Scottish History

1760 - 1901

George III

1793 Thomas Muir arrested

1791-99 Old (First) Statistical Account of Scotland

1803 Act of Parliament set up the Commission for Highland Roads and Bridges.

1804-22 Caledonian Canal built - finally completed 1847

1818 Honours of Scotland discovered in Edinburgh Castle

George IV

1820 Rising Proclamation distributed in Western Scotland

1820 Battle of Bonnymuir

1822 George IV visits Edinburgh - first visit by a reigning sovereign since Charles I

1822 Ex-policeman Richard Campbell was the last person to be flogged in Glasgow. He was tied to the back of a cart and taken through the streets.

William IV

Victoria

1842 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visit Scotland

1842 A Claim of Right was issued by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland asserting its independence from the state. This was rejected by Parliament and led to the 1843 Disruption.

1843 Great Disruption - following on from the 1842 Claim of Right, this was a division in the Church of Scotland when over a third of the ministers walked out of the General Assembly. They formed the Free Church of Scotland with Thomas Chalmers as its first Moderator.

1845 New (Scotland) Statistical Account of Scotland

1859 Queen Victoria turned on Glasgow's water supply from Loch Katrine.

1864 Railway station built in Fort William - much of the existing fort demolished

1865 Last public execution (Dr. William Pritchard) in Glasgow.

1879 Tay Bridge disaster - the rail bridge collapsed while a train was crossing resulting in the loss of over 70 lives - this also resulted in a rethink of design for Forth Bridge, work on which had already started

1883-90 Forth (Rail) Bridge built

1882 Battle of the Braes

1886 Crofter's Commission

1887 Crofters march, Park Forest, Lewis

1900 Majority of the Free Church of Scotland joined with the United Presbyterian Church to form the United Free Church. The remainder of the Free Church of Scotland was known as the Wee Frees.

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