Events from the year 1793 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas of Arniston Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Blair
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Succoth Lord Justice General – The Viscount Stormont Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Braxfield
Events 2 January – Radical Thomas Muir of Huntershill arrested on a charge of sedition but released on bail. 20 July – Stornoway-born explorer Alexander Mackenzie's 1792–1793 Peace River expedition to the Pacific Ocean reaches its goal at Bella Coola, British Columbia, making him the first known person to complete a transcontinental crossing of northern North America. 17 August – 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers) raised at Fort William from members of Clan Cameron by Alan Cameron of Erracht. 24 August – Thomas Muir arrested at Portpatrick on his return from France. 31 August – Thomas Muir sentenced to penal transportation for 14 years. Little Cumbrae Lighthouse built. Piershill Barracks in Edinburgh and Queen's Barracks in Perth completed, originally for cavalry regiments.
Births 6 March – William Dick, founder of Edinburgh Veterinary College (died 1866) 3 April – Alexander Nicoll, Orientalist (died 1828 in Oxford) 1 June – Henry Francis Lyte, Anglican divine and hymn-writer (died 1847 in Nice) James Browne, man of letters (died 1841)
Deaths 5 January – John Howie, biographer (born 1735) 2 February – William Aiton, botanist (born 1731) 20 March – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, judge and politician (born 1705) 2 April or May – Colin Macfarquhar, bookseller and printer, co-founder of Encyclopædia Britannica (born 1744 or 1745?) 11 June – William Robertson, historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh (born 1721) 16 October – John Hunter, surgeon (born 1728) James Small, inventor (born 1740)
The arts 27 July – Robert Burns sets out on his first Galloway tour. August – Burns writes "Scots Wha Hae".
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