1776 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland| 1776 }}
Events from the year 1776 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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Events
- 27 February – American Revolution: At the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Scottish American Loyalists are defeated by North Carolina Patriots.{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/330|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/330 330–331]}} Capt. Allan MacDonald (husband of Flora) is among those taken prisoner.
- 4 July – American Revolution: United States Declaration of Independence. Fife-born James Wilson and Gifford-born Rev. John Witherspoon are among the signatories.
- Physician Andrew Duncan proposes establishment of the institution that becomes the Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh.
- New Aray Bridge on Inveraray Castle estate, designed by Robert Mylne, is completed.{{cite web|title=Inveraray Castle Estate, Aray Bridge|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/23359/inveraray-castle-estate-aray-bridge|work=Canmore|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|location=Edinburgh|date=2007|access-date=2016-01-24}}
- Probable – Dunmore Pineapple constructed.
Publications
- 9 March – Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations is published in London.
- David Dalrymple's Annals of Scotland are published.
The arts
- David Herd's anthology Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs is published.
Births
- 23 February – Heneage Horsley, Episcopal dean (died 1847)
- 9 March – Archibald Bell, lawyer and writer (died 1854)
- 11 April – Macvey Napier, lawyer and encyclopedia editor (died 1847)
- 15 April – John Anstruther, nobleman, landowner and colonel (died 1833)
- 11 June – James Gillespie Graham, architect (died 1855)
- 18 July – John Struthers, poet (died 1853)
- 6 October – James Duff, 4th Earl Fife, general in Spanish service (died 1857)
- 13 October – John Gibb, civil engineering contractor (died 1850)
- 7 November – James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline, lawyer and Whig politician (died 1858)
- 20 November – William Blackwood, publisher (died 1834)
- 30 November – James Jardine, hydraulic engineer (died 1858)
Deaths
- 2 June – Robert Foulis, printer, publisher and art critic (born 1707)
- 25 August – David Hume, philosopher (born 1711)
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