks established at Furnace, Argyll. Work on William Roy's survey of Scotland concludes.1785 Roy William An Account of the Measurement of a Base on Hounslow-Heath Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 75 385–480 https://archive.org/details/philtrans01222507 10.1098/rstl.1785.0024 free Introduction. Births 18 January – James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton (died 1769) 21 February – Anne Grant, poet (died 1838) 25 June – Archibald Gracie merchant and shipowner (died 1829 in the United States) August 5 – James Playfair, Scottish Neoclassical architect (died 1794) 17 August – William Paterson, soldier, colonial governor in Australia, explorer and botanist (died 1810 at sea) 4 September – Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney, née O'Brien (died 1831) October – George Galloway, poet and playwright November – John Dunlop, merchant and songwriter (died 1820) Deaths 5 June – John Sinclair, Lord Murkle, judge 4 October – Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet, politician, lawyer, judge and composer (born 1676) The arts 25 February – 11-year-old David Allan begins to study painting at the new Foulis Academy in Glasgow.Notable Dates in History http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2016-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20160125210210/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm 25 January 2016 dead dmy-all David Dalrymple, as editor, publishes Edom of Gordon: an ancient Scottish poem. See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1750s in Scotland Scotland