Celtic history archive
1770
Scotland
HMS Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to …
1783
Scotland
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland’s national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan …
1783
Scotland
The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. The Herald is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. …
1786
Scotland
Kilmarnock Edition of the poems of Robert Burns Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect first published.
1787
Scotland
The first lighthouse in Scotland was established at Kinnaird Head in Fraserburgh. This historic lighthouse was commissioned by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights, a Scottish …
1790
Scotland
Adam Smith FRSA (baptized 16 June [O.S. 5 June] 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish[a] economist and philosopher who was a pioneer of political economy and key figure during the …
1790
Scotland
The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of …
1792
Scotland
John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 06, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States’ first well-known naval commander in the …
1793
Scotland
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (or MacKenzie, Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacCoinnich; c. 1764 – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer known for accomplishing the first crossing of America …
1793
Scotland
Thomas Muir, also known as Thomas Muir of Huntershill, was a Scottish political reformer and advocate of democratic principles in the late 18th century. He is best known for his …
1794
Scotland
The 4th Duke of Gordon, Alexander Gordon, was authorized to raise the Gordon Highlanders, a famous Scottish regiment, in 1794. Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, KT (18 June …
1795
Scotland
Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish philosopher, writer, and historian, was born on December 04, 1795, in Ecclefechan, a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Carlyle became a …