1791
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Annsbrae House in Annsbrae Place, Lerwick, was built.
- The parish of Lerwick had a population of 1259 people, thereof 903 people living within the town itself and 356 living in the country of the parish surrounding the town.
- The present day Dunrossness Kirk was finished.
December
- A record exists of three unidentified fishing vessels, belonging to Scousburgh, "at Spiggy's Bank" (probably a mis-spelling of Spiggie Beach), having been "upset" at an unspecified location, with the loss of nine lives.
