1779 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland| 1779 }}
Events from the year 1779 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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Events
- Bowmore distillery on Islay is established.{{cite book|last=Morrice|first=Philip|title=The Schweppes Guide To Scotch|publisher=Alphabooks|year=1983|location=Sherborne, Dorset, England|pages=340–342|isbn=0-906670-29-2}}
- Cotton mill at Rothesay, Bute, is established.{{cite web|title=Rothesay cotton mills|url=http://www.butemuseum.org.uk/rothesay-cotton-mills/|publisher=Bute Museum|access-date=2016-01-22}}
- New bridge over River Deveron between Banff and Macduff, designed by John Smeaton, is completed.{{cite web|url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=430 |title=Banff Bridge |work=Engineering Timelines |access-date=2016-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204411/http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=430 |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}
- Bridge of Awe is completed.{{cite book|author1=Paxton, R. |author2=Shipway, J. |title=Scotland – Highlands and Islands|series=Civil Engineering Heritage|location=London|publisher=Thomas Telford|year=2007|isbn=9780727734884}}
- David Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion are published posthumously and anonymously.{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/332 332–333]}}
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
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