1765
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- c.1765 Bruce of Symbister pioneers new fish curing methods
- An unidentified vessel, laden with a cargo of timber and tallow wrecked at Sand Wick.
- James Cheyne of Tangwick seised heir of his father and became the third Laird Cheyne of Tangwick.
May
- 10th
John Halyburton, MP of Orkney and Shetland, dies.
December
- 22nd
John Bruce, the eight Laird of Sumburgh, married Helen, daughter of Robert Hunter of Lunna.
