Events from the year 1779 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- Bowmore distillery on Islay is established.[1]
- Cotton mill at Rothesay, Bute, is established.[2]
- New bridge over River Deveron between Banff and Macduff, designed by John Smeaton, is completed.[3]
- Bridge of Awe is completed.[4]
- David Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion are published posthumously and anonymously.[5]
Births
- 1 May – Alexander Morison, physician and psychiatrist (died 1866)
- 2 May – John Galt, novelist and entrepreneur (died 1839)
- 25 August – Robert Barclay Allardice ("Capt. Barclay"), competitive walker (died 1854)
- 26 October – Henry Cockburn, judge and man of letters (died 1854)
- 20 December – Alexander Walker, physiologist (died 1852)
- 22 December – Ralph Wardlaw, Presbyterian clergyman (died 1853)
- James Barr, composer (died 1860)
- James Marr Brydone, naval surgeon (died 1866 in England)
- Patrick Campbell, army officer and diplomat (died 1857)
- John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry, Whig politician (died 1856)
- James Forbes, inspector-general of army hospitals (died 1837 in London)
- James Mudie, settler in Australia (died 1852)
- Hugh Murray, geographer (died 1846 in London)
Deaths
- 10 March (bur.) – John Rutherford, physician (born 1695)
- John Dalrymple, political writer (born 1734)
The arts
- George Richardson's Iconology is published.
See also
References
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