1776 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1776 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Arniston, the younger
- Lord Justice General — Duke of Queensberry
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Barskimming
Events
- 27 February — American Revolution: At the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Scottish American Loyalists are defeated by North Carolina Patriots.[1] Capt. Allan MacDonald (husband of Flora) is among those taken prisoner.
- 4 July — American Revolution: United States Declaration of Independence. Fife-born James Wilson and Gifford-born Rev. John Witherspoon are among the signatories.
- Physician Andrew Duncan proposes establishment of the institution that becomes the Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh.
- New Aray Bridge on Inveraray Castle estate, designed by Robert Mylne, is completed.[2]
Publications
- 9 March — Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations is published in London.
- David Dalrymple's Annals of Scotland are published.
Births
- 23 February — Heneage Horsley, Episcopal dean (died 1847)
- 9 March — Archibald Bell, lawyer and writer (died 1854)
- 11 April — Macvey Napier, lawyer and encyclopedia editor (died 1847)
- 15 April — John Anstruther, nobleman, landowner and colonel (died 1833)
- 11 June — James Gillespie Graham, architect (died 1855)
- 18 July — John Struthers, poet (died 1853)
- 6 October — James Duff, 4th Earl Fife, general in Spanish service (died 1857)
- 13 October — John Gibb, civil engineering contractor (died 1850)
- 7 November — James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline, lawyer and Whig politician (died 1858)
- 20 November — William Blackwood, publisher (died 1834)
Deaths
- 2 June — Robert Foulis, printer, publisher and art critic (born 1707)
- 25 August — David Hume, philosopher (born 1711)
The Arts
- David Herd's anthology Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs is published.
References
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 330–331. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ "Inveraray Castle Estate, Aray Bridge". Canmore. Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2007. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
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