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List of events
Events from the year 1822 in
Scotland .
Incumbents
Contemporary
caricature of the
kilted
King George IV
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
10 January –
Princes Street in Edinburgh is first given
gas lighting .
[1]
May – the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Union Canal , engineered by
Hugh Baird , is opened throughout, from a terminus at
Fountainbridge in Edinburgh to a junction with the
Forth and Clyde Canal at
Camelon near
Falkirk , including Scotland's only canal tunnel (at Falkirk) and completion of
Slateford Aqueduct ; passenger boats have been operating on the canal from the beginning of the year.
[2]
July – the Royal Association of Contributors to the
National Monument of Scotland is incorporated; the foundation stone is laid in Edinburgh on 27 August.
[1]
15–29 August –
visit of King George IV to Scotland , largely arranged by Sir
Walter Scott (with the assistance of his friend, the theatrical manager
William Henry Murray ),
[3] first appearance of the monarch here since 1651.
23–24 October – the
Caledonian Canal , engineered by
Thomas Telford , is opened throughout, linking the east and west coasts through the
Great Glen from
Clachnaharry on the
Beauly Firth near
Inverness to
Corpach on
Loch Linnhe near
Fort William ; the passenger
steamboat Stirling Castle operates through the canal.
[2]
Cartland Bridge is completed to the design of Thomas Telford, crossing 123 feet (37 m) above the Mouse Water near
Lanark .
[4]
The
Highland Show is first staged.
The old town of
Cullen, Moray , is demolished.
The façade of
Register House in Princes Street, Edinburgh, is completed to the design of
Robert Reid .
[1]
The
Assembly Rooms, Aberdeen , designed by
Archibald Simpson , are built.
Births
9 February –
Francis Cadell , explorer in Australasia (murdered 1879 in the East Indies)
13 February –
James B. Beck , U.S. Senator (died
1890 in the United States )
12 March –
William Fettes Douglas , painter (died
1891 )
22 March –
Jane Miller Thengberg , pioneer of
female education in Sweden (died 1902 in Uppsala)
8 June –
Hugh Findlay ,
Mormon missionary (died
1900 in the United States )
26 July (bapt.) –
Robert William Thomson , engineer, inventor of the bicycle tyre (died
1873 )
1 August –
James Grant , author (died
1887 )
10 September –
Alexander Ferrier Mitchell , ecclesiastical historian and
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (died
1899 )
1 December –
Andrew Allan , shipowner (died
1901 in Canada )
2 December –
David Masson ,
literary biographer and historian (died
1907 )
6 December –
David Stirling , architect in Nova Scotia (died
1887 in Canada )
Probable date –
Stewart McPherson , soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross (died
1892 )
Deaths
The arts
See also
References
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