Scotland

Novelist R.M. Ballantyne, who wrote 90 books, the best known of which was The Coral Island, was born in Edinburgh.

Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction, who wrote more than a hundred books. He was also an accomplished artist: he exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.

George MacDonald, Scottish novelist poet creator of childrens fairy stories born

George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister, was born on December 10, 1824, in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Edinburghs Great Fire began destroying High Street, Parliament Square and the Tron Kirk

On November 15, 1824, a devastating fire occurred in the Old Town of Edinburgh and is considered one of the most destructive fires in the city’s history.

Sir Henry Raeburn, died

Sir Henry Raeburn RA RSA FRSE( (/ˈreɪbərn/; )4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland.

Scottish Insurrection of 1820 begins

The Radical War, also known as the Scottish Insurrection of 1820, was a week of strikes and unrest, a culmination of Radical demands for reform in the United Kingdom which had become prominent in the early years of the French Revolution, but had then been repressed during the long Napoleonic Wars. An economic downturn after the wars ended brought increasing unrest. Artisan workers, particularly weavers in Scotland, sought action to reform an uncaring government, gentry fearing revolutionary horrors recruited militia and the government deployed an apparatus of spies, informers and agents provocateurs to stamp out the trouble.

Andrew Hardie, executed.

Andrew Hardie was a Scottish weaver and one of the leaders of the Radical War, a political protest and uprising that took place in Scotland in 1820. The Radical War was part of a broader movement for political and social reform. Andrew Hardie, along with John Baird, played a prominent role in the events of that year.

Sir Francis McClintock, born

Sir Francis Leopold McClintock KCB FRS (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae’s controversial report gathered from Inuit sources on the fate of Franklin’s lost expedition, the ill-fated Royal Navy undertaking commanded by Sir John Franklin in 1845 attempting to be the first to traverse the Northwest Passage.

Honours of Scotland put on display in Edinburgh Castle after being rediscovered by Sir Walter Scott

First edition of the Edinburgh-based Scotsman newspaper, published

The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its parent company, National World, also publishes the Edinburgh Evening News. It had an audited print circulation of 8,762 for July to December 2022.

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet - Waverly Novels

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832)