Scottish History Time-line (Early 19th Century; 1800-49)

Note that, within a single year, events are not necessarily presented in chronological order.

	Previous Period
19th C.	Cammo Tower (City of Edinburgh) Built
19th C.	Dell Mill (Western Isles) Built
19th C.	Gearrannan Blackhouse Village (Western Isles) Built
19th C.	HM Prison Perth (Fife) Built
19th C.	Inverie House (Highland) Built
19th C.	Kincardine Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
19th C.	Kindrogan Field Centre (Perth and Kinross) Built
19th C.	Moirlanich Longhouse (Stirling) Built
19th C.	Museum of Education Victorian Classroom (Aberdeen City) Built
c.1800	Achany House (Highland) Built
c.1800	Kinrara (Highland) Built
c.1800	Urr Valley Hotel (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
1800	Catherine Sinclair born - Novelist and philanthropist
1800	David Don born - Botanist
1800	James Braidwood born - Pioneering fire-fighter
1800	James Hall born - Advocate and amateur artist
1800	Mounthooly Doo'cot (Aberdeenshire) Built
1800	Rossie Castle (Angus) Built
1800	Sir James Clark Ross born - Antarctic explorer
1800	William Chambers born - Publisher and Lord Provost of Edinburgh
1801	Alexander Shanks born - Inventor of the modern lawnmower, who lived in Arbroath
1801	Ardgowan House (Inverclyde) Built
1801	Captain Alexander Rodger born - Sea captain and adventurer
1801	Crinan Canal (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1801	Fox Maule Ramsay (11th Earl of Dalhousie; 2nd Lord Panmure) born - Politician
1801	Gavin Turnbull died - Minor poet
1801	George Rennie born - Artist, politician and governor
1801	George Square (Glasgow City) Constructed
1801	James Leslie born - Harbour engineer
1801	Jane Welsh Carlyle born - Literary figure, whose intelligence, personality and wit made her one of the most fascinating women of her time
1801	Lord Adam Gordon died - General
1801	Robert Dale Owen born - Social reformer and anti-slavery campaigner
1801	Sir Ralph Abercromby died - General
1802	Clementina Walkinshaw died - Jacobite and mistress of the 'Young Pretender'
1802	Darnaway Castle (Moray) Built
1802	David Octavius Hill born - Pioneer of photography
1802	Hugh Miller born - Born in Cromarty, Miller was a stone mason turned geologist, writer, journalist and religious reformer
1802	James Baird born - Foundryman and industrialist
1802	James Thom (The Ayrshire Sculptor) born - Sculptor, who lived in Ayr
1802	John McNabb died - Ship-owner and philanthropist
1802	Prof. Alexander Hamilton died - Obstetric surgeon and medical lecturer
1802	Robert Chambers born - Publisher, author and natural philosopher
1803	Adam Skirving died - Song writer
1803	David Bryce born - Architect
1803	Glencorse Barracks (Midlothian) Opened
1803	Henry Glassford Bell born - Author and lawyer
1803	Joseph Mitchell born - Civil engineer
1803	Parliament Square (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
1803	Rev. Dr. John Walker died - Naturalist, lecturer and clergyman
1803	Rev. Lord George Murray died - Developed the shutter telegraph
1803	Robert Scott Lauder born - Painter
1803	Sir Francis Grant born - Painter
1803	Thomas Guthrie born - Social reformer and founder of the Free Church
1804	Admiral Adam Duncan (1st Viscount Camperdown) died - Naval commander
1804	Alexander Handyside Ritchie born - Sculptor
1804	Alexander Keith Johnston born - Cartographer, publisher and geographer
1804	James Tytler died - Author, eccentric and radical
1804	Kelso Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
1804	Michael Nairn born - Floor-cloth manufacturer
1804	Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1804	Rev. John Wilson born - Missionary, who made significant contributions to the study of Indian languages and literature
1804	Sir John Steell born - Sculptor
1804	William Forsyth died - Horticulturist
1805	Aberdeenshire Canal (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1805	Alexander Carlyle (Jupiter Carlyle) died - Clergyman
1805	David Milne-Home born - Advocate and scientist
1805	David Urquhart born - Diplomat, who brought the 'Turkish Bath' to Britain
1805	Edward Sang born - Mathematician, engineer and actuary
1805	Francis Masson died - Botanist and gardener
1805	General Sir Hector Munro died - Military commander and politician
1805	Horatio McCulloch born - Landscape painter
1805	Hutcheson's Hall (Glasgow City) Built
1805	James Merry born - Industrialist and politician
1805	Jean Elliot died - Song writer
1805	John (Johnnie) Walker born - Whisky Blender
1805	John Blackie born - Publisher and politician
1805	John Miller born - Railway engineer
1805	John Muir Wood born - Musicologist and amateur photographer
1805	Killermont House (East Dunbartonshire) Built
1805	Lady Yester's Kirk (City of Edinburgh) Built
1805	Prof. William Cunningham born - Church leader and Calvinist theologian, noted for his keen intellect and strong principles
1805	Scone Palace (Perth and Kinross) Built
1805	Sir Alexander Burnes born - Explorer
1805	Sir Alexander Matheson of Lochalsh born - Trader
1805	Sir William Pulteney (William Johnstone) died - Wealthy lawyer, politician and landowner
1805	St Michael's Parish Church (East Lothian) Built
1805	The White Church (Perth and Kinross) Built
1805	Thomas Graham born - Chemist
1805	William McCombie born - Cattle breeder
1806	Aikenhead House (Glasgow City) Built
1806	Bank of Scotland Head Office (City of Edinburgh) Built
1806	David Dale died - Mill-owner and philanthropist
1806	Dr. Benjamin Bell died - Surgeon
1806	Eildon Hall (Scottish Borders) Built
1806	General James Grant died - Soldier and colonial governor
1806	John Campbell (5th Duke of Argyll) died - Soldier and politician
1806	John Stuart Mill born - English utilitarian philosopher
1806	Lady Flora Hastings born - Lady Flora was a daughter of Loudoun Castle, near Galston, East Ayrshire
1806	Merchiston Castle School (City of Edinburgh) Built
1806	Mungo Park died - Explorer
1806	Nelson Monument (Glasgow City) Erected
1806	Peter Spence born - Industrial chemist
1806	Rev. Prof. Robert Smith Candlish born - Free Church leader
1806	Rosneath Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built
1806	Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo died - Banker and philanthropist
1806	Taymouth Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
1806	Tealing Parish Church (Angus) Built
1806	Vincenzo Lunardi died - Ballooning pioneer
1806	Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott (5th Duke of Buccleuch; 7th Duke of Queensberry) born - Noble and land-owner
1807	Alan Stevenson born - Light-house Engineer
1807	Alexander D. Robertson born - Artist and art teacher
1807	Charles Black born - Publisher
1807	Dr Alexander Gray died - Surgeon
1807	Hunterian Museum (Glasgow City) Opened
1807	Louis Agassiz born - Geologist and zoologist
1807	Museum of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1807	Neil Gow (Niel Gow) died - Musician and composer
1807	Nelson Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1807	Rosetta (Scottish Borders) Built
1807	Sir Isaac Holden born - Inventor
1807	The Cross Well (West Lothian) Erected
1807	Thomas Duncan born - Painter
1808	Admiral Sir James Hope born - Naval commander
1808	Alexander Dalrymple died - Hydrographer
1808	Alexander James Adie born - Railway engineer
1808	Balloch Castle (West Dunbartonshire) Built
1808	David Dale Owen born - A founder of the US Geological Survey
1808	David Rhind born - Architect
1808	Dr. James Anderson died - Inventor, agricultural economist and author
1808	Dr. James Esdaile (James Esdale) born - Early practitioner of hypnosis
1808	Evan MacColl born - Poet and song-writer
1808	Francis Charteris died - Noble
1808	Francis Charteris died - Noble
1808	General Sir James Hope Grant born - Soldier
1808	James Ballantine born - Artist, poet and author
1808	James Fillans born - Sculptor, painter, poet and stone mason
1808	James Frederick Ferrier born - Philosopher and academic
1808	James Nasmyth born - Engineer and inventor
1808	James Smith born - Builder and architect
1808	John Home died - Soldier, playwright and churchman
1808	John Menzies born - Bookseller and newsagent
1808	John Scott Russell born - Engineer and pioneering naval architect
1808	Rev. Horatius (Horace) Bonar born - Hymn-writer
1808	Rev. James Gall born - Cartographer and clergyman
1808	Robert Dalglish born - Businessman and politician
1808	Sir Peter Coats born - Industrialist
1808	Sir William Ferguson born - Surgeon
1808	Spynie Canal (Moray) Opened
1808	Tongland Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1808	Warriston Crematorium (City of Edinburgh) Built
1809	Alexander Adam died - Antiquary, author and educator
1809	Crawford Priory (Fife) Built
1809	David Cousin born - Architect
1809	General Sir John Moore died - Soldier
1809	James Cox born - Jute baron
1809	James Duff (2nd Earl of Fife) died - Politician
1809	John Goldie died - Author and philosopher
1809	John Mills born - Astronomer and philanthropist
1809	John Murray (4th Earl of Dunmore) died - Colonial governor
1809	Leith Martello Tower (City of Edinburgh) Built
1809	Old North Ronaldsay Light Beacon (Orkney) Closed
1809	Prof. James David Forbes born - Physicist and traveller
1809	Thomas Coats born - Industrialist
1809	William Ewart Gladstone born - British Prime Minister
1810	Alexander Bain born - Inventor
1810	Charles Wilson born - Architect
1810	Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal (Glasgow City) Opened
1810	John Inglis (Lord Glencorse) born - Judge
1810	Lt-Colonel William Patterson (William Paterson) died - Explorer and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
1810	Rev. Andrew Alexander Bonar born - Clergyman and author
1810	Robert Tannahill died - Poet, flautist and song-writer
1810	Sir Hugh Allan born - Ship-owner, who contributed significantly to the commercial development of Canada
1810	St George's Well (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1810	Thomas Bonnar born - Interior designer
1810	William Douglas (4th Duke of Queensberry; 3rd Earl of March) died - Philanderer
1810	William Miller born - The Laureate of the Nursery
1810	World's First Savings Bank Founded
1811	Alexander Murray born - Geologist
1811	Andrew Meikle died - Agricultural Engineer
1811	Archibald Campbell Tait born - Archbishop of Canterbury
1811	Bell Rock Lighthouse (Angus) Built
1811	Henry Dundas (1st Viscount Melville) died - 'The Uncrowned King of Scotland'
1811	James Bruce (8th Earl of Elgin; 12th Earl of Kincardine) born - Statesman
1811	James Eckford Lauder born - Historical and landscape painter
1811	James McCosh born - Philosopher
1811	James Young (Paraffin Young) born - Chemical Engineer
1811	John Fraser died - Plant hunter
1811	Kilmarnock and Troon Railway (South Ayrshire) Opened
1811	Lady Alicia Scott born - Composer
1811	Laigh Milton Viaduct (East Ayrshire) Opened
1811	Loudoun Castle (East Ayrshire) Built
1811	Robert Dick born - Self-taught natural historian
1811	Robert Mylne died - Architect
1811	Sir George Gilbert Scott born - English architect
1811	Sir James Young Simpson born - Obstetrician and pioneer in the field of anaesthetics
c.1812	Fairfield House (Midlothian) Built
1812	Daniel Lizars died - Copper-plate engraver and printer
1812	Dundee Harbour (Dundee City) Built
1812	Eyemouth Museum (Scottish Borders) Built
1812	James Andrew Broun Ramsay (Marquis and 10th Earl of Dalhousie) born - Politician and statesman
1812	John Broadwood died - Piano manufacturer
1812	John Clerk of Eldin died - Politician, artist and author
1812	Leith Customs House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1812	Rev. Norman MacLeod born - Theologian, prodigious author and social reformer
1812	Samuel Smiles born - Author and reformer
1812	Sir William Dunbar born - Railway administrator and politician
1812	Thomas Alexander born - Military physician
1812	World's First Steamship Launched
c.1813	Robert Mackenzie born - Trader
1813	Alexander Murray died - Classical scholar and linguist
1813	Alexander Wilson died - Father of American ornithology
1813	Arbroath Signal Tower Museum (Angus) Built
1813	Auchtergaven Parish Church (Perth and Kinross) Built
1813	Bridge of Cree (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1813	Daniel Macmillan born - Publisher
1813	David Livingstone born - Explorer and medical missionary
1813	David Waldie born - Surgeon and medical scientist
1813	Dr. John Rae born - Arctic Explorer
1813	James McGill died - Fur trader
1813	Kirkpatrick Macmillan born - Inventor
1813	Patrick Allan-Fraser born - Patron of the arts
1813	Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne born - Evangelical preacher
1813	Robert Fortune born - Botanist and plant-hunter
1813	St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral (City of Edinburgh) Built
c.1814	Thomas Watling died - Artist, illustrator and forger
1814	Andrew Barclay born - Engineer
1814	Barry Mill (Angus) Built
1814	Daniel Stewart died - Philanthropist
1814	George Don died - Horticulturist and plant collector
1814	Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1st Earl of Minto) died - Politician and statesman
1814	Hatton Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
1814	James Duff (5th Earl of Fife) born - Born in Edinburgh
1814	Jardine Hall (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
1814	John Stuart (1st Marquess and 4th Earl of Bute) died - Eldest son of John Stuart (1713 - 92) who became 1st Marquess in 1796
1814	John T. Rochead born - Architect
1814	Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay born - Geologist
1814	West Register House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1814	William Gemmell born - Sculptor
1814	William Jessop died - Engineer
1815	Allan Robertson born - The first great golf professional
1815	Barony Chambers (East Dunbartonshire) Opened
1815	Craigellachie Bridge (Moray) Opened
1815	Craigend Castle (Stirling) Built
1815	Daniel Rutherford died - Scientist
1815	David Stevenson born - Engineer son of Robert Stevenson (1772 - 1850), and uncle of author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94)
1815	Glenfinnan Monument (Highland) Erected
1815	James Valentine born - Photographer and publisher
1815	John McDouall Stuart born - Explorer and Surveyor of Australia
1815	Patrick Miller of Dalswinton died - Entrepreneur, banker and early patron of Robert Burns (1759-96)
1815	Robert Burn died - Architect
1815	Sir John Alexander MacDonald born - First Prime Minister of Canada
1815	Thomas Smith died - Engineer
1815	William Brodie born - Sculptor
1815	William Roxburgh died - Botanist, who significantly advanced the study of Indian flora
1816	Adam Ferguson died - Sociologist, philosopher and historian
1816	Arthur Perigal born - Landscape painter
1816	Castle Esplanade (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
1816	Ebenezer Picken died - The Poet of Paisley
1816	Francis Macnab (The Macnab; 16th Chief of the Clan Macnab) died - Clan chief, landowner and eccentric
1816	Great Western Road (Glasgow City) Constructed
1816	James Brunlees born - Civil engineer
1816	Jewish Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1816	Kilwinning Abbey Tower Heritage Centre (North Ayrshire) Built
1816	Lagavulin Distillery (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1816	Musselburgh Racecourse (East Lothian) Opened
1816	Prof. Sir Daniel Wilson born - Archaeologist and academic
1816	Sir Theodore Martin born - Author and biographer
1816	St Andrew's Cathedral (Aberdeen City) Built
1816	Trinity House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1816	William Nelson born - Publisher
1817	Alexander 'Greek' Thomson born - Architect
1817	Alexander Monro (Secundus) died - Anatomist
1817	Alexander Wood born - Physician, who developed the hypodermic syringe
1817	Corsewall Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
1817	Dalmeny House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1817	David Lyall born - Explorer and naturalist
1817	Francis Horner died - Politician and economist
1817	Garrion Bridges (North Lanarkshire) Opened
1817	Governor's House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1817	Hugh MacDonald born - Author, poet, naturalist and chartist
1817	James West died - Mathematician and clergyman
1817	John Graham died - Painter
1817	New Calton Burial Ground (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1817	Newbyth House (East Lothian) Built
1817	Robert Mylne born - Architect and surveyor
1817	Samuel Morison Brown born - Chemist and author
1817	Sir John Abercromby died - General
1817	Sir John Fowler born - English Architect and engineer
1817	St Andrew's Cathedral (Glasgow City) Built
1817	Thomas Davidson born - Palaeontologist
1817	Thomas Thomson born - Naturalist, explorer and plant-hunter
1818	Admiral Sir George Johnstone Hope died - Naval commander
1818	David MacBrayne born - Ship owner
1818	George Brown born - Politician and a founding father of Canada, born and educated in Edinburgh
1818	George Dempster of Dunnichen (Honest George) died - Politician and reformer
1818	Hector MacNeill died - Poet
1818	James Lorimer born - Lawyer and political philosopher
1818	Prof. Alexander Bain born - Thinker, psychologist and educationalist
1818	Robert Thorburn born - Artist
1818	Sir William Stirling Maxwell born - Art connoisseur and collector
1818	St John's Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
1818	Strathallan Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
1818	The Drumin Country Museum (Moray) Opened
1818	Thomas Stevenson born - Engineer to the Board of Northern Lighthouses
1819	Allan Pinkerton born - Private detective
1819	Archibald Skirving died - Artist
1819	Cambusnethan Priory (North Lanarkshire) Built
1819	Charles Piazzi Smyth born - Eccentric Astronomer Royal for Scotland who instigated Edinburgh's "One O'Clock Gun"
1819	Dr Gray's Hospital (Moray) Built
1819	Francis Napier (10th Lord Napier; 1st Baron Ettrick) born - Diplomat and colonial administrator
1819	Hugh Montgomerie of Coilsfield (12th Earl of Eglinton) died - Politician and soldier
1819	James Sandy died - Inventor of the invisible hinge
1819	James Watt died - Inventor and engineer
1819	John Campbell Shairp born - Poet and literary critic
1819	John Faed born - Painter
1819	John Playfair died - Geologist, physicist and mathematician
1819	Pressmennan Loch (East Lothian) Opened
1819	Queen Victoria born - Longest reigning British monarch and lover of all things Scottish, who presided over the flowering of the British Empire and a time of remarkable industrial progress
1819	Robert Dundas of Arniston (5th Lord Arniston) died - Judge and politician
1819	The Mar and Kellie Mausoleum (Clackmannanshire) Erected
1819	Thomas Anderson born - Organic chemist
1820	Abram Lyle born - Sugar refiner
1820	Agnes Broun died - Mother of Robert Burns (1759-96)
1820	Archibald Campbell-Colquhoun died - Politician and lawyer
1820	Captain James Macrae of Holmains died - Notorious duellist
1820	Charlotte Square (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
1820	Cluny House (Perth and Kinross) Built
1820	Cullen House (Moray) Built
1820	East Preston Street Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1820	Headquarters of the National Trust for Scotland (City of Edinburgh) Built
1820	James Thomson Memorial (Scottish Borders) Erected
1820	John Caird born - Theologian and philosopher
1820	Larbert Old Church (Falkirk) Built
1820	Lochend House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1820	No.28 Charlotte Square (City of Edinburgh) Built
1820	Sir Alexander Mackenzie died - Explorer
1820	Sir Thomas Dundas of Kerse (1st Baron Dundas) died - Politician, merchant and naval officer
1820	Thomas Douglas (5th Earl of Selkirk) died - Philanthropist and coloniser
1820	Tulliallan Castle (Fife) Built
1820	Union Suspension Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
1820	William John Macquorn Rankine born - Engineer and physicist
1821	Balnakeilly (Perth and Kinross) Built
1821	Blairquhan Castle (South Ayrshire) Built
1821	Castle Toward (Argyll and Bute) Built
1821	Coul House (Highland) Built
1821	Henry Dunning Macleod born - Economist
1821	James Croll born - Unsung scientist
1821	James Faed born - Engraver
1821	John Ballantyne died - Printer and publisher, born in Kelso
1821	John Francis Campbell (Iain Og Ile) born - Polymath
1821	John Hunter died - Governor of New South Wales (Australia) between 1795 and 1800
1821	John Rennie died - Engineer, born in Phantassie, East Lothian
1821	Prof. James Gregory died - Professor of Medicine
1821	Robert Adamson born - Photographer
1821	Sir James Gowans born - Architect
1821	Sir Joseph Noel Paton born - The "Fairy Painter"
1821	Strichen House (Aberdeenshire) Built
1821	Thomas Morris (Old Tom) born - Golfer
1821	Thomas Usher born - Brewer
1821	William (Willie) Dunn (Senior) born - Golfing champion and equipment manufacturer
1822	Alexander Mackenzie born - Canadian Prime Minister
1822	Almond Aqueduct (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1822	Avon Aqueduct (Falkirk) Opened
1822	Bridge of Earn (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1822	Caledonian Canal (Highland) Opened
1822	David Jacks (David Jack) born - Entrepreneur and land speculator who gave his name to 'Monterey Jack' cheese
1822	Francis Cadell born - Explorer
1822	George IV visits Scotland
1822	Iain Dubh MacCrimmon died - The last of the hereditary pipers to MacLeod of Dunvegan
1822	James Dickson died - Plant collector
1822	James Grant born - Novelist and historian
1822	National Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1822	Peter Henderson born - Seed merchant and author
1822	Robert William Thomson born - Engineer and Inventor
1822	Samuel Bough born - Influential watercolourist
1822	Sir Henry James Sumner Maine born - Jurist and legal historian
1822	Sir Thomas Bouch born - Engineer
1822	Slateford Aqueduct (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1822	The Linlithgow Canal Centre (West Lothian) Opened
1822	The Music Hall (Aberdeen City) Built
1822	The Signet Library (City of Edinburgh) Built
1822	Thomas Coutts died - Banker
1822	Thomas Nelson born - Publisher
1822	Union Canal (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1823	Admiral George Keith Elphinstone (Admiral Lord Keith; 1st Viscount Keith) died - Naval commander
1823	Andrew Heiton born - Architect
1823	Archibald Hood born - Mining engineer and entrepreneur
1823	Blythswood Square (Glasgow City) Constructed
1823	Burns Monument (South Ayrshire) Erected
1823	Cramond Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1823	Dr James Crichton died - Physician and philanthropist
1823	General Nisbet Balfour died - Soldier and politician
1823	George Douglas Campbell (8th Duke of Argyll) born - Politician
1823	George Washington Wilson born - Pioneering photographer, noted for his early studies of the Royal family
1823	Jemima Blackburn (Jemima Wedderburn) born - Artist
1823	Matthew Baillie died - Anatomist and physician extraordinary to King George III
1823	Melville Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1823	Sir Henry Raeburn died - Portrait painter
1823	Sir John Hope (4th Earl of Hopetoun) died - Soldier
1823	Tayport West Lighthouse (Fife) Built
1823	The Queen's Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built
1824	Abbotsford House (Scottish Borders) Built
1824	Alexander Campbell died - Composer, musician, poet and author
1824	Alexander Fleming born - Iron-master and philanthropist
1824	David Smart born - Architect
1824	Dunninald Castle (Angus) Built
1824	Edinburgh Academy (City of Edinburgh) Established
1824	Ettrick Kirk (Scottish Borders) Built
1824	Glencorse Reservoir (Midlothian) Opened
1824	Great Fire of Edinburgh
1824	Hopetoun Monument (East Lothian) Erected
1824	John Elder born - Marine engineer and ship-builder
1824	John Ritchie Findlay born - Newspaper owner
1824	John Stuart McCaig born - Oban banker, art critic and philosophical essayist
1824	Lachlan Macquarie died - Soldier, civil servant and Father of Australia
1824	Perth Museum and Art Gallery (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1824	Sir James Anderson born - Captain of the Great Eastern
1824	Thomas McIlwraith born - Canadian businessman and ornithologist
1824	Tibbie Shiels Inn (Scottish Borders) Built
1824	Walter Chalmers Smith born - Poet and Free Church minister, born in Aberdeen
1824	Waterloo Monument (Scottish Borders) Erected
1824	William Thomson (Lord Kelvin of Largs) born - Mathematician and Physicist
1825	Aberfeldy Water Mill (Perth and Kinross) Built
1825	Angus Mor MacAskill (Aonghas Mor MacAsgaill) born - The Cape Breton Giant
1825	Ben Nevis Distillery (Highland) Opened
1825	Catherine Helen Spence born - Australian social reformer
1825	Edradour Distillery (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1825	James Guthrie Orchar born - Engineer, industrialist and philanthropist
1825	James Taylor died - Engineer
1825	Sir Donald Currie born - Shipping magnate and politician
1825	Sir George Warrender of Lochend (6th Baronet Lochend) born - Politician and businessman
1825	Sir James Erskine of Torrie died - Soldier, amateur artist and collector
1825	St Giles Church (Moray) Built
1825	William Beardmore born - Engineer
1825	William Burns born -
1825	William Robertson born - Engineer, industrialist and local politician
1826	Alexander Gordon Laing died - African explorer
1826	Andrew Usher born - Whisky blender
1826	Caol Ila Distillery (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1826	Colonel Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart (7th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall) born - Landowner and politician
1826	Dr. John Barclay died - Anatomist
1826	Duntrune House (Angus) Built
1826	Gattonside Suspension Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
1826	General John McArthur born - General in the American Civil War
1826	John Brown born - Personal servant of Queen Victoria
1826	John Jeffrey born - Explorer and plant-hunter
1826	John Kay died - Artist and social commentator
1826	Most Rev. William Dalrymple Maclagan born - Archbishop of York
1826	Murdoch (Murdo) Paterson born - Civil engineer
1826	Ramshorn Church (Glasgow City) Built
1826	Robert Rainy born - Clergyman and ecclesiastical statesman
1826	Royal Scottish Academy (City of Edinburgh) Built
1826	Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn born - Medical and health pioneer
1826	Thomas Faed born - Painter, noted for his scenes of domestic life
1826	William Glen died - Minor poet
1827	Alexander Gordon (4th Duke of Gordon) died - Noble and song-writer
1827	Archibald Constable died - Publisher
1827	Argyll Arcade (Glasgow City) Constructed
1827	Buchan Ness Lighthouse (Aberdeenshire) Built
1827	Christian Salvesen born - Ship-owner
1827	Dr. William McEwan born - Brewer and philanthropist
1827	Gilbert Burns died - Younger brother of poet Robert Burns (1759-96)
1827	Greenock Cut (Inverclyde) Opened
1827	Hugh Baird died - Civil engineer
1827	Hugh Clapperton died - Explorer, born in Annan (Dumfries and Galloway)
1827	James Augustus Grant born - Explorer and soldier
1827	Joseph Lister (1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis) born - Surgeon
1827	Robert Pollok died - Poet
1827	Sir Robert Abercromby died - Soldier
1827	Sir Sandford Fleming born - Canadian railway engineer, born in Kirkcaldy
1827	St Stephen's Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
1827	Stracathro House (Angus) Built
1827	Thom, Loch (Inverclyde) Opened
1827	William Reynolds born - One of the first winners of the Victoria Cross
1828	Alexander Fraser born - Landscape painter
1828	Balfour Stewart born - Physicist and meteorologist
1828	Camperdown House (Dundee City) Built
1828	Captain John Melville Keay born - Record-breaking ships captain
1828	Dr. Andrew Duncan died - Medical reformer
1828	Dugald Stewart died - Philosopher
1828	Dunphail House (Moray) Built
1828	Isabella Elder (Isabella Ure) born - Philanthropist
1828	John Ainslie died - Surveyor and cartographer
1828	John Boyd Watson born - Australian mining tycoon
1828	John McIlwraith born - Manufacturing plumber and ship-owner
1828	Margaret Oliphant (Margaret Wilson) born - Prodigious author
1828	Matthew Forster Heddle born - Mineralogist and chemist
1828	Robert Blair died - Inventor and astronomer
1829	Advocate's Library (City of Edinburgh) Built
1829	Alexander Buchan born - Meteorologist
1829	Captain George Moodie born - First Captain of the Cutty Sark
1829	Francis Hamilton Buchanan died - Explorer and naturalist
1829	General Sir David Baird died - Soldier
1829	John Veitch born - Philosopher, poet and historian
1829	New Parliament House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1829	Robert Archibald Smith died - Minor composer and collector of songs
1829	The Blairs Museum (Aberdeenshire) Established
1829	The Facade (Aberdeen City) Erected
1829	Thomas Francis Jamieson born - Geologist
1829	Tyninghame House (East Lothian) Built
1829	William Burke died - Resurrectionist and Murderer
1829	William Quarrier born - Philanthropist and social reformer
c.1830	Easthouse (Shetland) Built
1830	Aberdeen Arts Centre (Aberdeen City) Built
1830	Alexander Brodie born - Sculptor
1830	Burns Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1830	Charles George Hood Kinnear born - Architect and inventor
1830	Ebenezer Bryce born - Mormon convert who gave his name to Bryce Canyon (Utah, USA)
1830	Garden House (Stirling) Built
1830	Henry Bell died - Engineer
1830	Letham Grange (Angus) Built
1830	Mull of Galloway Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
1830	Sir Charles Wyville Thomson born - Oceanographer
1830	Sir James Donaldson died - Publisher and philanthropist
1830	Tarbat Ness Lighthouse (Highland) Built
1830	Tugnet Ice House (Moray) Built
1830	William Paterson Turnbull born - American ornithologist
1830	William Topaz McGonagall born - Poet
1831	Appin House (Argyll and Bute) Built
1831	Bridge of Don (Aberdeen City) Opened
1831	Greenlaw Town Hall (Scottish Borders) Built
1831	Innocent Railway Tunnel (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1831	James Clerk Maxwell born - Mathematician and physicist
1831	John M. Honeyman born - Architect
1831	Patrick Nasmyth died - Artist
1831	Peter Guthrie Tait born - Physicist
1831	The Innocent Railway (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1831	William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (6th Duke of Buccleuch; 8th Duke of Queensberry) born - Noble and politician
1831	William Ritchie died - Publisher
1831	William Symington died - Engineer
1832	Dean Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1832	Dr. John Kirk born - Explorer and Reformer
1832	Dupplin Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
1832	Fergusson Gallery (Perth and Kinross) Built
1832	George IV Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1832	James Thomson died - Minor poet
1832	John Muir House (East Lothian) Built
1832	John Paterson died - Architect
1832	New Bridge (Stirling) Opened
1832	Port Ellen Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
1832	Reform Act (1832)
1832	Rev. Dr. Andrew Bell died - Educationalist
1832	Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh) Built
1832	Sir James Hall died - Geologist and politician
1832	Sir John Leslie died - Physicist and inventor
1832	Sir Walter Scott died - Prodigious writer, patriot and enthusiast for all things Scottish
1832	The Conservatory (Midlothian) Built
1832	William Schomberg Robert Kerr (8th Marquess of Lothian) born - Noble
1833	Alexander Baird died - Farmer and entrepreneur
1833	Alexander Henry Rhind born - Egyptologist
1833	Andrew Picken died - Author
1833	Barra Head Lighthouse (Western Isles) Built
1833	George Clark born - Shoe maker
1833	George Granville Leveson-Gower (1st Duke of Sutherland) died - Infamous reformer
1833	George Paul Chalmers (G.P. Chalmers) born - Painter, described as the Angus Rembrandt
1833	Glengoyne Distillery (Stirling) Opened
1833	James Ballantyne died - Printer and Publisher
1833	James Bell died - Geographer
1833	John Anderson born - Zoologist
1833	Lismore Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
1833	Merchiston Castle School (City of Edinburgh) Established
1833	Municipal Reform Act (1833)
1833	Reform Monument (Aberdeenshire) Erected
1833	Reform Tower (Aberdeenshire) Erected
1833	Robert Methven Heron born - Potter
1833	Schomberg Henry Kerr (9th Marquess of Lothian) born - Noble, politician and industrialist
1833	Sir William Macleod Bannatyne (Lord Bannatyne) died - Jurist, judge and author
1833	Sir William Pearce born - English-born ship-builder
1833	The Necropolis (Glasgow City) Opened
1833	Thomas Allan died - Banker, newspaper proprietor and mineralogist
1833	Thomas Moonlight born - Soldier, politician and diplomat
1833	Victoria Dock (Dundee City) Built
1833	William Marshall died - Composer and fiddle-player
1834	David Douglas died - Adventurous botanist
1834	Edward Irving died - Charismatic preacher
1834	Frances MacDonald born - Artist and designer
1834	James Abbott McNeill Whistler born - Artist
1834	James Barbour born - Architect
1834	James Gall born - Publisher and businessman
1834	John Campbell (4th Earl and 1st Marquis of Breadalbane) died - Noble and soldier
1834	Rutherford's (City of Edinburgh) Built
1834	Sir James Hector born - Geologist and naturalist, who came to dominate science in New Zealand
1834	Sir Robert Preston died - Merchant and philanthropist
1834	Sir Robert Rowand Anderson born - Architect
1834	Thomas Pringle died - Minor poet and reformer
1834	Thomas Telford died - Civil engineer
1834	William (Willie) Park (Senior) born - Golfing champion
1834	William Blackwood died - Publisher and bookseller
1834	William Fullerton Elphinstone died - Chairman of the East India Company
c.1835	Kalemouth Suspension Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
c.1835	Peter Dodds McCormick born - Composer of the Australian National Anthem and choirmaster
c.1835	Tighnabruaich Pier (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1835	Andrew Carnegie born - Iron and steel magnate and great philanthropist
1835	Edward Caird born - Philosopher
1835	James Hogg (The Ettrick Shepherd) died - Author, songwriter and poet
1835	Madeleine Smith born - Poisoner, who gave rise to a celebrated legal case
1835	Mungo Park born - Golfing champion
1835	Murray's Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
1835	Rev William Brown died - Clergyman and author
1835	Sir Archibald Geikie born - Geologist, specialising in volcanic geology and the microscopic examination of rocks
1835	Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster died - Politician, lawyer and agricultural reformer
1835	Sir Thomas McIlwraith born - Politician and financier
1835	William McTaggart born - Painter
1835	William Motherwell died - Poet, antiquary and journalist
1836	Andrew Strath born - Golf champion
1836	Ebenezer Scroggie died - Edinburgh merchant who provided Charles Dickens with the inspiration for the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge
1836	George Gordon (5th Duke of Gordon) died - Noble and General, who raised the Gordon Highlanders
1836	Inverness Castle (Highland) Built
1836	James Mill died - Philosopher, historian and economist, who was a founder of University College London
1836	Jessie Seymour Irvine born - Amateur composer, noted for a single tune
1836	John Loudon MacAdam (John Loudon McAdam) died - Surveyor and builder of roads
1836	Marischal College (Aberdeen City) Built
1836	Mauricewood (Midlothian) Built
1836	Rev. Alexander Whyte born - Free Church leader
1836	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman born - Politician and Prime Minister of Britain between 1905 and 1908
1836	Sir Samuel Chisholm born - Reforming politician and Lord Provost of Glasgow
1836	Sir William Fettes died - Merchant and philanthropist
1836	St Margaret's Parish Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
1836	The Highland Theological College (Highland) Built
1837	Dr. Joseph Bell born - Surgeon
1837	George Watson died - Portrait painter
1837	Glenfarclas Distillery (Moray) Opened
1837	Glenkinchie Distillery (East Lothian) Opened
1837	Hercules Linton born - The designer of the clipper ship Cutty Sark
1837	Sir James Key Caird born - Jute Baron and philanthropist
1837	Walter Geikie died - Artist
1838	A.K. Bell Library (Perth and Kinross) Built
1838	Alexander Crum Brown born - Organic chemist, born in Edinburgh
1838	Archibald Forbes born - War correspondent and military historian
1838	Charles Tennant died - Industrial chemist
1838	Garth House (Perth and Kinross) Built
1838	George Ramsay (9th Earl of Dalhousie) died - Soldier and statesman
1838	Glen Ord Distillery (Highland) Opened
1838	Granton Harbour (City of Edinburgh) Built
1838	John Muir born - Naturalist and conservationist
1838	Rev. John Jamieson died - Lexicographer
1838	Sir Michael Nairn born - Linoleum baron
1838	Thomas Blaikie died - Garden designer, who became known as the Capability Brown of France
1838	Thomas Blake Glover born - Merchant and reformer in Japan
1839	Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland died - Naval commander
1839	Alexander Milne died - Entrepreneur
1839	Biggar Gasworks Museum (South Lanarkshire) Opened
1839	Dr. John Aitken born - Physicist and meteorologist
1839	Duke of Gordon's Monument (Moray) Erected
1839	Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (Countess of Sutherland) died - Countess, artist and reformer
1839	George William Campbell (6th Duke of Argyll) died - Son of John Campbell (1723 - 1806), the 5th Duke
1839	James Geikie born - Geologist
1839	James Maitland (8th Earl of Lauderdale) died - Politician and economist
1839	John Pettie born - Painter
1839	Lady Flora Hastings died - Lady Flora was a daughter of Loudoun Castle, near Galston, East Ayrshire
1839	Panmure Testimonial (Angus) Erected
1839	Prof. James Hamilton died - Obstetrician and medical lecturer
1839	Sir William Arrol born - Engineer and leading railway contractor
1839	William Adam died - Lawyer and politician
1839	William Farquhar died - Founder and first colonial administrator of Singapore
1839	William Murdock died - Engineer and inventor of gas lighting
1840	Alexander Nasmyth died - Painter and architect
1840	Custom House (Glasgow City) Built
1840	Forth and Cart Junction Canal (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
1840	Haymarket Station (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1840	James Paterson died - Inventor
1840	John Boyd Dunlop born - Inventor, born into a farming family at Dreghorn (North Ayrshire)
1840	John Galt died - Novelist
1840	John Reid born - Golfing pioneer
1840	Rev. John Thomson died - Minister at Duddingston and artist
1840	Robert Alexander born - Painter
1840	Robert Ferguson of Raith died - Politician and mineral collector
1840	Sir Benjamin Baker born - English Civil engineer
1840	Sir Thomas Clouston born - Medical pioneer
1840	Sophia Jex Blake born - Medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette
1840	Southern Necropolis (Glasgow City) Opened
1840	Thomas Drummond died - Surveyor, inventor and politician
1840	William Maclure died - Father of American geology and educationalist
1841	Agnes Maclehose (Clarinda) died - The Clarinda with whom Robert Burns (1759-96) famously corresponded
1841	Avon Viaduct (Falkirk) Opened
1841	Ayton Castle (Scottish Borders) Built
1841	David Don died - Botanist
1841	John B. Howard born - Theatre impresario and actor
1841	Lennox Castle (East Dunbartonshire) Built
1841	Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Crauford Ferguson died - Soldier, politician and landowner
1841	Richard Henry Brunton born - Civil engineer
1841	Seacliffe House (East Lothian) Built
1841	Sir Alexander Burnes died - Explorer
1841	Sir David Wilkie died - Painter
1841	Sir John Murray born - Pioneering Oceanographer
1841	The Corinthian (Glasgow City) Built
1841	Thomas Bruce (7th Earl of Elgin; 11th Earl of Kincardine) died - Diplomat
1842	(William) Hamilton Beattie born - Architect
1842	Almond Valley Viaduct (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1842	Archibald Menzies died - Plant hunter
1842	Carnoustie Championship Course (Angus) Opened
1842	David Watson Stevenson (D.W. Stevenson) born - Sculptor
1842	Elgin Museum (Moray) Opened
1842	Forglen House (Aberdeenshire) Built
1842	Hamilton Mausoleum (South Lanarkshire) Built
1842	James (Jamie) Anderson born - Golf champion
1842	John Rennie born - Naval architect
1842	Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone died - Unsuccessful military commander
1842	Osgood Mackenzie born - Garden architect
1842	Poldrate Mill (East Lothian) Opened
1842	Queen Street Station (Glasgow City) Opened
1842	Rev. Dr. George Matheson born - Preacher and noted hymn-writer
1842	Robert Haldane died - Evangelist and writer
1842	Sir Charles Bell died - Anatomist and surgeon
1842	Sir James Dewar born - Inventor and pioneer of cryogenics
1842	Sir James Ivory died - Mathematician
1842	Slateford Viaduct (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1843	Charles Macintosh died - Industrial chemist and entrepreneur
1843	Customs House and Harbour Chambers (Dundee City) Built
1843	David Hamilton died - Architect
1843	Dr. Andrew Peebles Aitken born - Agricultural chemist
1843	Dr. Henry Faulds born - Pioneer of finger-print identification
1843	General Sir William Schaw Cathcart (1st Earl of Cathcart) died - Soldier and diplomat
1843	George Abercromby (2nd Lord Abercromby of Aboukir and Tullibody) died - Lawyer and politician
1843	Guru Nanak Gurdwara Singh Sabha Sikh Temple (City of Edinburgh) Built
1843	James Scott Skinner born - Fiddler and prolific composer of fiddle music, born in Banchory, Aberdeenshire
1843	James Sellars born - Architect
1843	Major General Sir Archibald Campbell died - Heroic soldier and Governor of New Brunswick
1843	Rev. Alexander John Forsyth died - Inventor of the percussion cap
1843	Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne died - Evangelical preacher
1843	Sir David Gill born - Astronomer
1843	St Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral Towers (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
1843	Talisker Distillery (Highland) Opened
1843	Warriston Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1843	William Jardine died - Trader and entrepreneur
1843	William John Napier (9th Lord Napier) died - Sailor and diplomat
1843	William Wallace died - Mathematician and inventor
1843	The Disruption
1844	(Alexander) Keith Johnston born - Geographer, explorer and publisher
1844	Andrew McIlwraith born - Shipowner and frozen-meat trade pioneer
1844	Basil Hall died - Traveller and author
1844	Cove House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
1844	George Meikle Kemp died - Architect and draughtsman
1844	House of Falkland (Fife) Built
1844	James Allan Bell born - Railway engineer
1844	John Abercrombie died - Physician and medical scientist
1844	Martyrs' Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1844	Prof. Thomas Charles Hope died - Chemist
1844	Royal College of Physicians (City of Edinburgh) Built
1844	Sir Alexander Ogston born - Surgeon and bacteriologist
1844	Sir James Shaw died - Lord Major of London and real-life Dick Whittington
1844	Sir John Sholto Douglas (8th Marquis of Queensberry; Viscount Drumlanrig) born - Patron of sport and subject of an infamous trial
1844	Sir Patrick Manson born - Medical scientist
1844	Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton born - Clinical pharmacologist
1844	Sir Thomas Muir born - Mathematician
1844	Skerryvore Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
1844	Thomas Henderson died - Astronomer
1844	Waverley Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1844	Whitehill House (Midlothian) Built
c.1845	Crawhin Reservoir (Inverclyde) Opened
c.1845	Kelly Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened
1845	Admiral Sir David Milne died - Naval commander
1845	Alexander Shanks died - Inventor of the modern lawnmower, who lived in Arbroath
1845	Dean Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1845	Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow City) Established
1845	John Douglas Sutherland Campbell (9th Duke of Argyll) born - Politician and statesman
1845	John Knox died - Painter
1845	Mar Hall (Renfrewshire) Built
1845	Princes Square (Glasgow City) Built
1845	Robert Fleming born - Investment banker
1845	Royal Lochnagar Distillery (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1845	St Mary's Episcopal Church (Midlothian) Built
1845	Sydney Smith died - Clergyman, writer, wit and co-founder of the Edinburgh Review
1845	The Glasgow Academy (Glasgow City) Established
1845	Thomas Duncan died - Painter
1845	William Graham born - Photographer
1845	William Robertson-Smith born - Scholar of Oriental and Biblical Studies
1846	Alexander Milne Calder born - Sculptor
1846	Dr. Henry Duncan died - Father of the Savings Banks
1846	General Sir George Murray died - Soldier, statesman and politician
1846	Ingliston House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1846	James Logie Robertson (Hugh Haliburton) born - Minor poet
1846	Leny House (Stirling) Built
1846	Newington Necropolis (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1846	Penmanshiel Tunnel (Scottish Borders) Opened
1846	Prof. Adam Anderson died - Educationalist and pioneering engineer, who modernised the utility infrastructure of Perth
1846	Rosebank Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1846	Scott Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1846	Sir James Balfour Paul born - Lord Lyon King of Arms
1846	The Bedlam Theatre (City of Edinburgh) Built
1846	William Guthrie Spence born - Trade union leader
c.1847	Stobsmuir Ponds (Dundee City) Opened
1847	(Alexander) Marshall Mackenzie born - Architect
1847	Alexander Forbes-Leith (Baron Leith of Fyvie) born - Steel magnate
1847	Alexander Graham Bell born - Inventor and entrepreneur
1847	Archibald Philip Primrose (5th Earl of Rosebery) born - Politician and British Prime Minister
1847	Archibald Simpson died - Aberdeen-based architect
1847	David Mushet died - Industrialist and metallurgist
1847	Dr. Thomas Chalmers died - Founder of the Free Church of Scotland
1847	Grange Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1847	John Campbell Hamilton Gordon (1st Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair) born - Governor-General of Canada and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1847	John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell (7th Duke of Argyll) died - Brother of George William Campbell (1766 - 1839), the 6th Duke and son of John Campbell (1723 - 1806), the 5th Duke
1847	John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (3rd Marquess of Bute) born - Patron of the arts and philanthropist
1847	John Wilson Ewbank died - Painter
1847	Loch Ryan Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
1847	Rev. Henry Francis Lyte died - One of the great Victorian hymn-writers
1847	Robert Liston died - Surgeon
1847	Robert Thom died - Engineer
1847	Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Glasgow City) Established
1847	Sir Robert McAlpine ("Concrete Bob") born - Entrepreneur, known as "Concrete Bob"
1847	The Dome (City of Edinburgh) Built
1848	Arthur James Balfour (1st Earl Balfour of Whittingehame) born - Politician, born on his family estate at Whittingehame, East Lothian, his father died when Balfour was just seven and further tragedy struck when his younger brother, the eminent scientist Francis Balfour, died in 1882 as the result of a climbing accident. Balfour was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge
1848	Harlaw Reservoir (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1848	John Crichton-Stuart (2nd Marquess of Bute) died - Entrepreneur
1848	Larbert Junction (Falkirk) Opened
1848	Larbert Station (Falkirk) Opened
1848	Mary Slessor born - An ordinary Dundee mill worker who became a notable missionary in West Africa
1848	Perth Railway Station (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1848	Robert (Bob) Ferguson born - Golf champion
1848	Robert Adamson died - Photographer
1848	Sir William MacEwen born - Surgical pioneer
1848	South Leith Parish Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
1848	Stephen Adam born - Stained-glass artist
1848	Threipmuir Reservoir (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1848	William Henry (Christie) Miller (Christie Miller) died - Eccentric politician
1848	William Thom died - Minor poet
1848	Moray Firth Fishing Disaster
1849	Alexander Murdoch Mackay born - Missionary
1849	Alexander William George Duff (1st Duke of Fife) born - Politician, banker and landowner
1849	Ardnamurchan Lighthouse (Highland) Built
1849	Charles Lyell died - Botanist and translator of Dante
1849	Great Eastern Hotel (Glasgow City) Built
1849	Joanna Belfrage Picken died - Minor poet
1849	John Barbour born - Draper, who gave his name to the Barbour Jacket
1849	MacFadzean Monument (North Ayrshire) Erected
1849	Melrose Railway Station (Scottish Borders) Built
1849	Prof. George Forbes born - Physicist, astronomer and traveller
1849	St Ninian's Cathedral (Perth and Kinross) Built
1849	Victor Alexander Bruce (9th Earl of Elgin; 13th Earl of Kincardine) born - Statesman and Viceroy of India
1849	William Cunningham born - Economic historian and clergyman
1849	William Grant Stevenson born - Sculptor
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