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List of events
Events from the year 1806 in
Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
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1 February –
George Harvey, genre painter (died
1876)
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19 March –
John Coldstream, physician (died 1863 in England)
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26 March –
James Hogg, publisher (died 1888 in England)
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15 April –
Alexander Duff, Church of Scotland missionary to India (died 1878 in England)
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4 June –
Daniel Macnee, portrait painter (died
1882)
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5 July –
James Dawson, Guardian of Australian Aboriginals (died
1900 in Australia)
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20 July –
John Sterling, author (died 1844 in England)
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19 September –
William Dyce, painter (died 1864 in England)
- October –
William Atherton, lawyer and liberal politician (died 1864 in England)
- 10 or 12 October –
David Scott, historical painter (died
1849)
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10 December –
David Robertson, marine biologist (died
1896)
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James Graham, missionary photographer (died
1869)
Deaths
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30 January –
David Smythe, Lord Methven, judge (born
1746)
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20 February –
Lachlan McIntosh, military and political leader (born
1725; died in
Savannah, Georgia)
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17 March –
David Dale, businessman and philanthropist (born
1739)
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5 April –
Benjamin Bell, surgeon (born
1749)
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24 May –
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, field marshal (born
1723)
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29 December –
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, politician (born
1735)
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Mungo Park, explorer (born
1771; died in
Bussa, Nigeria)
The arts
See also
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