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Scottish History Time-line (Late 19th Century; 1850-99)
Note that, within a single year, events are not necessarily presented in chronological order.
Previous Period c.1850 Hagdale Horse Mill (Shetland) Opened c.1850 Inverinate House (Highland) Built c.1850 Shetland Crofthouse Museum (Shetland) Built 1850 Allan Glen died - Philanthropist 1850 Clubbiedean Reservoir (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1850 Craigluscar East Reservoir (Fife) Opened 1850 Day Hort MacDowall born - Canadian politician 1850 Dr. Thomas Neill Cream born - The Waterloo Poisoner 1850 Ewan MacPhee died - Outlaw, known as Scotland's last bandit 1850 Francis Jeffrey (Lord Jeffrey) died - Lawyer, critic and co-founder of the Edinburgh Review 1850 George Goudie Chisholm born - Influential Geographer 1850 George Manson born - Painter 1850 Glover House (Aberdeen City) Built 1850 James Thom (The Ayrshire Sculptor) died - Sculptor, who lived in Ayr 1850 John Morgan Aitken born - Architect and building contractor 1850 Kilmarnock Railway Viaduct (East Ayrshire) Opened 1850 New College (City of Edinburgh) Built 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson) born - Author and literary critic 1850 Robert Stevenson died - Engineer 1850 Sir George Thomas Beilby born - Industrial chemist 1850 Sir Thomas Lipton born - Grocer and entrepreneur 1850 Sir William Allan died - Artist and traveller 1850 William Wordsworth died - Romantic Poet 1851 Charles Hope (Lord Granton) died - Jurist and politician 1851 David Macbeth Moir died - Author and Physician 1851 Donaldson's (West Lothian) Established 1851 Donaldson's College (City of Edinburgh) Built 1851 Erskine Beveridge born - Textile manufacturer and antiquary, noted for his archaeological investigations in the Hebrides 1851 Francis Hindes Groome born - Editor of the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland and eminent scholar of gypsy life and culture 1851 Francis Maitland Balfour born - Embryologist 1851 George Chrystal born - Mathematician and academic 1851 George Younger (1st Viscount Younger of Leckie) born - Politician and brewer 1851 James Alexander Haldane died - Evangelist 1851 James Hardie born - Entrepreneur 1851 Joanna Baillie died - Poet and dramatist 1851 John James Audubon (Jean Jacques Audubon) died - Ornithologist, naturalist and illustrator 1851 Loganlea Reservoir (Midlothian) Opened 1851 Lord John Hay died - Naval commander 1851 Prof. Henry Drummond born - Clergyman, academic and author 1851 Robert Laws born - Missionary 1851 Robert Saunders Dundas (2nd Viscount Melville) died - Politician, lawyer and First Lord of the Admiralty 1851 Robert Weir Allan born - Painter 1851 Shedden Park (Scottish Borders) Created 1851 Sir George Watt born - Botanist 1851 Sir James McGrigor died - Military surgeon, credited with laying the foundations of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1851 Sir John Gladstone died - Merchant and politician 1851 The Macquarie Mausoleum (Argyll and Bute) Erected 1851 Tommy Morris (Young Tom) born - Golfer 1851 Torduff Reservoir (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1851 William Hesketh Lever (1st Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles) born - Industrialist and philanthropist 1851 William Nicol died - Mineralogist and physicist 1851 Nitshill Mining Disaster 1852 (James) Macintyre Henry (J. Macintyre Henry) born - Architect 1852 (John) Hamilton Gillespie born - Father of Sarasota 1852 Captain Simon Fraser died - Fiddler, collector and composer of folk tunes 1852 Captain Sir Samuel Brown died - Civil engineer and naval commander 1852 James Fillans died - Sculptor, painter, poet and stone mason 1852 James Thomson born - Architect and engineer 1852 John Neilson Institute (Renfrewshire) Established 1852 John Ross Menzies born - Newsagent and wholesale publisher 1852 John Smith died - Aberdeen architect 1852 Lewis Chemical Works (Western Isles) Built 1852 Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum (East Lothian) Opened 1852 Robert Forrest died - Sculptor 1852 Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn born - Ship-owner, businessman and politician 1852 Sir William Ramsay born - Chemist 1852 Thomas Grainger died - Pioneering railway engineer 1852 Thomas Thomson died - Scientist 1852 William Maule of Panmure (1st Baron Panmure of Brechin and Navar) died - Laird 1853 Alexander Petrie (The Clincher) born - A noted Glaswegian eccentric, The Clincher adopted his name because he knew he would always clinch (win) an argument 1853 Allan Glen's School (Glasgow City) Established 1853 Bonaly Reservoir (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1853 Charles Scott Meik born - Civil Engineer 1853 Col. Alexander Abercromby died - Soldier and politician 1853 Colonel Gardiner's Monument (East Lothian) Erected 1853 Corn Exchange (East Lothian) Built 1853 David George Ritchie born - Philosopher 1853 Francis Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas (6th Earl of Wemyss; 4th Earl of March) died - Noble 1853 Frederick W. P. Wyndham born - Theatre impresario and actor 1853 Gerald William Balfour (2nd Earl of Balfour) born - Politician 1853 Institute of Geography (City of Edinburgh) Built 1853 James Chalmers died - Inventor 1853 John More Dick Peddie (John More Peddie) born - Architect 1853 John Struthers died - Minor poet and editor 1853 Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald (Fighting Mac) born - Soldier 1853 Monikie Country Park (Angus) Opened 1853 Outlook Tower and Camera Obscura (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1853 Poltalloch (Argyll and Bute) Built 1853 Robert Mackenzie died - Trader 1853 Sir George Washington Browne born - Architect 1853 South Portland Street Suspension Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1853 St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (Dundee City) Built 1853 William Collins died - Publisher 1853 William Gunion Rutherford born - Classicist and Headmaster of Westminster School 1854 Alexander Allan died - Captain and ship-owner 1854 Andrew Rutherfurd died - Advocate, judge and politician 1854 Archibald McLellan died - Coach-builder and patron of the arts 1854 Buchanan Castle (Stirling) Built 1854 Charles Black died - Publisher 1854 Davaar Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built 1854 David Alan Stevenson born - Lighthouse engineer 1854 David Dunbar Buick born - Inventor and engineer 1854 Henry Thomas Cockburn (Lord Cockburn) died - Barrister, judge, historian and conservationist 1854 James Hall died - Advocate and amateur artist 1854 James Montgomery died - Poet 1854 James Paterson born - Artist 1854 John Clunies Ross died - Seaman, explorer and adventurer 1854 John Jeffrey died - Explorer and plant-hunter 1854 Lews Castle (Western Isles) Built 1854 Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart died - Soldier 1854 National Gallery of Scotland (Aberdeenshire) Opened 1854 North Ronaldsay Lighthouse (Orkney) Built 1854 Prof. John Wilson (Christopher North) died - Author, poet, critic and editor 1854 Prof. Robert Jameson died - Geologist and naturalist 1854 Sir (Michael) Hugh Shaw Stewart (8th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall) born - Landowner and politician 1854 Sir Donald MacAlister (1st Baronet of Tarbert) born - Academic 1854 Sir Dugald Clerk born - Engineer and inventor 1854 Sir Patrick Geddes born - Regarded as the father of town planning 1854 Sir William Alexander Smith born - Founder of the Boy's Brigade 1854 Thomas Mackenzie died - Architect 1854 Victoria Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1854 William Mitchell died - Entrepreneur 1855 Andrew Melrose died - Tea merchant and grocer 1855 Andrew Usher died - Spirit merchant 1855 Annan Fine Art Gallery (Glasgow City) Opened 1855 Archibald Barr born - Engineer 1855 Arthur Melville born - Artist 1855 Balmoral Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built 1855 Charles Alexander Stevenson born - Lighthouse engineer 1855 Civil Registration Act comes into force 1855 David Isauld Bain born - Railway carriage designer 1855 Dorothy Wordsworth died - Poet and diarist 1855 Francis (Fra) Henry Newbery born - Director of the Glasgow School of Art and painter 1855 Inverness Railway Station (Highland) Opened 1855 James Gillespie Graham died - Architect 1855 James Thomson died - Editor and clergyman 1855 John Wilson (Old Jock) died - Marine artist 1855 Onesiphorous Tyndall-Bruce died - English barrister who became, through marriage, a noted figure in the history of Falkland 1855 Park Circus (Glasgow City) Constructed 1855 Robert Gemmell Hutchison born - Genre painter 1855 Sir George Ballingall died - Military surgeon 1855 St Andrews Museum (Fife) Built 1855 Stirling Railway Station (Stirling) Opened 1855 Ury House (Aberdeenshire) Built 1855 Weisdale Mill (Shetland) Built 1855 William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) born - Novelist, poet and biographer 1855 William York MacGregor born - Artist 1856 Admiral Sir John Ross died - Arctic explorer 1856 Alexander Mackay born - Entrepreneur 1856 Caledonia Road Church (Glasgow City) Built 1856 Dora Mina Erskine-Wemyss (Lady Grosvenor) born - Creator of the Wemyss School of Needlework 1856 Dr. (James) Pittendrigh MacGillivray born - Sculptor and poet 1856 Fountain Brewery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1856 George Don died - Botanist and plant collector 1856 Harbour Branch Bridge (Former) (South Ayrshire) Opened 1856 Hugh Miller died - Born in Cromarty, Miller was a stone mason turned geologist, writer, journalist and religious reformer 1856 James Baillie Fraser died - Traveller, author and painter 1856 James Bremner died - Naval architect and engineer 1856 James Keir Hardie born - Radical Socialist 1856 James Lumsden died - Businessman and Lord Provost of Glasgow 1856 John Alexander Dewar (Lord Forteviot) born - Whisky Baron 1856 John Henry Lorimer born - Painter 1856 John Mackenzie born - Mountain guide and professional climber 1856 Railway Viaduct (South Ayrshire) Opened 1856 Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane (Viscount Haldane of Cloan) born - Politician, lawyer and philosopher who reformed the British Army 1856 Robert Reid died - King's architect and surveyor in Scotland 1856 Samuel Morison Brown died - Chemist and author 1856 Sir Hugh Thomas Munro born - Tabulator of Scotland's Munros 1856 Sir John Lavery born - Artist 1856 Sir William Beardmore (Baron Invernairn) born - Engineer and shipbuilder 1856 Sir William Hamilton died - Philosopher and educationalist 1856 St Andrew's Suspension Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1856 The McLellan Galleries (Glasgow City) Opened 1856 William Kinninmond Burton born - Engineer and amateur photographer 1856 William MacDonald Mackenzie died - Architect 1857 Andrew Watson born - Black footballer 1857 Augustine Henry born - Plant collector 1857 Britannia Panopticon Music Hall (Glasgow City) Built 1857 Cuddy Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened 1857 Daniel Macmillan died - Publisher 1857 Dr. John Gunion Rutherford born - Canadian veterinary officer and politician 1857 Edward Theodore Salvesen born - Law Lord 1857 Holmwood House (East Renfrewshire) Built 1857 Holy Trinity Church (South Lanarkshire) Built 1857 James Duff (4th Earl of Fife) died - Soldier 1857 Marie Loftus born - Music-hall entertainer 1857 Marjory Kennedy-Fraser born - Collector, arranger and singer of Hebridean songs 1857 Ornsay Lighthouse (Highland) Built 1857 Pittendreich House (Midlothian) Built 1857 Prof. Andrew Ure died - Scientist 1857 Rev. Thomas Dick died - Author, clergyman, philosopher and astronomer 1857 Robert Noble born - Artist 1857 Rossie School (Angus) Established 1857 Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built 1857 Sir Robert Philip born - Medical scientist who pioneered the management of tuberculosis 1857 Trinity College (Glasgow City) Built 1857 Ushenish Lighthouse (Western Isles) Built 1857 Valley Cemetery (Stirling) Opened 1857 William (Willie) Fernie born - Golfer 1857 William Bald died - Engineer, surveyor and cartographer 1857 William Fife born - Yacht designer 1857 William Henry Playfair died - Architect 1857 William Younger born - Brewer 1857 Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming born - Astronomer 1858 Andrew Bonar-Law born - Politician and British Prime Minister 1858 Balfour Monument (East Lothian) Erected 1858 Bressay Lighthouse (Shetland) Built 1858 George Henry born - Artist, noted particularly for his landscape paintings 1858 Henry Mavor born - Electrical Engineer 1858 James Jardine died - Civil Engineer 1858 Joseph Thomson born - African explorer 1858 King James VI Golf Course (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1858 Lady Francis Balfour born - Suffragette and biographer 1858 Michael Nairn died - Floor-cloth manufacturer 1858 Muckle Flugga Lighthouse (Shetland) Built 1858 Out Skerries Lighthouse (Shetland) Built 1858 Park Church (Glasgow City) Built 1858 Reid Concert Hall (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1858 Robert Brown died - Botanist, who gave the name 'nucleus' to the structure which controls cells 1858 Robert Owen died - Social reformer and entrepreneur 1858 Sir David Yule born - Commercial baron 1858 Sir James Abercromby (1st Lord Dunfermline) died - Politician and lawyer 1858 Thomas Campbell died - Sculptor 1858 Thomas Hamilton died - Architect 1858 Torosay Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built c.1859 Harperrig Reservoir (West Lothian) Opened 1859 Alexander James Adie died - Optician, instrument manufacturer and meteorologist 1859 Alexander Monro (Tertius) died - Anatomist 1859 Allan Robertson died - The first great golf professional 1859 Andrew Black born - Singer 1859 Angus MacKay died - Piper to Queen Victoria 1859 Annie Shepherd Swan born - Novelist 1859 Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland (City of Edinburgh) Built 1859 Charles Murray Cathcart (2nd Earl of Cathcart; Lord Greenock) died - Soldier and geologist 1859 Dr. James Esdaile (James Esdale) died - Early practitioner of hypnosis 1859 Dumfries Railway Station (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1859 George Slight born - Lighthouse engineer 1859 James Archibald Hood born - Coal Baron 1859 John (Johnnie) Walker died - Whisky Blender 1859 John Baird died - Architect 1859 Katrine, Loch (Stirling) Opened 1859 Kenneth Grahame born - Author, born in Edinburgh 1859 Kimmerghame House (Scottish Borders) Built 1859 Mugdock Reservoir (East Dunbartonshire) Opened 1859 Peter MacGregor Chalmers born - Church architect 1859 Prof. (John) Norman Collie born - Scientist and pioneering mountaineer 1859 Rev. Dr. John Lee died - Academic who rose to become Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born - Author, spiritualist and creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes 1859 Sir Francis Norie-Miller born - Insurance pioneer, who contributed much to the civic society of Perth 1859 Sir James Guthrie born - Painter 1859 St Aloysius' College (Glasgow City) Established 1859 St Vincent Street Church (Glasgow City) Built 1859 Thomas De Quincey died - Author and poet 1859 Wellington School (Midlothian) Established 1859 William Home Lizars died - Artist and engraver 1859 William Strang born - Artist c.1860 Whitrope Tunnel (Scottish Borders) Opened c.1860 William Hare died - Resurrectionist and Murderer 1860 Alexander Maconochie died - Geographer and penal reformer 1860 Andrew (Andra) Kirkaldy born - Golfer 1860 Archibald Thorburn born - Artist, who became known as Britain's best ornithological illustrator 1860 Arkleton (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1860 David Dale Owen died - A founder of the US Geological Survey 1860 Dr. Thomas Bassett Macaulay born - Canadian actuary, who became a generous philanthropist 1860 Edward Arthur Walton (E.A. Walton) born - Painter, who became one of the 'Glasgow Boys' 1860 George Hamilton-Gordon (4th Earl of Aberdeen) died - Politician and British Prime Minister 1860 George Rennie died - Artist, politician and governor 1860 Glengorm Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built 1860 Henry Moubray Cadell born - Scientist 1860 Hugh MacDonald died - Author, poet, naturalist and chartist 1860 Inauguration of the Open Golf Championship 1860 James Andrew Broun Ramsay (Marquis and 10th Earl of Dalhousie) died - Politician and statesman 1860 James Barr died - Composer 1860 James Braid died - Surgeon and pioneer in the field of hypnosis 1860 John Adrian Louis Hope (7th Earl of Hopetoun; 1st Marquis of Linlithgow) born - Politician 1860 John George Bartholomew born - Cartographer 1860 John Lizars died - Surgeon 1860 John Scott Haldane born - Respiratory physiologist 1860 Prof. Sir D'Arcy Thompson born - Renowned zoologist 1860 Sir George Simpson died - Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada, who became known as the father of the Canadian fur trade 1860 Sir James Matthew Barrie (J.M. Barrie) born - Author and playwright 1860 Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro-Ferguson (Viscount Novar of Raith) born - Governor-General of Australia 1860 Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane died - Soldier and astronomer 1860 Thomas Alexander died - Military physician 1860 Thomas Cochrane (10th Earl of Dundonald) died - Naval commander 1860 Westerkirk Library (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1860 William Tassie died - Glass engraver and portraitist 1861 Big Water of Fleet Viaduct (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1861 David Couper Thomson born - Publisher 1861 Field Marshal Douglas Haig (Earl Haig of Bemersyde) born - Military commander 1861 James Braidwood died - Pioneering fire-fighter 1861 Joseph Crawhall born - Painter 1861 Prof. William Cunningham died - Church leader and Calvinist theologian, noted for his keen intellect and strong principles 1861 Rear Admiral Robert Aitchison died - Naval commander 1861 Robert Bald died - Surveyor and mining engineer 1861 Robert Finnie McEwen born - Advocate, land-owner and patron of the arts 1861 Sir John Forbes died - Physician 1861 Sir William Burrell born - An eccentric ship-owner and compulsive collector of art and antiques 1861 The Queen's Well (Angus) Erected 1861 Thomas Nelson (Thomas Neilson) died - Publisher 1861 Torry Point Battery (Aberdeen City) Built 1861 William Lyon Mackenzie died - Politician and radical 1862 Anderson High School (Shetland) Established 1862 Andrew Fisher born - Politician and Australian Prime Minister 1862 Butt of Lewis Lighthouse (Western Isles) Built 1862 Dr. Robert Knox died - Anatomist 1862 Elizabeth Crichton (Elizabeth Grierson) died - Founder of the Crichton Royal Hospital in Dumfries 1862 Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane born - Authoress and reformer 1862 Helen Bannerman born - Author 1862 Holburn Head Lighthouse (Highland) Built 1862 James Bowman Lindsay died - Born in Carmyllie, near Arbroath, Lindsay was a visionary and pioneer in the field of electricity 1862 Prof. (Henry) Harvey Littlejohn born - Forensic scientist 1862 Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji born - Indian businessman and philanthropist 1862 Sir James Clark Ross died - Antarctic explorer 1862 Sir William Peck born - 'City Astronomer' and scientific instrument maker 1862 Vice Admiral Robert Wauchope died - Inventor and naval commander 1862 William Gordon Burn Murdoch born - Artist and explorer 1863 Alan Alexander Campbell-Swinton born - Engineer 1863 Alexander Henry Rhind died - Egyptologist 1863 Angus Mor MacAskill (Aonghas Mor MacAsgaill) died - The Cape Breton Giant 1863 Ardvourlie Castle (Western Isles) Built 1863 Aviemore Station (Highland) Opened 1863 Balhousie Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built 1863 Ballindalloch Bridge (Moray) Opened 1863 Broomhill Station (Highland) Opened 1863 Charles Wilson died - Architect 1863 Divie Viaduct (Moray) Opened 1863 Drummond Pleasure Ground (Stirling) Created 1863 Field Marshall Sir Colin Campbell (Lord Clyde) died - Outstanding soldier 1863 James Andrew Anderson died - Banker 1863 James Bruce (8th Earl of Elgin; 12th Earl of Kincardine) died - Statesman 1863 James Smith died - Builder and architect 1863 Killiecrankie Viaduct (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1863 Neidpath Viaduct (Scottish Borders) Opened 1863 New Register House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1863 Polmaise Castle (Stirling) Built 1863 The Café Royal (City of Edinburgh) Built 1863 Tomnahurich Cemetery (Highland) Opened 1863 Violet Jacob born - Poet and author 1863 William Chadwell Mylne died - Engineer 1863 William Irvine born - Presbyterian evangelist 1863 William Robert Ogilvie-Grant born - Ornithologist 1864 Cameronians Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected 1864 Catherine Sinclair died - Novelist and philanthropist 1864 Cosmo Gordon Lang (Baron Lang of Lambeth) born - Archbishop of Canterbury 1864 David Roberts died - Painter 1864 David Stow died - Education pioneer 1864 Edward Atkinson Hornel born - Artist, noted for his paintings of rural scenes 1864 Elizabeth Gordon (Duchess of Gordon, 'The Good Duchess') died - Noted for her charitable works 1864 Elsie Inglis born - A leading surgeon and suffragette 1864 James Frederick Ferrier died - Philosopher and academic 1864 James Pillans died - Academic 1864 John Ramsay McCulloch died - Economist 1864 Lady Emma Alice Margaret (Margot) Asquith (Margot Tennant; Countess of Oxford and Asquith) born - Society hostess and wit 1864 Leonard Horner died - Social reformer and geologist 1864 Monach Lighthouse (Western Isles) Built 1864 Neidpath Tunnel (Scottish Borders) Built 1864 Neil Munro (Hugh Foulis) born - Novelist and Journalist 1864 Prince Albert Statue (Perth and Kinross) Erected 1864 Rev. Dr. John Anderson died - Clergyman and scientist 1864 Riddings Viaduct (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1864 Sir (John) Ninian Comper born - Church architect 1864 Sir Alexander Grant (Sir Alexander Grant of Forres) born - Biscuit manufacturer, who is said to have invented the 'digestive' 1864 Sir John Watson Gordon died - Painter 1864 Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer born - An architect noted for his restoration of castles, and his promotion Arts and Crafts style in Scotland 1864 Sir Thomas (Tommy) Dewar (Lord Dewar) born - Whisky Baron 1864 Tay Viaduct (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1864 William (Willie) Park (Junior) born - Golfing champion, businessman and noted golf course designer 1864 William Baird died - Industrialist and politician 1864 William Campbell died - International trader and philanthropist 1865 Alan Stevenson died - Lighthouse Engineer 1865 Alexander Fraser died - Painter 1865 Balgray Reservoir (East Renfrewshire) Opened 1865 Balintore Castle (Angus) Built 1865 Castlemilk (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1865 Col. Patrick Stewart died - Engineer 1865 Cox's Stack (Dundee City) Built 1865 Frederick McAdam Cathcart died - Diplomat and soldier 1865 Inverewe Garden (Highland) Created 1865 James Beaumont Neilson died - Inventor and industrialist 1865 James Miranda Barry died - Army surgeon and, through deception, the world's first female doctor 1865 Last Public Execution in Scotland 1865 Leaderfoot Viaduct (Scottish Borders) Opened 1865 North Water Viaduct (Aberdeenshire) Opened 1865 Pullar House (Perth and Kinross) Built 1865 Sir John Richardson died - Naturalist and explorer 1865 Sir William Jackson Hooker died - Botanist and first Director of Kew Gardens (London) 1865 William (Willie) Dunn (Junior) born - Innovative golfer and golf-course designer, who is said to have had a profound effect on the development of the sport in the USA 1865 William Gillies (Liam Mac Gille Iosa) born - Nationalist c.1866 Dunfermline Public Park (Fife) Created 1866 (Helen) Beatrix Potter born - English authoress and illustrator 1866 (James) Ramsay MacDonald born - Politician and British Prime Minister 1866 Archibald (Archie) Simpson born - Golfer and golf course designer 1866 Auskerry Lighthouse (Orkney) Built 1866 Buccleuch Parish Church (City of Edinburgh) Built 1866 Charles MacLaren died - Editor 1866 Church of St James the Great (Fife) Built 1866 Clunes Lodge (Perth and Kinross) Built 1866 Dumfries Sheriff Court (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1866 Duncraig Castle (Highland) Built 1866 James Petrie Chalmers (J.P. Chalmers) born - Film and publishing entrepreneur 1866 Jane Welsh Carlyle died - Literary figure, whose intelligence, personality and wit made her one of the most fascinating women of her time 1866 John Graham Gilbert (John Graham) died - Portrait painter and colourist 1866 John McDouall Stuart died - Explorer and Surveyor of Australia 1866 Marion Angus born - Minor poet 1866 Norman Macleod died - Religious leader 1866 Old Royal Station (Aberdeenshire) Opened 1866 Peden's Stone (North Lanarkshire) Erected 1866 Robert Broom born - Palaeontologist 1866 Robert Dick died - Self-taught natural historian 1866 Robert Foulis died - Engineer, entrepreneur and inventor 1866 Sir John Stirling Maxwell born - Founder member of the National Trust for Scotland 1866 Sir Murdoch Macdonald born - Civil engineer and politician 1866 The Royal Museum (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1866 William Dick died - Pioneer of veterinary education in Scotland and founder of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Science 1866 William Thomson Neill born - Surveyor 1867 Alexander "Scottie" Alan born - 'King of the Arctic Trail' who began the sport of dog-sled racing in Alaska 1867 Alexander Brodie died - Sculptor 1867 Andrew Reid born - Industrialist 1867 Harold Segerson Mahony born - Scottish-Irish tennis player 1867 Horatio McCulloch died - Landscape painter 1867 John Strachan died - First Bishop of Toronto 1867 Percy Sinclair Pilcher born - Engineer and pioneer of unpowered flight 1867 Robert Paterson born - Turriff farmer associated with the revolt against Lloyd George's National Health Insurance scheme 1867 Salisbury Green (City of Edinburgh) Built 1867 Sir John Auld Mactaggart of King's Park born - Builder and philanthropist 1867 Sumburgh Hotel (Shetland) Built 1867 Theatre Royal (Glasgow City) Opened 1867 Thomas Binnie died - Builder, property developer and philanthropist 1867 William Speirs Bruce born - Oceanographer and Polar Explorer c.1868 Helensburgh No.1 Reservoir (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1868 (James) Herbert MacNair born - Architect and designer 1868 Amhuinnsuidhe Castle (Western Isles) Built 1868 Andrew Strath died - Golf champion 1868 Arthur Anderson died - Ship owner 1868 Captain Robert Falcon Scott born - Antarctic explorer, who died returning from the South Pole in 1912 1868 Catherine Sinclair Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1868 Charles Rennie Mackintosh born - Architect and designer 1868 Clenries Reservoir (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1868 Crieff Hydro (Perth and Kinross) Built 1868 Dr. John Crawfurd died - Colonial administrator and orientalist 1868 East Kilbride Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1868 General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas died - Soldier 1868 Glasgow Climbing Centre (Glasgow City) Built 1868 Hairmyres Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1868 Hamish MacCunn born - Composer 1868 Henry Peter Brougham (1st Baron Brougham and Vaux) died - Inventor, lawyer and politician 1868 James Connolly born - Irish nationalist and socialist 1868 Lochinch Castle (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1868 Prof. James David Forbes died - Physicist and traveller 1868 Sir David Brewster died - Physicist 1868 St Mary's Monastery (Perth and Kinross) Built 1868 Waverley Station (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1868 Woodburn Reservoir (East Dunbartonshire) Opened 1869 Auchencastle (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1869 Caledonian Brewery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1869 Craigluscar West Reservoir (Fife) Opened 1869 Dalmoak Castle (West Dunbartonshire) Built 1869 David Napier died - Marine engineer 1869 George Douglas Brown born - Author 1869 Glengarry Castle Hotel (Highland) Built 1869 James Alexander Gordon died - Admiral 1869 James Eckford Lauder died - Historical and landscape painter 1869 John Elder died - Marine engineer and ship-builder 1869 John Wheatley born - Socialist politician and leading 'Red Clydesider' 1869 Margaret Stuart Hamilton Tyndall-Bruce died - Heiress and landowner 1869 Penninghame House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1869 Rev. Patrick Bell died - Invented the reaping machine which was a direct precursor of the modern combine harvester 1869 Robert Scott Lauder died - Painter 1869 St Andrew's (Episcopal) Church (Scottish Borders) Built 1869 St Andrew's Cathedral (Highland) Built 1869 The Falconer Museum (Moray) Opened 1869 The National Wallace Monument (Stirling) Erected 1869 Thomas Graham died - Chemist 1869 William Henry (W.H.) Ogilvie born - Poet and writer 1869 William Reynolds died - One of the first winners of the Victoria Cross 1870 Alexander Handyside Ritchie died - Sculptor 1870 Broadstone Castle (Inverclyde) Built 1870 Cragganmore Distillery (Moray) Opened 1870 David Octavius Hill died - Pioneer of photography 1870 David Waterson born - Artist 1870 Edwin John Alexander born - Watercolourist 1870 Fettes College (City of Edinburgh) Established 1870 Frederick (Freddie) Guthrie Tait born - Golfer 1870 Gilbert Scott Building (Glasgow City) Built 1870 Glenapp Castle (South Ayrshire) Built 1870 Hunterian Museum (Glasgow City) Built 1870 Inverness Victorian Market (Highland) Opened 1870 James Braid born - Golfer and gold course designer 1870 James Moffatt born - Ecclesiastical historian 1870 James Syme died - Surgeon 1870 John Anderson died - Merchant and banker 1870 Rev. Archibald Eneas Robertson (A. E. Robertson) born - Munro-bagger 1870 Rowbank Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened 1870 Sir Harry Lauder born - Singer and music hall entertainer 1870 Sir James Young Simpson died - Obstetrician and pioneer in the field of anaesthetics 1870 Smollett Fountain (West Dunbartonshire) Erected 1870 St Leonard's Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built 1870 The Old Sheriff Court (Falkirk) Built 1870 William Burn died - Architect 1870 William Schomberg Robert Kerr (8th Marquess of Lothian) died - Noble 1871 Albert Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1871 Alexander Keith Johnston died - Cartographer, publisher and geographer 1871 Andrew Bannatyne died - Politician, lawyer and businessman 1871 Balgay Cemetery (Dundee City) Opened 1871 Balgay Park (Dundee City) Created 1871 Clermiston Tower (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1871 George Udny Yule born - Pioneering statistician 1871 Glasgow Botanic Garden (Glasgow City) Created 1871 James Burns died - Ship-owner 1871 John George Stewart-Murray (8th Duke of Atholl) born - Military commander and politician 1871 John Wood died - Explorer 1871 Robert Chambers died - Publisher, author and natural philosopher 1871 Samuel John Peploe born - Impressionist painter, particularly noted for his still-life works 1871 Sir Roderick Impey Murchison died - Geologist and geographer 1871 The Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre (Scottish Borders) Built 1871 Victoria Park (Dundee City) Created 1871 William Angus born - Scientist and politician 1871 William Paterson Turnbull died - American ornithologist 1871 First Rugby International between Scotland and England 1872 Andrew Greig Barr born - Father of Irn Bru 1872 Ca' D'Oro (Glasgow City) Built 1872 Dean Edward Bannerman Burnett Ramsay died - Clergyman 1872 Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson born - English explorer and scientist 1872 George Balfour born - Engineer and politician 1872 Greig Institute (Fife) Established 1872 Greyfriars' Bobby (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1872 Gryfe No.1 Reservoir (Inverclyde) Opened 1872 Gryfe No.2 Reservoir (Inverclyde) Opened 1872 Mary MacDougal MacDonald died - Gaelic hymn-writer and poet 1872 Mary Somerville died - Mathematician and scientist, born in Jedburgh, the daughter of a naval officer (Vice-Admiral Sir William Fairfax) 1872 Prof. Alexander MacPhail born - Anatomist 1872 Rangers Football Club Founded 1872 Rev. Hew Scott died - Ecclesiastical editor 1872 Rev. Norman MacLeod died - Theologian, prodigious author and social reformer 1872 Scottish Football Association Founded 1872 Sir Alexander Gibb born - Civil engineer 1872 Sir David Baxter died - Textiles manufacturer and benefactor 1872 William John Macquorn Rankine died - Engineer and physicist 1872 William Miller died - The Laureate of the Nursery 1873 Charles Lawson died - Botanist and Traveller 1873 Culag Hotel (Highland) Built 1873 David Livingstone died - Explorer and medical missionary 1873 George Forrest born - Botanist 1873 Hagdale Horse Mill (Shetland) Closed 1873 Ibrox Stadium (Glasgow City) Opened 1873 James Robert Hope-Scott died - Tractarian and barrister 1873 James Stevenson (Baron Stevenson of Holmbury) born - Businessman and civil servant 1873 John Blackie died - Publisher and politician 1873 John Stuart Mill died - English utilitarian philosopher 1873 John Waldegrave Blyth born - Industrialist and art collector 1873 Louis Agassiz died - Geologist and zoologist 1873 Rev. Prof. Robert Smith Candlish died - Free Church leader 1873 Robert William Thomson died - Engineer and Inventor 1873 Roman Catholic Church of St Mary and St Finnan (Highland) Built 1873 Scottish Borders Campus (Scottish Borders) Built 1873 South Breakwater (Aberdeen City) Opened 1873 Thomas Bonnar died - Interior designer 1873 Thomas Guthrie died - Social reformer and founder of the Free Church 1873 Threave House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1873 Turnberry Lighthouse (South Ayrshire) Built 1874 Adam Black died - Publisher 1874 Alexander Dennistoun died - Cotton trader 1874 Altnabreac Station (Highland) Opened 1874 Dysart Parish Church (Fife) Built 1874 Fox Maule Ramsay (11th Earl of Dalhousie; 2nd Lord Panmure) died - Politician 1874 Granton Lighthouse (City of Edinburgh) Built 1874 Henry Glassford Bell died - Author and lawyer 1874 Henry Scott Riddell Monument (Scottish Borders) Erected 1874 James Gall died - Publisher and inventor of a system of print for the blind 1874 John Duncan Fergusson (J.D. Fergusson) born - Painter 1874 Katherine Marjory Murray (Duchess of Atholl; Marchioness of Tulliebardine) born - Politician 1874 Neil Arnott died - Inventor, natural philosopher and physician 1874 Robert W. Service born - Poet and author 1874 Sir Hugh Roberton born - Conductor and composer 1874 Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston born - Academic, diplomat and tutor to the last Emperor of China 1874 Sir William Fairbairn died - Engineer 1874 Sir Winston Churchill born - Prime Minister, wartime leader and outstanding orator 1874 Smith Art Gallery & Museum (Stirling) Opened 1874 Stephen Mitchell died - Tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist 1874 The Earthquake House (Perth and Kinross) Built 1874 The Fountain (Perth and Kinross) Erected 1874 Thomas Anderson died - Organic chemist 1874 Town House (Aberdeen City) Built 1874 William Alexander Agnew born - Mechanical engineer c.1875 A. Stewart Cruikshank born - Theatre impresario c.1875 Helensburgh No.2 Reservoir (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1875 Alexander 'Greek' Thomson died - Architect 1875 County Buildings (Shetland) Built 1875 Daniel Lizars died - Engraver, printer and publisher 1875 Dr (Robert) Douglas Strachan born - Stained glass artist 1875 General Sir James Hope Grant died - Soldier 1875 John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) born - Author, biographer and politician 1875 John Matthew born - Architect 1875 Longmore House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1875 Rev. John Wilson died - Missionary, who made significant contributions to the study of Indian languages and literature 1875 Sir Charles Lyell died - Influential geologist 1875 Sir William Edmond Logan died - Geologist 1875 Southfield House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1875 St Joseph's College (Dumfries and Galloway) Established 1875 Suspension Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1875 Tommy Morris (Young Tom) died - Golfer 1875 Wanlockhead Beam Engine (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1876 (John) Rooke Corbett born - Mountaineer 1876 Beattie Court (Argyll and Bute) Built 1876 Cecilia (Cissie) Loftus born - Broadway actress, singer and mimic 1876 Christian (Chris) Jane Fergusson (Christian Stark; Christina Stark) born - One of the 'Glasgow Girls' group of artists 1876 David Bryce died - Architect 1876 George Hay (8th Marquess of Tweeddale) died - Soldier 1876 George Manson died - Painter 1876 James Baird died - Foundryman and industrialist 1876 James Eric Drummond (16th Earl of Perth) born - Diplomat and politician 1876 Patrick Shirreff died - Farmer and pioneer of cereal hybridisation 1876 Prince Albert Memorial (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1876 Robert Napier died - Engineer and pioneer of ship-building on the River Clyde 1876 Scalloway Primary School (Shetland) Established 1876 Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley born - Railway engineer 1876 Sir John Gilmour born - Politician 1876 Sir Muirhead Bone born - Artist 1876 Tiree High School (Argyll and Bute) Established 1876 Vogrie House (Midlothian) Built 1876 Dee Ferry Boat Disaster 1877 Alexander Bain died - Inventor 1877 Anna Buchan (O. Douglas) born - Author 1877 Brodie Park (Renfrewshire) Created 1877 Captain Alexander Rodger died - Sea captain and adventurer 1877 David Urquhart died - Diplomat, who brought the 'Turkish Bath' to Britain 1877 Dr. Robert Lee died - Pioneering gynaecologist 1877 Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke (Glasgow City) Built 1877 James Ballantine (James Ballington) died - Artist, poet and author 1877 James Merry died - Industrialist and politician 1877 Mitchell Library (Glasgow City) Established 1877 Prof. Charles Glover Barkla born - Physicist and Nobel laureate 1877 Robert Dale Owen died - Social reformer and anti-slavery campaigner 1877 Sir William Ferguson died - Surgeon 1877 The Glasgow Academy (Glasgow City) Built 1877 The Mitchell Theatre (Glasgow City) Built 1877 Wemyss School of Needlework (Fife) Opened 1877 William Alexander Baxter born - Entrepreneur 1877 William Beardmore died - Engineer 1877 William Douglas Weir (1st Viscount Weir) born - Industrialist 1877 First Blantyre Mining Disaster c.1878 Portmore Loch (Scottish Borders) Opened 1878 (Richard) Harold Barnwell born - Aircraft pioneer 1878 Alistair Forbes-Mackay born - Navy surgeon who reached the Magnetic South Pole (as part of Shackleton's expedition) in 1909, three years before Amundsen and Scott reached the Geographical South Pole 1878 Ardoe House (Aberdeenshire) Built 1878 Bishop's Palace (Highland) Built 1878 David Cousin died - Architect 1878 Drumintoul Lodge (Highland) Built 1878 Dunblane Hydro (Stirling) Built 1878 Finlay Currie born - Character actor 1878 George Paul Chalmers (G.P. Chalmers) died - Painter, described as the Angus Rembrandt 1878 Isabella (Tibbie) Shiels died - Inn-keeper and Borders worthy 1878 John T. Rochead died - Architect 1878 Kilmarnock Railway Station (East Ayrshire) Opened 1878 Kirkpatrick Macmillan died - Inventor 1878 Morningside Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1878 Percy Unna born - Environmentalist and philanthropist 1878 Samuel Bough died - Influential watercolourist 1878 Sir Francis Grant died - Painter 1878 Sir George Gilbert Scott died - English architect 1878 Sir James Matheson died - Trader and entrepreneur 1878 Sir William Stirling Maxwell died - Art connoisseur and collector 1878 Thomas Thomson died - Naturalist, explorer and plant-hunter 1878 William (Willie) Law Anderson born - Golfer, who dominated the game in the USA in the first decade of the 20th C c.1879 Knowesdean Reservoir (Scottish Borders) Opened 1879 (Alexander) Keith Johnston died - Geographer, explorer and publisher 1879 (George) Leslie Hunter born - Painter and landscapes and still-life 1879 Alexander James Adie died - Railway engineer 1879 Central Station (Glasgow City) Opened 1879 Eric Campbell born - Actor 1879 Francis Cadell died - Explorer 1879 Gladhouse Reservoir (Midlothian) Opened 1879 Glenburn Reservoir (Renfrewshire) Opened 1879 James Black born - Clergyman 1879 James Clerk Maxwell died - Mathematician and physicist 1879 James Duff (5th Earl of Fife) died - Born in Edinburgh 1879 James Valentine died - Photographer and publisher 1879 John Menzies died - Bookseller and newsagent 1879 Kay Park (East Ayrshire) Created 1879 New Bridge (South Ayrshire) Opened 1879 St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral (City of Edinburgh) Built 1879 Stantling Craig Reservoir (Scottish Borders) Opened 1879 Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion (Highland) Built 1879 Thomas Clapperton born - Sculptor 1879 William Maxwell Aitken (1st Lord Beaverbrook) born - Newspaper tycoon and politician 1879 Second Blantyre Mining Disaster 1879 Tay Bridge Disaster 1880 Alexander Thompson died - Soldier 1880 Craiglockhart Campus (City of Edinburgh) Built 1880 David Hutcheson died - Ship owner 1880 Donald Crisp born - Actor, film director and producer 1880 Easter Road Park (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1880 Edgelaw Reservoir (Midlothian) Opened 1880 Francis George Scott born - Composer 1880 George Brown died - Politician and a founding father of Canada, born and educated in Edinburgh 1880 Glensherup Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1880 HM Prison Barlinnie (Glasgow City) Built 1880 Harperleas Reservoir (Fife) Opened 1880 John Boyd Orr (Lord Boyd Orr of Brechin) born - Nutritionist and Nobel Prize winner 1880 Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes born - Social Reformer, author, suffragette and scientist 1880 Preston Watson born - Pioneer of flight 1880 Robert (Bertie) Charles Forbes born - Journalist and financier 1880 Robert Dalglish died - Businessman and politician 1880 Robert Fortune died - Botanist and plant-hunter 1880 Sir Frank Mears born - Town planner and architect 1880 Sir Giles Gilbert Scott born - English architect 1880 Sir Thomas Bouch died - Engineer 1880 Sir William Russell Flint born - Popular artist and illustrator 1880 William (Willie) Dunn (Senior) died - Golfing champion and equipment manufacturer 1880 William McCombie died - Cattle breeder 1881 Admiral Sir James Hope died - Naval commander 1881 Bonskeid House (Perth and Kinross) Built 1881 Camphill Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened 1881 Charles Alfred Jarvis born - Heroic soldier, the first to win a Victoria Cross in World War I 1881 Collins Fountain (Glasgow City) Erected 1881 Dumbarton Public Library (West Dunbartonshire) Established 1881 George Bain born - Artist who became known as the father of modern Celtic design 1881 Greig Street Bridge (Highland) Opened 1881 James Shearer born - Architect 1881 John Crichton-Stuart (4th Marquess of Bute) born - Conservationist of the built environment 1881 John Hill Burton died - Historian, writer and lawyer 1881 Norman Ainsley born - Screen and stage actor 1881 Sir Alexander Fleming born - Medical Scientist 1881 Thomas (Tom) Johnston born - Politician 1881 Thomas Carlyle died - Writer, historian, philosopher and literary critic 1881 Victoria Bridge (Aberdeen City) Opened 1881 William Brodie died - Sculptor 1881 Gloup Fishing Disaster 1881 Eyemouth Disaster 1882 Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding (Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory) born - Air Force Commander 1882 Alexander Gardner died - Photographer, noted for his images of the American Civil War 1882 Archibald Campbell Tait died - Archbishop of Canterbury 1882 Beaufort Castle (Highland) Built 1882 Chrystal MacMillan born - Feminist and pacifist 1882 Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank (West Dunbartonshire) Opened 1882 Francis Maitland Balfour died - Embryologist 1882 Infirmary Bridge (Highland) Opened 1882 Inverness Town House (Highland) Built 1882 John Muir died - Orientalist 1882 John Scott Russell died - Engineer and pioneering naval architect 1882 Joseph Henry Maclagen Wedderburn born - Mathematician 1882 Mary Gordon (Mary Gilmour) born - Actress 1882 Philip Henry Kerr (11th Marquess of Lothian) born - Statesman, politician and diplomat 1882 Prof. Thomas Graham Brown born - Mountaineer and neurophysiologist 1882 Sir Charles Wyville Thomson died - Oceanographer 1882 Sir Edward MacColl born - Engineer and pioneer of hydro-electricity in Scotland 1882 Sir Hugh Allan died - Ship-owner, who contributed significantly to the commercial development of Canada 1882 Sir John Anderson (1st Viscount Waverley) born - Administrator and Politician 1882 Sir Robert Christison died - Pioneering toxicologist 1882 Stirling Arcade (Stirling) Built 1882 The Fountain (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected 1883 Albert Halls (Stirling) Opened 1883 Birnam Arts & Conference Centre (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1883 Callander Tourist Information Centre (Stirling) Built 1883 David Rhind died - Architect 1883 Dr. Robert Moffat died - Missionary and explorer 1883 Dunfermline Carnegie Library (Fife) Established 1883 Duthie Park (Aberdeen City) Created 1883 Ebenezer Place (Highland) Constructed 1883 Eric Temple Bell born - Mathematician and author 1883 Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell born - Painter 1883 HM Prison Dumfries (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1883 James McBey born - Artist, noted for his etchings and dry point engravings 1883 James Young (Paraffin Young) died - Chemical Engineer 1883 Jessie Seymour Irvine died - Amateur composer, noted for a single tune 1883 John Brown died - Personal servant of Queen Victoria 1883 John Miller died - Pioneering railway engineer and politician 1883 John Zephaniah Bell died - Artist 1883 Joseph Mitchell died - Civil engineer 1883 Lerwick Town Hall (Shetland) Opened 1883 Neilson's Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected 1883 Peter Spence died - Industrial chemist 1883 Sir (Edward Montague) Compton Mackenzie born - Author 1883 Sir James Lithgow (1st Baronet Ormsary) born - Shipbuilding magnate and philanthropist 1883 The Royal Lyceum Theatre (City of Edinburgh) Built 1883 Thomas Coats died - Industrialist 1883 William Chambers died - Publisher and Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1884 Achamore House (Argyll and Bute) Built 1884 Alexander Wood died - Physician, who developed the hypodermic syringe 1884 Alexandria Library (West Dunbartonshire) Built 1884 Allan Pinkerton died - Private detective 1884 Arthur Perigal died - Landscape painter 1884 Bute Hall (Glasgow City) Built 1884 Captain Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn born - Garden designer 1884 Cardinal William Theodore Heard born - First post-Reformation Scottish Cardinal 1884 Dunside Upper Reservoir (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1884 Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory (Argyll and Bute) Established 1884 Jean Dunlop Cadell born - Actress 1884 Lord Emmanuel (Manny) Shinwell born - Socialist politician 1884 Lord John Murray's Stables (Perth and Kinross) Established 1884 Meat Market Arch (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1884 Mortuary Chapel (Angus) Built 1884 Peter Fraser born - New Zealand politician 1884 Royal Scottish Geographical Society Founded 1884 Sir Alexander Grant died - Administrator and educationalist 1884 Southern Suburban Railway (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1884 Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott (5th Duke of Buccleuch; 7th Duke of Queensberry) died - Noble and land-owner 1884 Wellington Church (Glasgow City) Built 1885 Aberdeen Art Gallery (Aberdeen City) Opened 1885 Alexander Mackenzie born - Actor 1885 Alexander Murray died - Geologist 1885 Charles 'Mac' Macaskie born - Founder of Britain's first nudist camp 1885 Covenanter's Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1885 David Clyde born - Actor 1885 East End Park (Fife) Opened 1885 Falkirk Tryst Golf Course (Falkirk) Opened 1885 Harris Academy (Dundee City) Established 1885 James Cox died - Jute baron 1885 John Campbell Shairp died - Poet and literary critic 1885 John Francis Campbell (Iain Og Ile) died - Polymath 1885 North British Distillery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1885 Paisley Canal Station (Renfrewshire) Opened 1885 Robert Thorburn died - Artist 1885 Rosebery Reservoir (Midlothian) Opened 1885 St Leonards-in-the-Fields & Trinity Church (Perth and Kinross) Built 1885 Tennent Caledonian Brewery (Glasgow City) Opened 1885 The Mercat Cross (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1885 Thomas Davidson died - Palaeontologist 1885 Will Fyffe born - Comedian and singer 1885 William Laughton Lorimer born - Classical scholar 1886 Ailsa Craig Lighthouse (South Ayrshire) Built 1886 Alexander D. Robertson died - Artist and art teacher 1886 Anchor Mills (Renfrewshire) Opened 1886 Barwhillanty (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1886 Brevik House (Shetland) Opened 1886 David Stevenson died - Engineer son of Robert Stevenson (1772 - 1850), and uncle of author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) 1886 Dr. Kurt Hahn born - Educationalist and educational philosopher 1886 Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus (The Highland Lady) died - Writer and social observer 1886 Frank Lloyd born - Film director 1886 Garmouth Viaduct (Moray) Opened 1886 Helen Burness Cruickshank born - Poet and activist 1886 Lorna Moon (Helen Low) born - Authoress and Holywood screen-writer 1886 Old Blacksmith's Shop Visitor Centre (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1886 Penelope Beaton born - Artist 1886 Rosemount Viaduct (Aberdeen City) Opened 1886 Shetland Library (Shetland) Built 1886 Sir Alexander Matheson of Lochalsh died - Trader 1886 Sir Arthur Whitten Brown born - Aviation pioneer 1886 The Athenaeum (Glasgow City) Built 1886 Tynecastle Stadium (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1886 The Edinburgh International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art 1887 Alyth Town Hall (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1887 Balfour Stewart died - Physicist and meteorologist 1887 Dovecot Studios (City of Edinburgh) Built 1887 Dugald MacPhail died - Gaelic songwriter, poet and author 1887 Glenfiddich Distillery (Moray) Opened 1887 James (Jimmy) Henderson Finlayson born - Actor 1887 James Grant died - Novelist and historian 1887 Jaw Reservoir (West Dunbartonshire) Opened 1887 John McEwen born - Radical socialist and proponent of land reform 1887 John Menzies Campbell born - Dental historian 1887 Seafield Cemetery and Crematorium (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1887 Sir George Deas (Lord George Deas) died - Law Lord 1887 Stanley Cursiter born - Painter 1887 Tay Bridge (Dundee City) Opened 1887 Thomas Stevenson died - Engineer to the Board of Northern Lighthouses 1887 Trinity Cemetery (Aberdeen City) Opened 1887 Victor Alexander John Hope (8th Earl of Hopetoun; 2nd Marquis of Linlithgow) born - Viceroy of India 1887 Warrender Swim Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1887 William Nelson died - Publisher 1887 Udston Pit Disaster 1888 Ballengeich Cemetery (Stirling) Opened 1888 Castle Douglas Auction Mart (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1888 Celtic Football Club Founded 1888 Celtic Park (Glasgow City) Opened 1888 City Chambers (Glasgow City) Built 1888 Doulton Fountain (Glasgow City) Erected 1888 HM Prison Peterhead (Aberdeenshire) Built 1888 James Salmon died - Architect 1888 James Sellars died - Architect 1888 John Logie Baird born - Engineer 1888 Little Denny Reservoir (Falkirk) Opened 1888 Osborne Henry Mavor (James Bridie) born - Playwright and promoter of the arts 1888 Sir Henry James Sumner Maine died - Jurist and legal historian 1888 Sir William Pearce died - English-born ship-builder 1888 Somerset Park (South Ayrshire) Opened 1888 Teviot Row House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1888 Walter Elliot born - Politician, writer and broadcaster 1888 William McDowall died - Influential Dumfriesian 1888 William Wallace Statue (Aberdeen City) Erected 1889 David Waldie died - Surgeon and medical scientist 1889 Hyman Levy born - Mathematician, philosopher and humanist 1889 Inverleith Park (City of Edinburgh) Created 1889 James Leslie died - Harbour engineer 1889 John Boyd Watson died - Australian mining tycoon 1889 John Charles Walsham Reith (1st Baron Reith of Stonehaven) born - Engineer and Broadcasting Pioneer 1889 John Mills died - Astronomer and philanthropist 1889 Peter Anson born - Although born in Portsmouth, Anson is remembered as a marine artist based in Morayshire 1889 Rev. Horatius (Horace) Bonar died - Hymn-writer 1889 Sir William Dunbar died - Railway administrator and politician 1889 St Andrews Botanic Garden (Fife) Created 1889 Templeton Business Centre (Glasgow City) Built 1889 Teviot Row House (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1889 The John Hastie Museum (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1889 Mauricewood Pit Disaster c.1890 Couperfield House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1890 Alexander Murdoch Mackay died - Missionary 1890 Barony Hall (Glasgow City) Built 1890 Caledonian Road Primary School (Perth and Kinross) Built 1890 David Milne-Home died - Advocate and scientist 1890 Dinnet House (Aberdeenshire) Built 1890 Edinburgh Central Library (City of Edinburgh) Built 1890 Edward Sang died - Mathematician, engineer and actuary 1890 Forth Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1890 Inverness Victorian Market (Highland) Built 1890 James Croll died - Unsung scientist 1890 James Lorimer died - Lawyer and political philosopher 1890 James Nasmyth died - Engineer and inventor 1890 James Scott Reid (Lord Reid of Drem) born - Jurist and politician 1890 John Bartholomew born - Cartographer 1890 Manderston (Scottish Borders) Built 1890 Ochilview Park (Falkirk) Opened 1890 Patrick Allan-Fraser died - Patron of the arts 1890 Peter Henderson died - Seed merchant and author 1890 Pitsligo Parish Church (Aberdeenshire) Built 1890 Robert Mylne died - Architect and surveyor 1890 Scottish National Portrait Gallery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1890 Sir Archibald Sinclair of Ulbster (1st Viscount Thurso) born - Politician and landowner 1890 Sir George Burns died - Shipping magnate 1890 Sir James Gowans died - Architect 1890 Sir Peter Coats died - Industrialist 1890 Stornoway Golf Course (Western Isles) Opened 1890 Tommy Lorne (Hugh Gallagher Corcoran) born - Music hall comedian 1891 Abram Lyle died - Sugar refiner 1891 Crofthead Mill (East Renfrewshire) Built 1891 D. Alan Stevenson born - Lighthouse engineer 1891 Dalmarnock Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1891 Dr. Thomas (Tom) J. Honeyman born - Director of the Glasgow Art Gallery 1891 Hawkhead Cemetery (Renfrewshire) Opened 1891 Jack Buchanan born - Actor and Producer 1891 John Inglis (Lord Glencorse) died - Judge 1891 Lochee Park (Dundee City) Created 1891 Neil Gunn born - Novelist 1891 Prof. Flora Murray Scott born - Plant physiologist 1891 Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay died - Geologist 1891 Sir John Alexander MacDonald died - First Prime Minister of Canada 1891 Sir John Steell died - Sculptor 1891 The Stewartry Museum (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1891 William Gemmell died - Sculptor 1892 Aberdeen Central Library (Aberdeen City) Established 1892 Alexander Mackenzie died - Canadian Prime Minister 1892 Andrew (Andy) Clyde born - Actor 1892 Askernish Golf Course (Western Isles) Opened 1892 Carlhurlie Reservoir (Fife) Opened 1892 Charles Mitchell died - Shipbuilder 1892 Digestive Biscuit Invented 1892 Dr. Thomas Neill Cream died - The Waterloo Poisoner 1892 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (Dundee City) Established 1892 Fair Isle North Lighthouse (Shetland) Built 1892 Fair Isle South Lighthouse (Shetland) Built 1892 General Stanislaw Maczek born - Exiled army commander 1892 Glasgow Gailes Golf Course (North Ayrshire) Opened 1892 Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) born - Poet, nationalist and socialist 1892 James Augustus Grant died - Explorer and soldier 1892 James Brunlees died - Civil engineer 1892 John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (J.B.S. Haldane) born - Biologist and geneticist 1892 John Cairns died - Clergyman and philosopher 1892 John Muir Wood died - Musicologist and amateur photographer 1892 Margaret Myles born - Midwife and educator, who was revered in Scotland and respected internationally 1892 Prof. Sir Daniel Wilson died - Archaeologist, antiquarian and academic 1892 Ramsay Garden (City of Edinburgh) Built 1892 Rev. Andrew Alexander Bonar died - Clergyman and author 1892 Royal Observatory of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1892 Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt born - Physicist 1892 St Mark's Church (Aberdeen City) Built 1892 Thomas Nelson died - Publisher 1893 Anna (Nan) Shepherd born - Author 1893 Carnegie Library (South Ayrshire) Built 1893 Charles Jenner died - Co-founder of Jenner's department store in Edinburgh 1893 Dr. James Phemister born - Geologist 1893 Dr. John Rae died - Arctic Explorer 1893 Emancipation Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected 1893 Euan Cox born - Plant-hunter 1893 George Washington Wilson died - Pioneering photographer, noted for his early studies of the Royal family 1893 Helliar Holm Lighthouse (Orkney) Built 1893 John Pettie died - Painter 1893 McLennan Arch (Glasgow City) Erected 1893 Powderhall Waste Transfer Station (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1893 Sheriff Alexander Nicholson died - Mountaineer and legal officer 1893 Sir James Anderson died - Captain of the Great Eastern 1893 Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen born - Politician, land-owner and minor poet 1893 The Tenement House (Glasgow City) Built 1893 William Shepherd Morrison (Viscount Dunrossil of Valaquie) born - Politician 1894 Andrew Heiton died - Architect 1894 Bannockburn Hospital (Stirling) Built / Opened 1894 Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay born - Fascist, imprisoned for treason during the Second World War 1894 Charles George Hood Kinnear died - Architect and inventor 1894 Dalmarnock Sewage Works (Glasgow City) Opened 1894 Dora Mina Erskine-Wemyss (Lady Grosvenor) died - Creator of the Wemyss School of Needlework 1894 Greenfield House (Clackmannanshire) Built 1894 Hawkhead Station (Renfrewshire) Opened 1894 Helensburgh Upper Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1894 James McCosh died - Philosopher 1894 John Colville (Baron Clydesmuir of Braidwood) born - Industrialist and politician 1894 John Veitch died - Philosopher, poet and historian 1894 Joseph (Joe) Corrie born - Poet and playwright 1894 Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court (Fife) Built 1894 Pape's Cottages (City of Edinburgh) Built 1894 Prof. Alexander Thom born - Engineer, noted for his archaeoastronomical research on stone circles 1894 Rannoch Viaduct (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1894 Rev. James Gall died - Cartographer and clergyman 1894 Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson) died - Author and literary critic 1894 Sir Harold Macmillan (1st Earl of Stockton) born - British Prime Minister 1894 Victoria Drummond born - First British female ship's engineer 1894 William McCance born - Painter 1894 William Robertson-Smith died - Scholar of Oriental and Biblical Studies 1895 Agnes Miller Parker born - Book illustrator and engraver 1895 Alexander Cattanach born - Architect, noted particularly for his cinemas 1895 Anne Redpath born - Painter 1895 David Lyall died - Explorer and naturalist 1895 Glasgow Crematorium (Glasgow City) Built 1895 Jenners Department Store (City of Edinburgh) Built 1895 John B. Howard died - Theatre impresario and actor 1895 Joseph Thomson died - African explorer 1895 Lynedoch Monument (Perth and Kinross) Erected 1895 Mar Lodge (Aberdeenshire) Built 1895 Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane born - Air Chief Marshall of the Royal Air Force 1895 St Cuthbert's Church (City of Edinburgh) Built 1895 The Lighthouse (Glasgow City) Built 1895 Thomas (Tommy) Armour born - Golfer 1896 Archibald Joseph Cronin (A.J. Cronin) born - Author 1896 Craigmaddie Reservoir (East Dunbartonshire) Opened 1896 Foyers Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened 1896 Glasgow Underground (Glasgow City) Opened 1896 Morton Hall (East Ayrshire) Built 1896 Rutherglen Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1896 Shiskine Golf Course (North Ayrshire) Opened 1896 The Old School (Dumfries and Galloway) Established 1896 Thomas Hope Hospital (Dumfries and Galloway) Built / Opened 1896 Thomas Meik died - Civil Engineer 1896 Thomas Usher died - Brewer 1896 Touch Reservoirs (Stirling) Opened 1896 Waterloo Bridge (Highland) Opened 1897 Aultnaslanach Viaduct (Highland) Opened 1897 Crichton Memorial Church (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1897 Dalmarnock Railway Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1897 David Kirkaldy died - Experimental engineer 1897 Douglas Park Course (East Dunbartonshire) Opened 1897 Dumfries Academy (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1897 Findhorn Viaduct (Highland) Opened 1897 Gilbertson Park (Shetland) Opened 1897 Greenside Reservoir (West Dunbartonshire) Opened 1897 Helen Duncan ('Hellish Nell') born - Spiritualist, medium and the last person to be imprisoned for witchcraft in Britain 1897 Hope Montagu Douglas Scott born - Patron of the Arts 1897 James Gray Stuart (Viscount Stuart of Findhorn) born - Politician 1897 Jane Haining born - Missionary and martyr 1897 John Paton Laurie born - Actor 1897 Kinnaird House (Falkirk) Built 1897 Kyle of Lochalsh Station (Highland) Opened 1897 Lossburn Reservoir (Stirling) Opened 1897 Margaret Oliphant (Margaret Wilson) died - Prodigious author 1897 Martyr's School (Glasgow City) Opened 1897 Matthew Forster Heddle died - Mineralogist and chemist 1897 McEwan Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built 1897 Naomi Mitchison born - Novelist and poet 1897 Prof. Henry Drummond died - Clergyman, academic and author 1897 Sir Isaac Holden died - Inventor 1897 Tomatin Distillery (Highland) Opened 1897 Victoria Hospital (Fife) Built 1897 William Johnstone born - Painter 1898 (William) Hamilton Beattie died - Architect 1898 Andrew Usher died - Whisky blender 1898 Aviemore Station (Highland) Built 1898 Clava Viaduct (Highland) Opened 1898 Comely Bank Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1898 Cruickshank Botanic Gardens (Aberdeen City) Created 1898 Dalwhinnie Distillery (Highland) Opened 1898 Evan MacColl died - Poet and song-writer 1898 Forfar Museum and Art Gallery (Angus) Opened 1898 Francis Napier (10th Lord Napier; 1st Baron Ettrick) died - Diplomat and colonial administrator 1898 George Clark died - Shoe maker 1898 Glengavel Reservoir (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1898 Granton Gas Works (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1898 James Guthrie Orchar died - Engineer, industrialist and philanthropist 1898 James Matthews died - Architect 1898 John Caird died - Theologian and philosopher 1898 John Grierson born - Director and film-maker who introduced the term 'documentary' 1898 John Ritchie Findlay died - Newspaper owner 1898 Kype Reservoir (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1898 Major George Sherriff born - Plant hunter and botanist 1898 Murdoch (Murdo) Paterson died - Civil engineer 1898 Robert Gordon McBeath born - Soldier who won the Victoria Cross 1898 Sir John Fowler died - English Architect and engineer 1898 Sir William George Gillies born - Artist 1898 The People's Palace (Glasgow City) Opened 1898 William David Murray (4th Earl of Mansfield) died - Politician 1898 William Ewart Gladstone died - British Prime Minister 1898 William Soutar born - Poet and diarist 1899 Alexander Fraser died - Landscape painter 1899 Campbeltown Museum (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1899 City Union Railway Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1899 Dens Park (Dundee City) Opened 1899 Eric Robert Linklater born - Author 1899 Flannan Isles Lighthouse (Western Isles) Built 1899 Glasgow Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1899 Helensburgh Central Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1899 Percy Sinclair Pilcher died - Engineer and pioneer of unpowered flight 1899 Richmond Park (Glasgow City) Created 1899 Rugby Park (East Ayrshire) Opened 1899 Talla Reservoir (Scottish Borders) Opened 1899 The Adam Smith Theatre (Fife) Built 1899 The Mile End Mill (Renfrewshire) Opened 1899 Thomas Moonlight died - Soldier, politician and diplomat 1899 William Kinninmond Burton died - Engineer and amateur photographer 1899 William Robertson died - Engineer, industrialist and local politician Next Period
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