1797 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1797 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Succoth
- Lord Justice General — The Duke of Montrose
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Braxfield
Events
- 29 August – Massacre of Tranent: British troops attack protestors against enforced recruitment into the militia at Tranent in East Lothian, killing 12.
- 11 October (12 October naval reckoning) – Battle of Camperdown: Royal Navy led by Dundee-born Admiral Duncan defeats the fleet of the Batavian Republic off the coast of Holland.[1]
- Cloch lighthouse completed.
- Keiller's marmalade first produced in Dundee.
- Publication of Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition is completed in Edinburgh.
Births
- 29 April – George Don, botanist (died 1856)
- 10 October – Thomas Drummond, military surveyor and Under-Secretary for Ireland (died 1840 in Ireland)
- 14 November – Charles Lyell, lawyer and foremost geologist of his day (died 1875)
Deaths
- 26 March – James Hutton, geologist (born 1726)
The Arts
- 24 December – Walter Scott marries Charlotte Carpenter at St Mary's Church, Carlisle, and the couple immediately move into their new home at 50 George Street, Edinburgh.[2]
References
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- ↑ Edinburgh Archive – Family.
