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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland| 1781 }}Events from the year 1781 in Scotland. Incumbents {{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}} Law officers - Lord Advocate – Henry Dundas;
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Murray
Judiciary - Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger
- Lord Justice General – The Viscount Stormont
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming
Events - Construction of The Mound in Edinburgh begins.
- Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary & Dispensary, predecessor of Sunnyside Royal Hospital, founded by Susan Carnegie.
- John Howie begins publication of the 2nd edition of his Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies): A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies.
Births - March (probable) – John Burnet, engraver and painter (died 1868)
- 16 March – William Mitchell, entrepreneur (died 1854)
- 12 June (probable) – Christian Isobel Johnstone, journalist and novelist (died 1857)
- 12 September – John Grieve, poet (died 1836)
- 14 September – James Walker, civil engineer (died 1862)
- 18 September – Allan Burns, surgeon (died 1813)
- 30 November – Alexander Berry, adventurer and Australian pioneer (died 1873 in Australia)
- 11 December – David Brewster, physicist (died 1868)
Deaths - 31 March – Robert Watson, historian (born c. 1730)
- 2 July – John Maule, MP (born 1706)
The arts- 4 July – Robert Burns joins the Freemasons at Tarbolton.[1]
- 12 October – first bagpipes competition in the Masonic Arms, Falkirk.
See also {{Portal|Scotland}}- Timeline of Scottish history
References 1. ^{{cite web|title=Notable Dates in History|url=http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm|work=The Flag in the Wind|publisher=The Scots Independent|accessdate=2016-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125210210/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm|archive-date=25 January 2016|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
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