Events from the year 1772 in Scotland.
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edit- April–June – the brig Alexander collects emigrants from the west of Scotland (the "Glenaladale settlers") and carries them to Prince Edward Island.[1]
- 10 June – Credit crisis of 1772 is triggered when, following the flight of their partner, Aberdeen-born Alexander Fordyce, to France, the London banking house of Neal, James, Fordyce and Down (which has been speculating in East India Company stock) suspends payment. The resultant panic causes failure of other banks, particularly in Scotland, and especially in Edinburgh and the Ayr Bank.
- Summer – Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant makes a second tour of Scotland.[2]
- Construction of St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, as the first part of the New Town (designed by James Craig), begins.[3]
- Original North Bridge, Edinburgh, completed.[4]
- Three Stirling councillors privately sign a secret agreement, the "Black Bond", to run the affairs of the burgh to their own personal advantage.
- Fingal's Cave is brought to the attention of the English-speaking world by English naturalist Sir Joseph Banks.[5][6]
Births
edit- 15 January – James Ballantyne, editor and publisher (died 1833)
- 11 February – Thomas Webster, geologist (died 1844 in London)
- 8 June – Robert Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (died 1850)
- 25 December – John Mackay, botanist (died 1802)
Deaths
edit- 26 July – James Graeme, poet (tuberculosis; born 1749)
- 10 October – William Wilkie, poet (ague; born 1721)
The arts
edit- Lady Anne Lindsay writes the ballad "Auld Robin Gray".
See also
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References
edit- ^ "The Passenger List of the "Alexander", and the Glenaladale Settlers". The Island Register. 1972. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Pennant, Thomas (1774). A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII. Chester: John Monk.
- ^ Lang, Theo, ed. (1952). Edinburgh and the Lothians. The Queen’s Scotland. London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 124.
- ^ Stark, John (1825). Picture of Edinburgh. J. Anderson, Jun. pp. 77–79.
- ^ "Show Caves of the World". Archived from the original on 25 May 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Caves and Caving in the UK". Archived from the original on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2018.