1804 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland| 1804 }}
Events from the year 1804 in Scotland.
Incumbents
{{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}
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Events
- January – {{HMS|York|1796}} founders on patrol off Scotland, apparently striking the Inchcape rock, with the loss of all 491 on board.{{cite book|last=Hepper|first=David J.|year=1994|title=British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859|publisher=Jean Boudriot|location=Rotherfield|isbn=0-948864-30-3}}
- 5 April – High Possil meteorite, the first recorded meteorite to fall in Scotland in modern times, falls at Possil.{{cite web|first=John|last=Faithfull|title=The High Possil Meteorite|url=http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/John/Huntmin/hposs.htm|year=2005|publisher=Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery|location=Glasgow|access-date=2014-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030735/http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/John/Huntmin/hposs.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}
- 19 August – St Peter's Church, Aberdeen, is dedicated as the city's first purpose-built post-Reformation Roman Catholic church.
- 14 September – lighthouse on Inchkeith, designed by Thomas Smith and Robert Stevenson, is first illuminated.{{cite web|title=Inchkeith|publisher=Northern Lighthouse Board|year=2009|url=http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/inchkeith.htm|access-date=2014-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716234424/http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/inchkeith.htm|archive-date=16 July 2012|url-status=dead}}
- The Glasgow Herald is first published under this title.{{cite book|title=Glasgow Almanac: An A–Z of the City and Its People|publisher=Neil Wilson Publishing|last=Terry|first=Stephen|year=2011|location=Glasgow|isbn=9781903238639|chapter=Chapter 2}}
- Galashiels Baptist Church is established as an independent Baptist congregation.{{cite web|title=The History of Galashiels Baptist Church: 1782-1900 |url=http://www.galashielsbaptistchurch.org.uk/history1 |publisher=Galashiels Baptist Church |access-date=2014-08-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829022755/http://www.galashielsbaptistchurch.org.uk/history1 |archive-date=29 August 2014 }}
Births
- 7 January – George Deas, judge (died 1887)
- 13 January – John Pringle Nichol, scientist (died 1859)
- 1 March – John Henderson, ecclesiastical architect (died 1862)
- 22 March – James Smart, chief constable (died 1870)
- 20 June – John Forrest, military doctor (died 1865 in England)
- 15 July – Jane Stirling, pianist, student of Chopin (died 1859)
- 18 September – John Steell, sculptor (died 1891)
- 3 November – Charles Baillie, Lord Jerviswoode, judge (died 1879)
- Robert Davidson, inventor (died 1894)
- Alexander McKay, heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer (died of injury sustained in fight 1830 in England)
- James Mackay, politician in New Zealand (died 1875 in New Zealand)
- George Thompson, shipowner and politician (died 1895)
Deaths
- 11 January – James Tytler, editor of Encyclopædia Britannica (born 1745; died in the United States)
- 26 July – Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet, politician (born c.1729)
- 4 August – Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, admiral (born 1731; died just south of the border en route to Edinburgh)
- 23 October – David Rae, Lord Eskgrove, judge (born 1724)
The arts
- John Galt's poem The Battle of Largs is published anonymously, the author's first published work.{{cite book|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-860634-6|editor=Cox, Michael|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm}}
- David Wilkie paints Pitlessie Fair and [https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/william-chalmers-bethune-17441807-his-wife-isobel-morison-17601850-and-their-daughter-isabella-maxwell-morison-17951818-210850 William Chalmers-Bethune, his wife Isabella Morison and their Daughter Isabella].