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词条 1804 in Scotland
释义

  1. Incumbents

      Law officers    Judiciary  

  2. Events

  3. Births

  4. Deaths

  5. The arts

  6. See also

  7. References

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Events from the year 1804 in Scotland.

Incumbents

{{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}
  • Monarch – George III

Law officers

  • Lord Advocate – Charles Hope; then Sir James Montgomery, Bt
  • 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, then Lord Granton

Events

  • 5 April – High Possil meteorite, the first recorded meteorite to fall in Scotland in modern times, falls at Possil.[1]
  • 19 August – St Peter's Church, Aberdeen, is dedicated as the city's first purpose-built post-Reformation Roman Catholic church.
  • 14 September – lighthouse on Inchkeith, designed by Thomas Smith and Robert Stevenson, is first illuminated.[2]
  • The Glasgow Herald is first published under this title.[3]
  • Galashiels Baptist Church is established as an independent Baptist congregation.[4]

Births

  • 7 January – George Deas, judge (died 1887)
  • 13 January – John Pringle Nichol, scientist (died 1859)
  • 1 March – John Henderson, ecclesiastical architect (died 1862)
  • 20 June – John Forrest, military doctor (died 1865 in England)
  • 15 July – Jane Stirling, pianist, student of Chopin (died 1859)
  • 18 September – John Steell, sculptor (died 1891)
  • 3 November – Charles Baillie, Lord Jerviswoode, judge (died 1879)
  • Robert Davidson, inventor (died 1894)
  • Alexander McKay, heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer (died of injury sustained in fight 1830 in England)
  • James Mackay, politician in New Zealand (died 1875 in New Zealand)
  • George Thompson, shipowner and politician (died 1895)

Deaths

  • 11 January – James Tytler, editor of Encyclopædia Britannica (born 1745; died in the United States)
  • 26 July – Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet, politician (born c.1729)
  • 4 August – Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, admiral (born 1731; died just south of the border en route to Edinburgh)
  • 23 October – David Rae, Lord Eskgrove, judge (born 1724)

The arts

  • John Galt's poem The Battle of Largs is published anonymously, the author's first published work.[5]
  • David Wilkie paints Pitlessie Fair and [https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/william-chalmers-bethune-17441807-his-wife-isobel-morison-17601850-and-their-daughter-isabella-maxwell-morison-17951818-210850 William Chalmers-Bethune, his wife Isabella Morison and their Daughter Isabella].

See also

  • 1804 in the United Kingdom

References

1. ^{{cite web|first=John|last=Faithfull|title=The High Possil Meteorite|url=http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/John/Huntmin/hposs.htm|year=2005|publisher=Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery|location=Glasgow|accessdate=2014-08-22}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Inchkeith|publisher=Northern Lighthouse Board|year=2009|url=http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/inchkeith.htm|accessdate=2014-11-20}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Glasgow Almanac: An A–Z of the City and Its People|publisher=Neil Wilson Publishing|last=Terry|first=Stephen|year=2011|location=Glasgow|isbn=9781903238639|chapter=Chapter 2}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=The History of Galashiels Baptist Church: 1782-1900 |url=http://www.galashielsbaptistchurch.org.uk/history1 |publisher=Galashiels Baptist Church |accessdate=2014-08-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829022755/http://www.galashielsbaptistchurch.org.uk/history1 |archivedate=29 August 2014 |df= }}
5. ^{{cite book|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-860634-6|editor=Cox, Michael}}
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