1842 in Scotland
Nowadays, 1842 in Scotland has become a topic of great relevance and interest in different areas. Its impact is not limited to a single sector, but covers a wide range of areas, from technology to health, culture and politics. The 1842 in Scotland phenomenon has captured the attention of millions of people around the world, generating debates, reflections and actions around its meaning, implications and potential consequences. In this article, we will explore various perspectives on 1842 in Scotland, analyzing its evolution, its relevance in the current context and its possible impact in the future.
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Events from the year 1842 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Sir William Rae, Bt until October; then Duncan McNeill
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Duncan McNeill; then Adam Anderson
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Boyle
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Hope
Events
- 3 January – 3rd Scottish Convention of Chartists opens in Glasgow.
- 21 February – Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway opened.
- 29 April – New Market opened in Aberdeen.
- May – the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland makes a "Claim of Rights" (drafted by Alexander Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop) asserting the church's independence of state control in spiritual matters.
- 1 September – Queen Victoria arrives by sea at Granton, Edinburgh, to start her first visit to Scotland.
- September – Robert Davidson's experimental battery-electric locomotive Galvani is demonstrated on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
- The Sobieski Stuarts' Vestiarium Scoticum is published in Edinburgh, purporting to be a reproduction from an old manuscript illustrating traditional Scottish clan tartan dress.
- A velocipede rider from Dumfriesshire, perhaps Kirkpatrick Macmillan, knocks down a pedestrian in the Gorbals district of Glasgow.
- James Shanks patents and begins to produce the pony-drawn lawn mower.
- Glasgow Botanic Gardens moves to its current location.
- Carnoustie Golf Links opened.
Births
- 16 April – Laidlaw Purves, surgeon and golfer (died 1917 in England)
- 1 May – David Boyle, archaeologist in Canada (died 1911)
- 27 June – Jamie Anderson, golfer (died 1905)
- 20 September – James Dewar chemist and physicist (died 1923)
- 12 October – Robert Gillespie Reid, railway contractor in Canada (died 1908)
Deaths
- 28 April – Charles Bell, surgeon, anatomist, neurologist and philosophical theologian (born 1774)
- 31 May – James Fergusson, judge (born 1769)
- 12 December – Robert Haldane, theologian (born 1764 in London)
- 24 December – Adam Gillies, Lord Gillies, judge (born 1760)
See also
References
- ^ Wilson, Alexander (1970). The Chartist Movement in Scotland. Manchester University Press. ISBN 071900411X.
- ^ Glasgow Constitutional (22 February 1842). "Opening Of The Edinburgh And Glasgow Railway". The Times. No. 17913. London. p. 6.
- ^ "The New Market". Leopard. Aberdeen: 32–5. November 1974.
- ^ Kermack, W. R. (1944). 19 Centuries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Johnston. p. 87.
- ^ "Victoria's Visit". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ Johnston, James (Winter 1899). "The first bicycle". The Gallovidian. 4. Dumfries.
- ^ "History of the Lawnmower: Part One: 1830-1850s". The Hall & Duck Trust. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ The World Atlas of Golf, 2nd ed. (1988); Finegan, James W., Scotland: Where Golf is Great (2010).