1797 in Scotland
Events from the year 1797 in Scotland.
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Incumbents
    
    Law officers
    
Events
    
- 19 July – Act to Raise and Embody a Militia Force in Scotland.
 - 29 August – Massacre of Tranent: British troops attack protestors against enforced recruitment into the militia at Tranent in East Lothian, killing 12.
 - 11 October (12 October naval reckoning) – Battle of Camperdown: Royal Navy led by Dundee-born Admiral Duncan defeats the fleet of the Batavian Republic off the coast of Holland.[1]
 - Cloch lighthouse completed.
 - Johnston Press established as printers in Falkirk.
 - Johnstons of Elgin established as a textile mill in Elgin, Moray.
 - Keiller's marmalade first produced in Dundee.
 - Publication of Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition is completed in Edinburgh.
 
Births
    
- 29 April – George Don, botanist (died 1856)
 - 10 October – Thomas Drummond, military surveyor and Under-Secretary for Ireland (died 1840 in Ireland)
 - 14 November – Charles Lyell, geologist (died 1875 in England)[2]
 - 3 December – Andrew Smith, military surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist (died 1872 in England)
 
Deaths
    
- 26 March – James Hutton, geologist (born 1726)
 - 30 December – David Martin, portrait painter and engraver (born 1737)
 
The arts
    
- 24 December – Walter Scott marries Charlotte Carpenter at St Mary's Church, Carlisle, and the couple immediately move into their new home at 50 George Street, Edinburgh.[3]
 
References
    
- "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
 - "Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875)". National Records of Scotland. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
 - Edinburgh Archive – Family.
 
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