1771
in
Scotland
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1771 in: Great Britain Wales Elsewhere

Events from the year 1771 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

Judiciary

Events

  • 17 August – Edinburgh botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis.
  • 16 November – During the night, Solway Moss, on the Cumberland border, bursts, flooding local farms and settlements.[1]
  • 26 November – First section of Monkland Canal opened.
  • Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition completes publication in Edinburgh.
  • Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX is published.
  • Edinburgh Society of Bowlers codifies the modern rules for bowls.

Births

  • 15 August – Walter Scott, poet and novelist (died 1832)
  • 11 September – Mungo Park, explorer (drowned under attack 1806 on the Niger)
  • 4 November – James Montgomery, poet, hymnist, editor and humanitarian (died 1854 in Sheffield)

Deaths

The arts

See also

References

  1. McEwen, Lindsey J.; Withers, Charles W. J. (1989). "Historical records and geomorphological events: the 1771 'eruption' of Solway Moss". Scottish Geographical Magazine. 105 (3): 149–157. doi:10.1080/14702548908554428.
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