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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland| 1803 }}Events from the year 1803 in Scotland. Incumbents {{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}} Law officers - Lord Advocate – Charles Hope
- 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
Events - 4 January – William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas, the "first practical steamboat".
- 27 July – Caledonian Canal authorized by Act of Parliament and construction begins;[1] Thomas Telford also begins work on improving roads in Scotland under the auspices of the Commissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges.[2]
- Kelso Bridge, designed by John Rennie, completed.
- First Boulton and Watt steam engine in Scotland installed at an Aberdeen paper mill.[3]
- Lismore Seminary is opened by the Catholic Church.
- Most of the 'Luckenbooths' in High Street, Edinburgh are demolished, opening up the prospect of St Giles' Cathedral.[4]
Births - 15 January – Marjorie Fleming, child writer (died 1811)
- 3 April – David Bryce, architect (died 1876)
- 16 April – Edward Maitland, Lord Barcaple, judge (died 1870)
- 12 July – Thomas Guthrie, Free Church preacher and philanthropist (died 1873)[5]
- 10 September – Robert Wilson, mechanical engineer, inventor of the screw propeller (died 1882 in England)
- 16 October – James Edward Alexander, soldier, author and traveller (died 1885)
- 25 December – Donald Gregory, antiquarian (died 1836) and his twin brother William Gregory, chemist and psychic investigator (died 1858)[6]
- George Patton, Lord Glenalmond, judge (suicide 1869)
Deaths - 2 April – Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, politician and judge (born 1721)
- 6 April – William Hamilton, diplomat (born 1730)
- 3 June – Lord George Murray, Bishop of St David's and developer of the UK's first optical telegraph (born 1761)
- 18 August – James Beattie, poet and philosopher (born 1735)
The arts- Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803 written by Dorothy Wordsworth (published 1874)
See also - Timeline of Scottish history
- 1803 in the United Kingdom
References 1. ^{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|author2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=239–240|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988: A Short History|first=Richard L.|last=Hills|authorlink=Richard L. Hills|edition=2nd|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury|year=2015|isbn=9781474241274|page=162|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Zn5qCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=First+%22Watt+steam+engine%22+%22in+Scotland%22&source=bl&ots=G15jolkdS3&sig=lHm4R6GA0RG7LrH1sUdzTowjD48&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwna3nxrrKAhXBbRQKHRDHBU8Q6AEIVTAN#v=onepage&q=First%20%22Watt%20steam%20engine%22%20%22in%20Scotland%22&f=false|accessdate=2016-01-21}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=History of Edinburgh|url=http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm|work=Visions of Scotland|accessdate=2014-08-22}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/E/3225/artist_name/James%20Edgar/record_id/2777|title=Rev. Thomas Guthrie, 1803-1873, Preacher and philanthropist|year=1862|publisher=National Galleries Scotland|accessdate=2014-02-19}}
6. ^{{cite web|first=W. H.|last=Brock|title=Gregory, William (1803–1858)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11475|accessdate=2014-07-08|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/11475}} {{ODNBsub}}
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