1801

Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia

• The Reverend Dr John Right Kemp (1744-1805), a friend to Robert Burns, published his Observations on the Islands of Shetland.
• Shetland Islands's total population was 17238.

September

• 15th
  William Bruce (1), fifth Laird Bruce of Symbister, died.

1800 < - > 1802