Events from the year 1795 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 12 March â William Lyon Mackenzie, journalist and politician in Canada (died 1861 in Canada)
- 25 May â George Meikle Kemp, designer of the (uncompleted) Scott Monument (died 1844)
- 19 June â James Braid, surgeon and scientist, pioneer of hypnotherapy (died 1860 in England)
- 6 September â Frances Wright, freethinker (died 1852 in the United States)
- 12 October â Janet Hamilton, née Thomson, poet and essayist (died 1873)
- 10 November â Walter Geikie, painter (died 1837)
- 4 December â Thomas Carlyle, historian, philosopher and essayist (died 1881 in England)
- 10 December â Sir George Burns, shipowner (died 1890)
- 21 December â Robert Moffat, missionary (died 1883)
Deaths
The arts
Sport
See also
References