16 March – at an auction of the art collection of
John Clerk, Lord Eldin (died
1832) at his home in Picardy Place, Edinburgh, the floor collapses, killing the banker Alexander Smith.[1]
28 August –– the
Slavery Abolition Act receives
Royal Assent, abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire. A £20 million fund is established to compensate slaveowners, many of whom are in Scotland.
John Menzies is established as a newsagent in Edinburgh.
Madras College is established in
St Andrews by merger of the grammar and English schools under the bequest of locally-born educationalist Rev. Dr.
Andrew Bell (died 1832), promoter of the '
Madras system' of education.[6]
^MacLeod, H. MacLennan (1962). "The Parish of Killearn". In Rennie, R.C. (ed.). The County of Stirling. The Third
Statistical Account of Scotland, 18. Glasgow: Collins.
^Galloway, D. D. (1989). In the Footsteps of Dr. Bell. St Andrews: Madras College.