21 April – James Montgomery, a slave, escapes from a ship bound for Virginia at
Port Glasgow and flees to Edinburgh where he is recaptured and begins the legal case of Montgomery v Sheddan in an attempt to gain his freedom.[1]
14 December – Rev.
John Home's blank verse tragedy Douglas is performed for the first time, in Edinburgh, with considerable success, in spite of the opposition of the local church
presbytery, who summon Rev.
Alexander Carlyle to answer for having attended its representation;[6] however, it fails in its early promise to set up a new Scottish dramatic tradition.
^Chesher, Susan; Foster, Linda; Hogben, Laurence (1979). A Short History of the Villages: Charlestown, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir. Charlestown, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir Community Council. p. 16.
21 April – James Montgomery, a slave, escapes from a ship bound for Virginia at
Port Glasgow and flees to Edinburgh where he is recaptured and begins the legal case of Montgomery v Sheddan in an attempt to gain his freedom.[1]
14 December – Rev.
John Home's blank verse tragedy Douglas is performed for the first time, in Edinburgh, with considerable success, in spite of the opposition of the local church
presbytery, who summon Rev.
Alexander Carlyle to answer for having attended its representation;[6] however, it fails in its early promise to set up a new Scottish dramatic tradition.
^Chesher, Susan; Foster, Linda; Hogben, Laurence (1979). A Short History of the Villages: Charlestown, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir. Charlestown, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir Community Council. p. 16.