1812 in Scotland

Events from the year 1812 in Scotland.

Incumbents

1 January – Tron riot in Edinburgh concludes.
March – meeting in Edinburgh to discuss formation of the Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society.
6 July – the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway becomes the first public railway line to open in Scotland. It begins life as a 9.5-mile, horse-drawn waggonway to carry coal from Kilmarnock to Troon harbour. On 27 June the horse-drawn passenger coach Caledonia began running over the line between Troon and Gargieston, near Kilmarnock.
12 July – first Protestant Orange march in Scotland held in Glasgow, attracting hostile Catholic crowds.
August – Henry Bell's begins a passenger service on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock, the first commercially successful steamboat service in Europe.
November – first bridge at Bonar Bridge completed in cast iron to the design of Thomas Telford.
Ongoing – Highland Clearances.
Nelson's Tower completed in Forres as a monument to Lord Nelson.
Brackla distillery built by Captain William Fraser of Brackla House on the estate of Cawdor Castle.
Glasgow Bible Society established.
Gaelic chapel opens in London.

William Tennant's ottava rima mock-heroic poem Anster Fair is published, the first use of this Italian style in Britain.