Events from the year 1830 in Scotland.
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- Early – Andrew Halliday, journalist and playwright (died 1877 in London)
- 5 February – Lieutenant General James John McLeod Innes, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1907)
- 5 March – Charles Wyville Thomson, marine zoologist (died 1882)
- 15 March – John Ferguson, politician (died 1906 in Australia)
- 5 April
- 16 July – Alexander Carnegie Kirk, mechanical engineer (died 1892)
- 3 September – Lewis Campbell, classicist (died 1908 in Switzerland)
- 21 September – John Holms, textile mill owner and Liberal politician (died 1891)
- 22 October – Arthur John Burns, woollen mill owner and politician in Otago (died 1901 in New Zealand)
- 30 October – Eliza Brightwen, naturalist (died 1906 in England)[6]
- John Crawford, sculptor (died 1861)
"Melancholy Occurrence, With Loss Of Lives". The Times. No. 14183. London. 25 March 1830. p. 3.