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