1772 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland| 1772 }}
Events from the year 1772 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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Events
- April–June – the brig Alexander collects emigrants from the west of Scotland (the "Glenaladale settlers") and carries them to Prince Edward Island.{{cite web|title=The Passenger List of the "Alexander", and the Glenaladale Settlers|url=http://www.islandregister.com/alexandr.html|work=The Island Register|year=1972|access-date=2016-01-26}}
- 10 June – Credit crisis of 1772 is triggered when, following the flight of their partner, Aberdeen-born Alexander Fordyce, to France, the London banking house of Neal, James, Fordyce and Down (which has been speculating in East India Company stock) suspends payment. The resultant panic causes failure of other banks, particularly in Scotland, and especially in Edinburgh and the Ayr Bank.
- Summer – Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant makes a second tour of Scotland.{{cite book|first=Thomas|last=Pennant|title=A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII|location=Chester|publisher=John Monk|year=1774}}
- Construction of St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, as the first part of the New Town (designed by James Craig), begins.{{cite book|editor=Lang, Theo|series=The Queen’s Scotland|title=Edinburgh and the Lothians|location=London|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton|year=1952|page=124}}
- Original North Bridge, Edinburgh, completed.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/pictureedinburg02stargoog|title=Picture of Edinburgh|publisher=J. Anderson, Jun.|first=John|last=Stark|year=1825|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pictureedinburg02stargoog/page/n89 77]–79}}
- Three Stirling councillors privately sign a secret agreement, the "Black Bond", to run the affairs of the burgh to their own personal advantage.
- Fingal's Cave is brought to the attention of the English-speaking world by English naturalist Sir Joseph Banks.{{Cite web |url=http://www.showcaves.com/english/gb/caves/Fingals.html |title=Show Caves of the World. |access-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525171553/http://www.showcaves.com/english/gb/caves/Fingals.html |archive-date=25 May 2006 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/arb/scotland/fingals.html |title=Caves and Caving in the UK. |access-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306140334/http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/arb/scotland/fingals.html |archive-date=6 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}
Births
- 15 January – James Ballantyne, editor and publisher (died 1833)
- 11 February – Thomas Webster, geologist (died 1844 in London)
- 8 June – Robert Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (died 1850)
- 25 December – John Mackay, botanist (died 1802)
Deaths
- 26 July – James Graeme, poet (tuberculosis; born 1749)
- 10 October – William Wilkie, poet (ague; born 1721)
The arts
- Lady Anne Lindsay writes the ballad "Auld Robin Gray".
See also
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