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Previous Period
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c.1850
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Hagdale Horse Mill (Shetland) Built
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c.1850
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Hospitalfield House (Angus) Built
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c.1850
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Insh Village Church (Highland) Built
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c.1850
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Inverinate House (Highland) Built
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c.1850
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Longcroft House (West Lothian) Built
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c.1850
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Rob Roy Statue (Aberdeen City) Erected
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c.1850
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Shetland Crofthouse Museum (Shetland) Built
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1850
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Agnew Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
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1850
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Alexandria Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
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1850
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Allan Glen died - Philanthropist
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1850
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Arbuthnot Museum (Aberdeenshire) Opened
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1850
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Clubbiedean Reservoir (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1850
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Craigluscar East Reservoir (Fife) Opened
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1850
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Dalreoch Railway Bridge (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
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1850
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Dalreoch Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
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1850
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Day Hort MacDowall born - Canadian politician
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1850
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Dr. Thomas Neill Cream born - The Waterloo Poisoner
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1850
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Drumlanrig Tunnel (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
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1850
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Dumbarton Central Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) Built
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1850
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East Coast Main Line (Scottish Borders) Opened
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1850
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Edinburgh-Dunblane Line (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1850
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Ewan MacPhee died - Outlaw, known as Scotland's last bandit
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1850
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Francis Jeffrey (Lord Jeffrey) died - Lawyer, critic and co-founder of the Edinburgh Review
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1850
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George Goudie Chisholm born - Influential Geographer
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1850
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George Manson born - Painter
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1850
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Glover House (Aberdeen City) Built
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1850
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James Thom (The Ayrshire Sculptor) died - Sculptor, who lived in Ayr
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1850
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John Gibb died - Civil engineer and building contractor, best remembered for his work on harbours
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1850
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John Morgan Aitken born - Architect and building contractor
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1850
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Kilmarnock Railway Viaduct (East Ayrshire) Opened
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1850
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Kirkconnel Railway Station (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
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1850
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New College (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1850
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North Berwick Railway Station (East Lothian) Opened
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1850
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Portlethen Railway Station (Aberdeenshire) Opened
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1850
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Prof. Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer born - Physiologist
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1850
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Renton Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
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1850
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Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson) born - Author and literary critic
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1850
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Robert Stevenson died - Engineer
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1850
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Sanquhar Railway Station (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
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1850
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Sir Charles McLaren (Lord Aberconway) born - Lawyer, politician and businessman
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1850
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Sir George Thomas Beilby born - Industrial chemist
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1850
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Sir Thomas Lipton born - Grocer and entrepreneur
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|
1850
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Sir William Allan died - Artist and traveller
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1850
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William Wordsworth died - Romantic Poet
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1851
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Barry Links Railway Station (Angus) Opened
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1851
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Blackadder Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
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1851
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Charles Hope (Lord Granton) died - Jurist and politician
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1851
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David Macbeth Moir died - Author and Physician
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1851
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Donaldson's (West Lothian) Established
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1851
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Donaldson's College (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1851
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Dr. Patrick Neill died - Naturalist and author, who became a central figure of the later Scottish Enlightenment
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1851
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Erskine Beveridge born - Textile manufacturer and antiquarian, noted for his archaeological investigations in the Hebrides
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|
1851
|
Francis Hindes Groome born - Editor of the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland and eminent scholar of gypsy life and culture
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1851
|
Francis Maitland Balfour born - Embryologist
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1851
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George Chrystal born - Mathematician and academic
|
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1851
|
George Younger (1st Viscount Younger of Leckie) born - Politician and brewer
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|
1851
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James Alexander Haldane died - Evangelist
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|
1851
|
James Hardie born - Entrepreneur
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|
1851
|
James Thomson born - Visionary architect and engineer
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1851
|
Joanna Baillie died - Poet and dramatist
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1851
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John James Audubon (Jean Jacques Audubon) died - Ornithologist, naturalist and illustrator
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1851
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Joseph Mallord William Turner (J.M.W. Turner) died - English landscape artist, regarded as one of Britain's greatest painters
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1851
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Kays of Scotland (South Ayrshire) Opened
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1851
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Loganlea Reservoir (Midlothian) Opened
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1851
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Lord John Hay died - Naval commander
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1851
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Ormiston Hall (West Lothian) Built
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1851
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Prof. Henry Drummond born - Clergyman, academic and author
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1851
|
Robert Laws born - Missionary
|
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1851
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Robert Saunders Dundas (2nd Viscount Melville) died - Politician, lawyer and First Lord of the Admiralty
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1851
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Robert Weir Allan born - Painter
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1851
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Shedden Park (Scottish Borders) Created
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1851
|
Sir George Watt born - Botanist
|
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1851
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Sir James McGrigor died - Military surgeon, credited with laying the foundations of the Royal Army Medical Corps
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1851
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Sir John Gladstone died - Merchant and politician
|
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1851
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The Macquarie Mausoleum (Argyll and Bute) Erected
|
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1851
|
Tommy Morris (Young Tom) born - Golfer
|
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1851
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Torduff Reservoir (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1851
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Wigtown Parish Church (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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1851
|
William Hesketh Lever (1st Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles) born - Industrialist and philanthropist
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1851
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William Nicol died - Mineralogist and physicist
|
|
1851
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Nitshill Mining Disaster
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c.1852
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North British Railway Bridge (Stirling) Opened
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1852
|
(James) Macintyre Henry (J. Macintyre Henry) born - Architect
|
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1852
|
(John) Hamilton Gillespie born - Father of Sarasota
|
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1852
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Bore Stone (City of Edinburgh) Erected
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1852
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Captain Simon Fraser died - Fiddler, collector and composer of folk tunes
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1852
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Captain Sir Samuel Brown died - Civil engineer and naval commander
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1852
|
Daniel (Dane) Sinclair born - Inventor
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1852
|
Frances (Fanny) Wright died - Social reformer and feminist
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1852
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Henry Edward Clifford (H.E. Clifford) born - Architect
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1852
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James Fillans died - Sculptor, painter, poet and stone mason
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1852
|
James Finlayson died - Industrialist
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1852
|
John Neilson Institute (Renfrewshire) Established
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1852
|
John Ross Menzies born - Newsagent and wholesale publisher
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1852
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John Smith died - Aberdeen architect
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1852
|
Lewis Chemical Works (Western Isles) Opened
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1852
|
Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum (East Lothian) Opened
|
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1852
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Purchase Cairn (Aberdeenshire) Erected
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1852
|
Robert Forrest died - Sculptor
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1852
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Robert Kidston born - Influential palaeobotanist
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|
1852
|
Sir (Horace) Edward Moss born - Theatre impresario
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1852
|
Sir Everard im Thurn born - Colonial administrator, anthropologist and explorer
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1852
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Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn born - Ship-owner, businessman and politician
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1852
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Sir William Ramsay born - Chemist
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1852
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Thomas Grainger died - Pioneering railway engineer
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1852
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Thomas Thomson died - Scientist
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1852
|
William Maule of Panmure (1st Baron Panmure of Brechin and Navar) died - Laird
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1853
|
(William) Birnie Rhind born - Sculptor
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1853
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Alexander Petrie (The Clincher) born - A noted Glaswegian eccentric, The Clincher adopted his name because he knew he would always clinch (win) an argument
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1853
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Allan Glen's School (Glasgow City) Built
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1853
|
Bonaly Reservoir (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1853
|
Charles Scott Meik born - Civil Engineer
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1853
|
Colonel Alexander Abercromby died - Soldier and politician
|
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1853
|
Colonel Gardiner's Monument (East Lothian) Erected
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1853
|
Dalkeith Corn Exchange (Midlothian) Opened
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1853
|
David George Ritchie born - Philosopher
|
|
1853
|
Francis Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas (6th Earl of Wemyss; 4th Earl of March) died - Noble
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1853
|
Frederick W. P. Wyndham born - Theatre impresario and actor
|
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1853
|
Gerald William Balfour (2nd Earl of Balfour) born - Politician
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1853
|
Institute of Geography (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1853
|
James Bryson born - Engineer and inventor
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1853
|
James Carmichael died - Engineer and industrialist
|
|
1853
|
James Chalmers died - Inventor
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1853
|
John More Dick Peddie (John More Peddie) born - Architect
|
|
1853
|
John Struthers died - Minor poet and editor
|
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1853
|
Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald (Fighting Mac) born - Soldier
|
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1853
|
Monikie Country Park (Angus) Opened
|
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1853
|
Outlook Tower and Camera Obscura (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1853
|
Playfair Steps (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
|
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1853
|
Poltalloch (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
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1853
|
Robert Mackenzie died - Trader
|
|
1853
|
Sir George Washington Browne born - Architect
|
|
1853
|
Slateford Railway Station (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
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1853
|
South Portland Street Suspension Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
|
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1853
|
St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (Dundee City) Built
|
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1853
|
William Collins died - Publisher
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1853
|
William Gunion Rutherford born - Classicist and Headmaster of Westminster School
|
|
1853
|
William Thomas Oldrieve (W.T. Oldrieve) born - Public architect responsible for post offices around Scotland
|
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1854
|
Alexander Allan died - Captain and ship-owner
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1854
|
Andrew Rutherfurd died - Advocate, judge and politician
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1854
|
Archibald McLellan died - Coach-builder and patron of the arts
|
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1854
|
Buchanan Castle (Stirling) Built
|
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1854
|
Charles Black died - Publisher
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1854
|
Corn Exchange (East Lothian) Built
|
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1854
|
Davaar Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
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1854
|
David Alan Stevenson (David A. Stevenson) born - Lighthouse engineer
|
|
1854
|
David Dunbar Buick born - Inventor and engineer
|
|
1854
|
Dyce Railway Station (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1854
|
Henry Thomas Cockburn (Lord Cockburn) died - Barrister, judge, historian and conservationist
|
|
1854
|
Huntly Railway Station (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1854
|
Insch Railway Station (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1854
|
James Hall died - Advocate and amateur artist
|
|
1854
|
James Montgomery died - Poet
|
|
1854
|
James Paterson born - Artist
|
|
1854
|
James Robert Rhind (J. R. Rhind) born - Architect
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|
1854
|
John Clunies Ross died - Seaman, explorer and adventurer
|
|
1854
|
John Gibson Lockhart died - Author and literary critic, best known for his biography of his father-in-law Sir Walter Scott
|
|
1854
|
John Jeffrey died - Explorer and plant-hunter
|
|
1854
|
Leven Railway (Fife) Opened
|
|
1854
|
Lews Castle (Western Isles) Built
|
|
1854
|
Lieut-General Sir George Cathcart died - Soldier
|
|
1854
|
National Gallery of Scotland (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1854
|
North Ronaldsay Lighthouse (Orkney) Built
|
|
1854
|
Prof. Edward Forbes died - Scientist
|
|
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 Baxter died - Textile manufacturer
|
|
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
|
Cumbernauld Line (Falkirk) Opened
|
|
1855
|
David 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
|
George Burrell Ramsay born - Football manager, described as the Founder of Aston Villa football club
|
|
1855
|
Inverness Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1855
|
James Gillespie Graham died - Architect
|
|
1855
|
James Thomson died - Editor and clergyman
|
|
1855
|
John Mathieson born - Surveyor, map-maker and explorer
|
|
1855
|
John Neilson died - Industrialist
|
|
1855
|
John Wilson (Old Jock) died - Marine artist
|
|
1855
|
Lanark Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1855
|
Nairn Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1855
|
Onesiphorous Tyndall-Bruce died - English barrister who became, through marriage, a noted figure in the history of Falkland
|
|
1855
|
Park (Glasgow City) Constructed
|
|
1855
|
Prof. Sir James Alfred Ewing born - Engineer, physicist and educator
|
|
1855
|
Robert Gemmell Hutchison born - Genre painter
|
|
1855
|
Royal Exchange Square (Glasgow City) Constructed
|
|
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
|
Westfield Viaduct (Falkirk) Opened
|
|
1855
|
William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) born - Novelist, poet and biographer
|
|
1855
|
William York MacGregor born - Artist
|
|
1856
|
(Arthur George) Sydney Mitchell born - Prodigious architect
|
|
1856
|
(William) Ivison Macadam born - Scientist
|
|
1856
|
Admiral Sir John Ross died - Arctic explorer
|
|
1856
|
Alexander (Alec) Ritchie born - Jewellery maker and metal-worker
|
|
1856
|
Alexander Mackay born - Entrepreneur
|
|
1856
|
Allan Macbeth born - Academic, composer and musician
|
|
1856
|
Archibald Cameron Corbett (Lord Rowallan) born - Politician, businessman and philanthropist
|
|
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
|
Dunkeld & Birnam Railway Station (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1856
|
Fountain Brewery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1856
|
George Don died - Botanist and plant collector
|
|
1856
|
Gleneagles Railway Station (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1856
|
Harbour Branch Bridge (Former) (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1856
|
Hawick Museum (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1856
|
Helen Hopekirk born - Pianist, piano teacher and composer
|
|
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
|
Keith Railway Station (Moray) Opened
|
|
1856
|
Prof. John Glaister born - Forensic scientist
|
|
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
|
Balmoral Bridge (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
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 (Lord 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
|
Joseph (Joe) Milne born - Artist
|
|
1857
|
Kyleakin Lighthouse (Highland) Built
|
|
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
|
Sunnyside Estate (Angus) Built
|
|
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
|
Aberdeen-Inverness Line (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1858
|
Andrew Bonar Law born - Politician and British Prime Minister
|
|
1858
|
Balfour Monument (East Lothian) Erected
|
|
1858
|
Bowling Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1858
|
Bressay Lighthouse (Shetland) Built
|
|
1858
|
Cardross Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1858
|
Dalmuir Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1858
|
Dumfries Railway Station (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1858
|
Elgin Railway Station (Moray) Opened
|
|
1858
|
Eliza Fletcher (Eliza Dawson) died - Minor author
|
|
1858
|
Findhorn Viaduct (Moray) Opened
|
|
1858
|
George Henry born - Artist, noted particularly for his landscape paintings
|
|
1858
|
Henry Alexander Mavor born - Electrical Engineer
|
|
1858
|
James Elliot Shearer born - Minor artist
|
|
1858
|
James Jardine died - Civil Engineer
|
|
1858
|
Joseph Thomson born - African explorer
|
|
1858
|
Kilpatrick Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1858
|
King James VI Golf Course (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1858
|
Lady Francis Balfour born - Suffragette and biographer
|
|
1858
|
Martyrs' Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
|
|
1858
|
Maryhill Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1858
|
Mawcarse Station (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
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
|
Princess Royal's Cairn (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1858
|
Reid Concert Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
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
|
|
1859
|
Alexander Cowan died - Paper-maker and philanthropist
|
|
1859
|
Alexander James Adie died - Optician, instrument manufacturer and meteorologist
|
|
1859
|
Alexander Monro (Tertius) died - Anatomist
|
|
1859
|
Alfred Harker born - Geologist
|
|
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
|
Chambers Institution (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
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
|
George Slight born - Lighthouse engineer
|
|
1859
|
Hope Monument (West Lothian) Erected
|
|
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
|
McIntyre Monument (Argyll and Bute) Erected
|
|
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
|
Ruvaal Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
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
|
Thomas Edington died - Industrialist and amateur mineralogist
|
|
1859
|
Tweeddale Museum & Gallery (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1859
|
Wellington School (Midlothian) Established
|
|
1859
|
William Home Lizars died - Artist and engraver
|
|
1859
|
William Strang born - Artist
|
|
c.1860
|
Whitrope Tunnel (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
c.1860
|
William Hare died - Resurrectionist and Murderer
|
|
1860
|
(John) Massey Rhind born - Sculptor
|
|
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
|
Church of the Sacred Heart (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1860
|
David Dale Owen died - A founder of the US Geological Survey
|
|
1860
|
Donald Alexander Matheson born - Engineer and railwayman
|
|
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
|
Harperrig Reservoir (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
1860
|
Henry Moubray Cadell born - Scientist and industrialist
|
|
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
|
James Miller born - Architect
|
|
1860
|
James Wilson died - Politician, banker and founder of The Economist
|
|
1860
|
John Adrian Louis Hope (7th Earl of Hopetoun; 1st Marquis of Linlithgow) born - Politician
|
|
1860
|
John George Bartholomew born - Cartographer
|
|
1860
|
John Scott Haldane born - Respiratory physiologist
|
|
1860
|
John Sinclair (Lord Pentland) born - Politician and statesman
|
|
1860
|
Maybole Railway Station (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1860
|
Prof. John Lizars died - Surgeon
|
|
1860
|
Prof. Sir D'Arcy Thompson born - Renowned zoologist
|
|
1860
|
Sir Alexander Stevenson born - Edinburgh politician
|
|
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
|
Walter Wilfrid Blackie born - Publisher
|
|
1860
|
Westerkirk Library (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1860
|
William Tassie died - Glass engraver and portraitist
|
|
1861
|
Balmory Hall (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1861
|
Big Water of Fleet Viaduct (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1861
|
Coltbridge Viaduct (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1861
|
Crossroads Station (Dundee City) Closed
|
|
1861
|
David Couper Thomson born - Publisher
|
|
1861
|
Donald Murchison's Monument (Highland) Erected
|
|
1861
|
Field Marshal Douglas Haig (Earl Haig of Bemersyde) born - Military commander
|
|
1861
|
Isabella (Ella) Robertson Christie born - Redoubtable traveller, explorer, authoress and gardener
|
|
1861
|
James Anderson died - Engineer and land surveyor
|
|
1861
|
James Braidwood died - Pioneering fire-fighter
|
|
1861
|
Joseph Crawhall born - Painter
|
|
1861
|
McArthur's Head Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1861
|
Prof. Andrew Cowper Lawson born - Geologist
|
|
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
|
Tarf Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1861
|
The Queen's Well (Angus) Opened
|
|
1861
|
Thomas Nelson (Thomas Neilson) died - Publisher
|
|
1861
|
Torry Point Battery (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1861
|
William Lyon Mackenzie died - Politician and radical
|
|
1862
|
(James) Stuart Park born - Artist
|
|
1862
|
Airdrie Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Anderson High School (Shetland) Established
|
|
1862
|
Andrew Fisher born - Politician and Australian Prime Minister
|
|
1862
|
Armadale Railway Station (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Ayr Cemetery (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Barns Viaduct (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Beauly Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse (Western Isles) Built
|
|
1862
|
Caldercruix Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Conon Bridge Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Conon Railway Bridge (Highland) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Dingwall Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Dr. James Curle born - Solicitor and archaeologist
|
|
1862
|
Dr. Robert Knox died - Anatomist
|
|
1862
|
Drummuir Railway Station (Moray) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Dufftown Railway Station (Moray) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Elizabeth Crichton (Elizabeth Grierson) died - Founder of the Crichton Royal Hospital in Dumfries
|
|
1862
|
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane born - Authoress and reformer
|
|
1862
|
Euphemia (Effie) Ritchie (Euphemia Thompson) born - Designer and jewellery maker
|
|
1862
|
Far North Line (Highland) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Helen Bannerman born - Author
|
|
1862
|
Holburn Head Lighthouse (Highland) Built
|
|
1862
|
Irvine Townhouse (North Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1862
|
James Bowman Lindsay died - Born in Carmyllie, near Arbroath, Lindsay was a visionary and pioneer in the field of electricity
|
|
1862
|
John Campbell Mitchell born - Artist
|
|
1862
|
Keith Town Railway Station (Moray) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Muir of Ord Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Oran Mor (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1862
|
Prince Albert's Cairn (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1862
|
Princess Alice's Cairn (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1862
|
Prof. (Henry) Harvey Littlejohn born - Forensic scientist
|
|
1862
|
Saughtree Railway Station (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1862
|
Shankend Viaduct (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
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
|
St Abbs Head Lighthouse (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1862
|
Stranraer Railway Station (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1862
|
The Palace Theatre and Grand Hall (East Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1862
|
Thomas Morton died - Engineer and inventor
|
|
1862
|
Vice Admiral Robert Wauchope died - Inventor and naval commander
|
|
1862
|
Whitrope Rail Heritage Centre (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1862
|
William (Willie) Campbell born - Golfer, golf course architect and club-maker
|
|
1862
|
William Gordon Burn Murdoch born - Artist and explorer
|
|
1862
|
Winchburgh Railway Disaster
|
|
1863
|
Alan Alexander Campbell-Swinton born - Engineer
|
|
1863
|
Alexander Henry Rhind died - Egyptologist
|
|
1863
|
Alness Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Angus Mor MacAskill (Aonghas Mor MacAsgaill) died - The Cape Breton Giant
|
|
1863
|
Ardvourlie Castle (Western Isles) Built
|
|
1863
|
Aviemore Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Balhousie Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1863
|
Ballindalloch Bridge (Moray) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Baxter Park (Dundee City) Created
|
|
1863
|
Bearsden Railway Station (East Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Blair Atholl Railway Station (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Broomhill Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Charles Wilson died - Architect
|
|
1863
|
Coatbridge Sunnyside Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Court Residence (West Lothian) Built
|
|
1863
|
Dalwhinnie Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Divie Viaduct (Moray) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Drummond Pleasure Ground (Stirling) Created
|
|
1863
|
Evanton Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Field Marshall Sir Colin Campbell (Lord Clyde) died - Outstanding soldier
|
|
1863
|
George Rainy died - Merchant and plantation owner
|
|
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
|
Kingussie Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Lamington Viaduct (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Mary Lily Walker born - Social reformer
|
|
1863
|
Milngavie Railway Station (East Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Neidpath Viaduct (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1863
|
New Register House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1863
|
Newtonmore Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Pitlochry Railway Station (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Polmaise Castle (Stirling) Built
|
|
1863
|
The Café Royal (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1863
|
Tomnahurich Cemetery (Highland) Opened
|
|
1863
|
Trinity Church (North Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1863
|
Violet Jacob born - Poet and author
|
|
1863
|
Walter Newall died - Architect
|
|
1863
|
Websters (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1863
|
William Alexander Anthony Archibald Douglas-Hamilton (11th Duke of Hamilton, 8th Duke of Brandon) died - Nobleman
|
|
1863
|
William Chadwell Mylne died - Engineer
|
|
1863
|
William Irvine born - Presbyterian evangelist
|
|
1863
|
William Robert Ogilvie-Grant born - Ornithologist
|
|
1864
|
Ardgay Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1864
|
Cameronians Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
|
|
1864
|
Catherine Sinclair died - Novelist and philanthropist
|
|
1864
|
Christ Church (Falkirk) Built
|
|
1864
|
Cosmo Gordon Lang (Baron Lang of Lambeth) born - Archbishop of Canterbury
|
|
1864
|
Cowan's Paper Warehouse (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1864
|
David Roberts died - Painter
|
|
1864
|
David Stow died - Education pioneer
|
|
1864
|
Dr. (Alexander) Crichton Mitchell born - Geophysicist and inventor
|
|
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
|
Fearn Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1864
|
James Frederick Ferrier died - Philosopher and academic
|
|
1864
|
John Ramsay McCulloch died - Economist
|
|
1864
|
Kirkwynd Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
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
|
Monteath Mausoleum (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1864
|
Neidpath Tunnel (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1864
|
Neil Munro (Hugh Foulis) born - Novelist and Journalist
|
|
1864
|
Prince Albert Statue (Perth and Kinross) Erected
|
|
1864
|
Prof. James Pillans died - Academic and educational reformer
|
|
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 biscuit in 1892
|
|
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 Rosslyn Wemyss (Baron Wester Wemyss) born - Noble and naval officer
|
|
1864
|
Sir Thomas (Tommy) Dewar (Lord Dewar) born - Whisky Baron
|
|
1864
|
Tain Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
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
|
Alexander Malcomson born - Businessman and co-founder of the Ford Motor Company
|
|
1865
|
Balgray Reservoir (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1865
|
Balintore Castle (Angus) Built
|
|
1865
|
Castlemilk (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1865
|
Clydebridge Viaduct (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1865
|
Coatbridge Campus of New College Lanarkshire (North Lanarkshire) Established
|
|
1865
|
Colonel Patrick Stewart died - Engineer
|
|
1865
|
Cox's Stack (Dundee City) Built
|
|
1865
|
David Gauld born - Artist
|
|
1865
|
Dunlossit House (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1865
|
Frederick McAdam Cathcart died - Diplomat and soldier
|
|
1865
|
Hawick Heritage Hub (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1865
|
Henry (Harry) Snell Gamley (H.S. Gamley) born - Sculptor
|
|
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
|
Prof. William Edmondstoune Aytoun died - Poet, author and critic
|
|
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
|
Wemyss Bay Railway Station and Ferry Terminal (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
1865
|
Whifflet Line (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
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
|
Alexander Ormiston Curle (A.O. Curle) born - Archaeologist and museum administrator
|
|
1866
|
Archibald (Archie) Simpson born - Golfer and golf course designer
|
|
1866
|
Auskerry Lighthouse (Orkney) Built
|
|
1866
|
Baillieston Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1866
|
Buccleuch Parish Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1866
|
Busby Junction (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1866
|
Busby Railway Station (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1866
|
Charles MacLaren died - Editor
|
|
1866
|
Chatelherault Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1866
|
Church of St James the Great (Fife) Built
|
|
1866
|
Clarkston Railway Station (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1866
|
Cloisters Bar (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1866
|
Clunes Lodge (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1866
|
Dumfries Sheriff Court (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1866
|
Duncraig Castle (Highland) Built
|
|
1866
|
Giffnock Railway Station (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1866
|
High Street Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
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
|
Maule Monument (Angus) Erected
|
|
1866
|
Mount Vernon Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1866
|
National Museum of Scotland (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1866
|
New Cumnock Railway Station (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1866
|
Norman Macleod died - Religious leader
|
|
1866
|
Old Royal Station (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1866
|
Partick Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1866
|
Peden's Stone (North Lanarkshire) Erected
|
|
1866
|
Princess Helena's Cairn (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1866
|
Prof. William Macneile Dixon born - Poet and scholar of the English language
|
|
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 - Wealthy landowner, who became a founder member of the National Trust for Scotland
|
|
1866
|
Sir Murdoch Macdonald born - Civil engineer and politician
|
|
1866
|
St Aloysius' College (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1866
|
The Cottiers Theatre (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1866
|
Waverley Gate (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
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
|
Alexander Gibb died - Engineer
|
|
1867
|
Andrew Reid born - Industrialist
|
|
1867
|
Broomieknowe Tunnel (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1867
|
Harold Segerson Mahony born - Scottish-Irish tennis player
|
|
1867
|
Horatio McCulloch died - Landscape painter
|
|
1867
|
Inverkip Railway Station (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
1867
|
John Strachan died - First Bishop of Toronto
|
|
1867
|
Lasswade Viaduct (Midlothian) Opened
|
|
1867
|
Percy Sinclair Pilcher born - Engineer and pioneer of unpowered flight
|
|
1867
|
Prof. John Goodsir died - Anatomist and medical scientist
|
|
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
|
The McManus (Dundee City) Built
|
|
1867
|
Theatre Royal (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
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 Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1868
|
General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas died - Soldier
|
|
1868
|
Glasgow Climbing Centre (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1868
|
Golspie Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1868
|
Hairmyres Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1868
|
Hamish MacCunn born - Composer
|
|
1868
|
Henry Peter Brougham (1st Baron Brougham and Vaux) died - Inventor, lawyer and politician
|
|
1868
|
Invershin Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1868
|
James Connolly born - Irish nationalist and socialist
|
|
1868
|
John Alexander Carfrae born - Architect
|
|
1868
|
Kenneth Mackenzie Clark born - Thread manufacturer
|
|
1868
|
Lairg Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1868
|
Lochinch Castle (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1868
|
Neilly McCallum born - Footballer
|
|
1868
|
Oykel Viaduct (Highland) Opened
|
|
1868
|
Princess' Cairn (Highland) Erected
|
|
1868
|
Prof. James David Forbes died - Physicist and traveller
|
|
1868
|
Rogart Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1868
|
Sir David Brewster died - Physicist
|
|
1868
|
St Mary's Monastery (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1868
|
The Old Sheriff Court (Falkirk) Built
|
|
1868
|
Thorntonhall Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1868
|
Waverley Railway Station (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1868
|
Woodburn Reservoir (East Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1869
|
Auchencastle (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1869
|
Breich Railway Station (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
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
|
George Houston born - Landscape artist
|
|
1869
|
Glengarry Castle Hotel (Highland) Built
|
|
1869
|
Inverness Cathedral (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
|
Kingston House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1869
|
Loch Indaal Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1869
|
Longcroft Hall (West Lothian) Built
|
|
1869
|
Margaret Stuart Hamilton Tyndall-Bruce died - Heiress and landowner
|
|
1869
|
Newhaven Lighthouse (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
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
|
Shotts Line (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1869
|
Shotts Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1869
|
Sir John Smith Flett born - Geologist
|
|
1869
|
St Andrew's Episcopal Church (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1869
|
The Falconer Museum (Moray) Opened
|
|
1869
|
The National Wallace Monument (Stirling) Erected
|
|
1869
|
Thomas Graham died - Chemist
|
|
1869
|
Union Street Tunnel (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
1869
|
West Calder Railway Station (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
1869
|
William Henry (W.H.) Ogilvie born - Poet and writer
|
|
1869
|
William Reynolds died - One of the first winners of the Victoria Cross
|
|
1870
|
Achanalt Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Achnasheen Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Achnashellach Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Alexander Handyside Ritchie died - Sculptor
|
|
1870
|
Arlington Baths Club (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Attadale Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Bellgrove Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Broadstone Castle (Inverclyde) Built
|
|
1870
|
Cartsdyke Railway Station (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Covenanters' Monument and Communion Stones (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
|
|
1870
|
Cragganmore Distillery (Moray) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Culrain Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1870
|
David Octavius Hill died - Pioneer of photography
|
|
1870
|
David Waterson born - Artist
|
|
1870
|
Dunrobin Castle Railway Station (Highland) Built
|
|
1870
|
Edwin John Alexander born - Watercolourist
|
|
1870
|
Fettes College (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1870
|
Frederick (Freddie) Guthrie Tait born - Golfer
|
|
1870
|
Garve Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
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 Archibald died - Railway engineer
|
|
1870
|
James Braid born - Golfer and golf course designer
|
|
1870
|
James Syme died - Surgeon
|
|
1870
|
James William Giles died - Landscape artist
|
|
1870
|
John Anderson died - Merchant and banker
|
|
1870
|
Kildalton Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1870
|
Killin Junction Station (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Kyle of Lochalsh Line (Highland) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Mormond Stag (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1870
|
Old Rome Bridge (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Prince Arthur's Cairn (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1870
|
Rev. Archibald (Archie) Eneas Robertson (A. E. Robertson) born - Munro-bagger
|
|
1870
|
Rev. Prof. James Moffatt born - Ecclesiastical historian
|
|
1870
|
Rowbank Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Selkirk Sheriff Court (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1870
|
Sir George Bullough born - Wealthy industrialist
|
|
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
|
Strathcarron Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Stromeferry Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1870
|
Stromness Academy (Orkney) Established
|
|
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
|
Arabella Louisa Rankin born - Minor artist
|
|
1871
|
Balgay Cemetery (Dundee City) Opened
|
|
1871
|
Balgay Park (Dundee City) Created
|
|
1871
|
Bargeddie Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1871
|
Blairhill Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1871
|
Brora Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1871
|
Charles Alexander Bruce died - Father of the Indian tea industry
|
|
1871
|
Clermiston Tower (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1871
|
Coatdyke Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1871
|
Dr. (William) Baird Ross born - Organist and composer
|
|
1871
|
Easterhouse Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1871
|
George Udny Yule born - Pioneering statistician
|
|
1871
|
Glasgow Botanic Garden (Glasgow City) Created
|
|
1871
|
James Burns died - Ship-owner
|
|
1871
|
James Newlands died - Visionary sanitation engineer
|
|
1871
|
John George Stewart-Murray (8th Duke of Atholl) born - Military commander and politician
|
|
1871
|
John Joy Bell (J.J. Bell) born - Author
|
|
1871
|
John Wood died - Explorer
|
|
1871
|
Lochluichart Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1871
|
Princess Louise's Cairn (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1871
|
Robert Chambers died - Publisher, author and natural philosopher
|
|
1871
|
Samuel John Peploe born - Impressionist painter, particularly noted for his still-life works
|
|
1871
|
Shettleston Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1871
|
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison died - Geologist and geographer
|
|
1871
|
Sir Thomas Duncan Rhind born - Architect, volunteer soldier and civil servant
|
|
1871
|
Stewarton Railway Station (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
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
|
|
1871
|
Edinburgh's first tram began operation
|
|
1872
|
Andrew Greig Barr born - Father of Irn Bru
|
|
1872
|
Ca' D'Oro (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1872
|
Caldrum Works (Dundee City) Opened
|
|
1872
|
Chapel of St Lesmo (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1872
|
David Kirkwood (1st Lord Kirkwood of Bearsden) born - Policitian, who was one of the Red Clydesiders
|
|
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
|
Glen Tanar House (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
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
|
John Gray died - Ship's Captain
|
|
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
|
Old Surgical Hospital (City of Edinburgh) Built / Opened
|
|
1872
|
Prof. Alexander MacPhail born - Anatomist
|
|
1872
|
Quartermile (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1872
|
Rangers Football Club Founded
|
|
1872
|
Rev. Hew Scott died - Ecclesiastical editor
|
|
1872
|
Rev. Norman MacLeod died - Theologian, prodigious author and social reformer
|
|
1872
|
Robert Brough born - Artist
|
|
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
|
Cockburn Geological Museum (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1873
|
Cononish Viaduct (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1873
|
Culag Hotel (Highland) Built
|
|
1873
|
David Livingstone died - Explorer and medical missionary
|
|
1873
|
Frances MacDonald born - Artist and designer
|
|
1873
|
George Forrest born - Botanist
|
|
1873
|
Hagdale Horse Mill (Shetland) Closed
|
|
1873
|
Helmsdale Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1873
|
Ibrox Stadium (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1873
|
James Robert Hope-Scott died - Tractarian and barrister
|
|
1873
|
James Salmon born - Architect
|
|
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
|
Kilmaurs Railway Station (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1873
|
Louis Agassiz died - Geologist and zoologist
|
|
1873
|
Luib Station (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1873
|
Newton Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1873
|
Rev. Dr. Thomas Guthrie died - Social reformer and founder of the Free Church
|
|
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
|
Threave House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1873
|
Turnberry Lighthouse (South Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1873
|
Tyndrum Lower Railway Station (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1874
|
Adam Black died - Publisher
|
|
1874
|
Alexander Dennistoun died - Cotton trader
|
|
1874
|
Altnabreac Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1874
|
Anniesland Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1874
|
Colinton Tunnel (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1874
|
Dysart Parish Church (Fife) Built
|
|
1874
|
Forsinard Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1874
|
Fox Maule Ramsay (11th Earl of Dalhousie; 2nd Lord Panmure) died - Politician
|
|
1874
|
Georgemas Junction (Highland) Opened
|
|
1874
|
Granton Lighthouse (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1874
|
Henry Glassford Bell died - Author and lawyer
|
|
1874
|
Henry Scott Riddell Monument (Scottish Borders) Erected
|
|
1874
|
Invergordon Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1874
|
James Gall died - Publisher, inventor of a system of print for the blind and a notable map projection
|
|
1874
|
John Duncan Fergusson (J.D. Fergusson) born - Painter
|
|
1874
|
Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray (Duchess of Atholl; Marchioness of Tulliebardine; Katharine Ramsay) born - Politician
|
|
1874
|
Kildonan Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1874
|
Kinbrace Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1874
|
Launceston Elliot born - Claimed as Scotland's first Olympic medal winner, although Elliot never lived in Scotland
|
|
1874
|
Neil Arnott died - Inventor, natural philosopher and physician
|
|
1874
|
Pinmore Tunnel (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1874
|
Robert Edmond Grant died - Naturalist and medical scientist
|
|
1874
|
Robert W. Service born - Poet and author
|
|
1874
|
Rosslynlee Hospital (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1874
|
Scotscalder Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
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) Built
|
|
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
|
Thurso Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1874
|
Town House (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1874
|
Wick Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
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
|
(Robert) Douglas Strachan born - Stained glass artist
|
|
1875
|
Aleister Crowley (Edward Alexander Crowley) born - Hedonist, influential satanist, cult leader and mountaineer, who was described by the press as the 'Wickedest Man in the World'
|
|
1875
|
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson died - Architect
|
|
1875
|
Ascog Hall (Argyll and Bute) Created
|
|
1875
|
County Buildings (Shetland) Built
|
|
1875
|
Daniel Lizars died - Engraver, printer and publisher
|
|
1875
|
Edward Meldrum died - Oil shale magnate
|
|
1875
|
Frederick (Fred) Pattison Pullar born - Amateur scientist
|
|
1875
|
General Sir James Hope Grant died - Soldier
|
|
1875
|
Jessie Marion King born - Illustrator
|
|
1875
|
John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) born - Author, biographer and politician
|
|
1875
|
John Hughes Bennett died - Physiologist
|
|
1875
|
John Matthew born - Architect
|
|
1875
|
Kilmarnock Cemetery (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1875
|
Lochmaddy Sheriff Court (Western Isles) Built
|
|
1875
|
Longmore House (City of Edinburgh) Built / Opened
|
|
1875
|
Polmadie Depot (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
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
|
Sir William Wright Smith born - Botanist and plant hunter
|
|
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
|
|
1875
|
William Dingwall Fordyce died - Politician and landowner
|
|
1876
|
(James) Eric Drummond (16th Earl of Perth) born - Diplomat and politician
|
|
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
|
Culsh Monument (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1876
|
David Bryce died - Prodigious and influential architect
|
|
1876
|
George Hay (8th Marquess of Tweeddale) died - Soldier
|
|
1876
|
George Manson died - Painter
|
|
1876
|
Hamilton Central Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1876
|
James Baird died - Foundryman and industrialist
|
|
1876
|
James Craufurd (James Crawford, Lord Ardmillan) died - Judge
|
|
1876
|
James McKay died - Sea captain and early Mayor of the City of Tampa in Florida
|
|
1876
|
James Paterson died - Journalist and author
|
|
1876
|
Laurence Niven (Lawrence Niven) died - Horticulturalist and gardener
|
|
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
|
Robert Smyth McColl born - Footballer and corner-shop entrepreneur
|
|
1876
|
Ronald Orr born - Footballer
|
|
1876
|
Scalloway Primary School (Shetland) Established
|
|
1876
|
Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley born - Railway engineer
|
|
1876
|
Sir James Campbell died - Merchant, who became Lord Provost of Glasgow
|
|
1876
|
Sir John Gilmour born - Politician
|
|
1876
|
Sir Muirhead Bone born - Artist
|
|
1876
|
Tiree High School (Argyll and Bute) Established
|
|
1876
|
Uig Lodge (Western Isles) Built
|
|
1876
|
Vogrie House (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1876
|
Western Baths Club (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1876
|
Dee Ferry Boat Disaster
|
|
1877
|
Alexander Bain died - Inventor
|
|
1877
|
Alexandra Parade (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1877
|
Anna Buchan (O. Douglas) born - Author
|
|
1877
|
Barrhill Railway Station (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1877
|
Brodie Park (Renfrewshire) Created
|
|
1877
|
Captain Alexander Rodger died - Sea captain and adventurer
|
|
1877
|
Clydebridge Steelworks (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1877
|
Clydeside Distillery (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1877
|
Corrour Bothy (Aberdeenshire) Built / Opened
|
|
1877
|
Dalmally Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1877
|
David Urquhart died - Diplomat, who brought the 'Turkish Bath' to Britain
|
|
1877
|
Dr. Robert Lee died - Pioneering gynaecologist
|
|
1877
|
Dunfermline Town Railway Station (Fife) Opened
|
|
1877
|
Falshaw Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1877
|
George Cornet born - Olympic champion
|
|
1877
|
Girvan Railway Station (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1877
|
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1877
|
Inverkeithing Railway Station (Fife) Opened
|
|
1877
|
James Ballantine (James Ballington) died - Artist, poet and author
|
|
1877
|
James Bryce died - Ulster-Scots school teacher and geologist
|
|
1877
|
James Merry died - Industrialist and politician
|
|
1877
|
Mitchell Library (Glasgow City) Established
|
|
1877
|
Norman Leslie (19th Earl of Rothes) born - Noble and soldier
|
|
1877
|
Portobello Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1877
|
Prof. Charles Glover Barkla born - Physicist and Nobel laureate
|
|
1877
|
Prof. Thomas Renton Elliott born - Medical scientist
|
|
1877
|
Robert Dale Owen died - Social reformer and anti-slavery campaigner
|
|
1877
|
Sir William Ferguson died - Surgeon
|
|
1877
|
St Margaret's Head Tunnel (Fife) Opened
|
|
1877
|
Succouth Viaduct (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1877
|
The Glasgow Academy (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1877
|
The Mitchell Theatre (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1877
|
Thomas (Tommy) Arthur Nelson born - Publisher
|
|
1877
|
Wemyss School of Needlework (Fife) Opened
|
|
1877
|
Wick, Bridge of (Highland) 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
|
Camperdown Tunnel (Dundee City) Opened
|
|
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
|
Ballochbuie Purchase Cairn (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1878
|
Bishop's Palace (Highland) Built
|
|
1878
|
Bogston Railway Station (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
1878
|
David Cousin died - Architect
|
|
1878
|
Drumintoul Lodge (Highland) Built
|
|
1878
|
Dunblane Hydro (Stirling) Built
|
|
1878
|
Dunlop Railway Station (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1878
|
Fairlie Railway Station (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1878
|
Fauldhouse Railway Station (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
1878
|
Finlay Currie born - Character actor
|
|
1878
|
George Paul Chalmers (G.P. Chalmers) died - Painter, described as the Angus Rembrandt
|
|
1878
|
George Wittet born - Architect, noted for his work in India
|
|
1878
|
Isabella (Tibbie) Shiels died - Inn-keeper and Borders worthy
|
|
1878
|
James Ballantine born - Stained glass artist
|
|
1878
|
James McNab died - Plant-hunter, horticulturist and botanist
|
|
1878
|
John Pullar died - Entrepreneur and local politician
|
|
1878
|
John T. Rochead died - Architect
|
|
1878
|
Kilmarnock Railway Station (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1878
|
Kirkpatrick Macmillan died - Inventor
|
|
1878
|
Louisa Jordan born - Nurse
|
|
1878
|
Lucy (Noël) Leslie (Countess of Rothes; Lucy Noël Dyer-Edwardes) born - Titanic survivor and philanthropist
|
|
1878
|
Morningside Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1878
|
Percy Unna born - Environmentalist and philanthropist
|
|
1878
|
Rev. Robert Stirling died - Clergyman who made his name as an engineer, inventing the Stirling-cycle engine
|
|
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
|
Sir William Whyte born - Banker
|
|
1878
|
Thomas Thomson died - Naturalist, explorer and plant-hunter
|
|
1878
|
William (Willie) Dunn (Senior) died - Golfing champion and equipment manufacturer
|
|
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 (G.L. Hunter) born - Painter and landscapes and still-life
|
|
1879
|
Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie (A.G.R. Mackenzie) born - Architect
|
|
1879
|
Alexander James Adie died - Railway engineer
|
|
1879
|
Arthur 'Archie' James Robertson born - Athlete
|
|
1879
|
Bellshill Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1879
|
Burns Monument Centre (East Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1879
|
Dalkeith Water Tower (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1879
|
Eric Campbell born - Actor
|
|
1879
|
Ferryden Viaduct (Angus) Opened
|
|
1879
|
Francis Cadell died - Explorer
|
|
1879
|
Gladhouse Reservoir (Midlothian) Opened
|
|
1879
|
Glasgow Central Railway Station (Glasgow City) 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
|
Prof. James Nicol died - Geologist
|
|
1879
|
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1879
|
Stantling Craig Reservoir (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1879
|
Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion (Highland) Opened
|
|
1879
|
The Old Burgh Buildings (Falkirk) 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
|
Awe Viaduct (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1880
|
Connel Ferry Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1880
|
Craiglockhart Campus (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1880
|
David Hutcheson died - Ship owner
|
|
1880
|
Edgelaw Reservoir (Midlothian) Opened
|
|
1880
|
Ernest Auldjo Jamieson born - Architect
|
|
1880
|
Francis George Scott born - Composer
|
|
1880
|
General Sir John Low died - Indian army commander
|
|
1880
|
George Brown died - Politician and a founding father of the Confederation of Canada
|
|
1880
|
Glensherup Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1880
|
HM Prison Barlinnie (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1880
|
Harperleas Reservoir (Fife) Opened
|
|
1880
|
Holytown Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1880
|
John Boyd Orr (Lord Boyd Orr of Brechin) born - Nutritionist and Nobel Prize winner
|
|
1880
|
John Guthrie Spence Smith born - Artist
|
|
1880
|
Loch Awe Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1880
|
Margaret (Madge) Neill Fraser born - Popular golfer, nurse and suffragist
|
|
1880
|
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes born - Social Reformer, author, suffragette and scientist
|
|
1880
|
Oban Branch (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1880
|
Preston Watson born - Pioneer of flight
|
|
1880
|
Robert (Bertie) Charles Forbes born - Journalist and financier
|
|
1880
|
Robert Coltard (Robert Coltart) died - Confectionery manufacturer who penned a popular song
|
|
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
|
Taynuilt Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1880
|
Thomas Corbett died - Merchant and philanthropist
|
|
1880
|
William McCombie died - Cattle breeder
|
|
1881
|
(Thomas Johnstone) Carlyle Gifford born - Financier and lawyer
|
|
1881
|
Admiral Sir James Hope died - Naval commander
|
|
1881
|
Bonskeid House (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1881
|
Bruichladdich Distillery (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
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
|
International School of Aberdeen (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1881
|
James Shearer born - Architect
|
|
1881
|
James Williamson born - Engineer
|
|
1881
|
John Crichton-Stuart (4th Marquess of Bute) born - Conservationist of the built environment
|
|
1881
|
John Hill Burton died - Historian, writer and lawyer
|
|
1881
|
Montrose Railway Station (Angus) Opened
|
|
1881
|
Norman Ainsley born - Screen and stage actor
|
|
1881
|
Sir Alexander Fleming born - Medical Scientist
|
|
1881
|
Sir Robert Inglis born - Railway engineer and administrator
|
|
1881
|
Thomas (Tom) Johnston born - Politician
|
|
1881
|
Thomas Carlyle died - Writer, historian, philosopher and literary critic
|
|
1881
|
Thornliebank Railway Station (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1881
|
Victoria Bridge (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1881
|
William (Willie) Gallacher born - Politician, trade unionist and Red Clydesider
|
|
1881
|
William Brodie died - Sculptor
|
|
1881
|
First Ever Women's Football Match
|
|
1881
|
Gloup Fishing Disaster
|
|
1881
|
Eyemouth Disaster
|
|
1882
|
(Albert Edward) Harry (Mayer Archibald) Primrose (6th Earl of Rosebery) born - Politician and sportsman
|
|
1882
|
(Jessie) Chrystal MacMillan born - Feminist and pacifist
|
|
1882
|
Addiewell Railway Station (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
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
|
Charles Darwin died - Naturalist
|
|
1882
|
Craigendoran Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1882
|
Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1882
|
Donald Crisp born - Actor, film director and producer
|
|
1882
|
Drumsheugh Baths Club (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1882
|
Fairlie Tunnel (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1882
|
Francis Maitland Balfour died - Embryologist
|
|
1882
|
Infirmary Bridge (Highland) Opened
|
|
1882
|
Inverness Town House (Highland) Built
|
|
1882
|
James Robb Scott born - Railway architect
|
|
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
|
Prince Leopold's Cairn (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1882
|
Prof. (Thomas) Graham Brown born - Mountaineer and neurophysiologist
|
|
1882
|
Sir Charles Wyville Thomson died - Oceanographer and marine biologist
|
|
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
|
South Esk Viaduct (Angus) Opened
|
|
1882
|
Stirling Arcade (Stirling) Built
|
|
1882
|
The Fountain (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
|
|
1882
|
William Lambie Moffatt (William Moffat) died - Architect
|
|
1882
|
William Neilson died - Industrialist
|
|
1882
|
Yoker Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1883
|
Albert Halls (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1883
|
Alexander Sutherland Neill (A.S. Neill) born - Radical educationalist
|
|
1883
|
Alfred (Alf) Webster born - Stained glass artist
|
|
1883
|
Ardrossan South Beach Railway Station (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1883
|
Barnhill Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1883
|
Birnam Arts & Conference Centre (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1883
|
Bonnie Wee Well (Renfrewshire) Erected
|
|
1883
|
Bunnahabhain Distillery (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1883
|
Callander Tourist Information Centre (Stirling) Built
|
|
1883
|
David Rhind died - Architect
|
|
1883
|
Dr. Robert Moffat died - Missionary and explorer
|
|
1883
|
Duke Street Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1883
|
Dunfermline Carnegie Library (Fife) Built
|
|
1883
|
Duthie Park (Aberdeen City) Created
|
|
1883
|
Ebenezer Place (Highland) Constructed
|
|
1883
|
Eric Temple Bell born - Mathematician and author
|
|
1883
|
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (F.C.B. Cadell) born - Painter
|
|
1883
|
HM Prison Dumfries (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1883
|
Hutcheson's Monument (Argyll and Bute) Erected
|
|
1883
|
Islay Woollen Mill (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1883
|
James McBey born - Artist, noted for his etchings and dry point engravings
|
|
1883
|
James Young (James '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 Lessels died - Architect
|
|
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
|
Margaret Agnes Bunn (Margaret Agnes Somerville) died - Actress, noted for her roles as the tragic heroine
|
|
1883
|
Neilson's Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
|
|
1883
|
Oban War & Peace Museum (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1883
|
Old St Paul's Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1883
|
Peter Spence died - Industrial chemist
|
|
1883
|
Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie born - Architect
|
|
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) Opened
|
|
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
|
Anatomical Museum (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1884
|
Arthur Perigal died - Landscape painter
|
|
1884
|
Blackford Hill (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
|
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
|
East Kirkton Quarry (West Lothian) Closed
|
|
1884
|
Jean Dunlop Cadell born - Actress
|
|
1884
|
John Adam Houston died - Painter
|
|
1884
|
Joseph Dewar Hislop born - Operatic tenor
|
|
1884
|
Kinlochmoidart House (Highland) Built
|
|
1884
|
Lord Emmanuel (Manny) Shinwell born - Socialist politician
|
|
1884
|
Mary Ann Baxter died - Philanthropist
|
|
1884
|
McGavin Park (North Ayrshire) Created
|
|
1884
|
Meat Market Arch (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1884
|
Mortuary Chapel (Angus) Built
|
|
1884
|
Peter Fraser born - New Zealand politician
|
|
1884
|
Prof. John Hutton Balfour died - Botanist
|
|
1884
|
Royal Scottish Geographical Society (Perth and Kinross) Established
|
|
1884
|
Royal Scottish Geographical Society Founded
|
|
1884
|
Scottish Association for Marine Science, (Argyll and Bute) Established
|
|
1884
|
Selkirk Library (Scottish Borders) Established
|
|
1884
|
Sir Alexander Grant died - Administrator and educationalist
|
|
1884
|
Southern Suburban Railway (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1884
|
Thomas Dickson died - American industrialist
|
|
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
|
|
1884
|
William Mossman died - Sculptor
|
|
1885
|
Aberdeen Art Gallery (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1885
|
Alexander Mackenzie born - Actor
|
|
1885
|
Alexander Murray died - Geologist
|
|
1885
|
Camps Viaduct (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
1885
|
Charles 'Mac' Macaskie born - Founder of Britain's first nudist camp
|
|
1885
|
Covenanter's Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
|
|
1885
|
Crookston Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
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
|
High Street Tunnel (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1885
|
James Cox died - Jute baron
|
|
1885
|
John Campbell Shairp died - Poet and literary critic
|
|
1885
|
John Francis Campbell (Iain Òg Ìle) died - Polymath
|
|
1885
|
Largs Railway Station (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1885
|
Levengrove Park (West Dunbartonshire) Created
|
|
1885
|
North British Distillery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1885
|
Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1885
|
Paisley Canal Railway Station (Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1885
|
Princess Beatrice's Cairn (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1885
|
Rev. John Marius Wilson died - Author, reference editor and clergyman
|
|
1885
|
Robert Thorburn died - Artist
|
|
1885
|
Rosebery Reservoir (Midlothian) Opened
|
|
1885
|
Sir Patrick Dollan born - Activist and reformer, identified as one of the 'Red Clydesiders', who went on to become one of Glasgow's most influential Lord Provosts
|
|
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) Built
|
|
1886
|
Ayr Railway Station (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Barwhillanty (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1886
|
Bedford Bridge (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Brevik House (Shetland) Built / Opened
|
|
1886
|
Cameron Barracks (Highland) Built
|
|
1886
|
Cathcart Circle Line (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Cathcart Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Charing Cross Tunnel (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Crosshill Railway Station (Glasgow City) 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
|
Duncan McLaren died - Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Member of Parliament and social reformer
|
|
1886
|
Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus (The Highland Lady) died - Writer and social observer
|
|
1886
|
Ellemford Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Finnieston Tunnel (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Frank Lloyd born - Film director
|
|
1886
|
Garmouth Viaduct (Moray) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Helen Burness Cruickshank born - Poet and activist
|
|
1886
|
Iona Golf Course (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1886
|
John Maclaren Barclay died - Minor portrait painter
|
|
1886
|
John Maclauchlan Milne born - Artist
|
|
1886
|
Knightswood Tunnel (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Lorna Moon (Helen Low) born - Authoress and Holywood screen-writer
|
|
1886
|
Moray Crematorium (Moray) Built
|
|
1886
|
Mount Florida Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Newton-on-Ayr Railway Station (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Old Blacksmith's Shop Visitor Centre (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford born - Aerial archaeologist
|
|
1886
|
Penelope Beaton born - Artist
|
|
1886
|
Pollokshields East Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Queen's Park Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Rosemount Viaduct (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1886
|
Shetland Library (Shetland) Built
|
|
1886
|
Sir Alexander Matheson (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
|
William Landsborough died - Explorer
|
|
1886
|
The Edinburgh International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art
|
|
1887
|
Adam Gifford (Lord Gifford) died - Advocate and judge
|
|
1887
|
Alyth Town Hall (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1887
|
Balfour Stewart died - Physicist and meteorologist
|
|
1887
|
Colonel Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken died - Decorated soldier
|
|
1887
|
Dovecot Studios (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1887
|
Dugald MacPhail died - Gaelic songwriter, poet and author
|
|
1887
|
Edwin Muir born - Poet and novelist
|
|
1887
|
Glenfiddich Distillery (Moray) Opened
|
|
1887
|
Irvine Bogside Golf Course (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1887
|
James (Jimmy) Henderson Finlayson born - Actor
|
|
1887
|
James George Weir born - Industrialist and aeronautical pioneer
|
|
1887
|
James Grant died - Novelist and historian
|
|
1887
|
Jaw Reservoir (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1887
|
Johanna Maria Lind (Jenny Lind) died - The Swedish nightingale
|
|
1887
|
John Francis Campbell Monument (Argyll and Bute) Erected
|
|
1887
|
John McEwen born - Radical socialist and proponent of land reform
|
|
1887
|
John Menzies Campbell born - Dental historian
|
|
1887
|
Norah Mears (Norah Geddes) born - Landscape architect
|
|
1887
|
Old Parish Church of Peebles (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1887
|
Seafield Cemetery and Crematorium (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1887
|
Sir Charles Galton Darwin born - Physicist
|
|
1887
|
Sir George Deas (Lord Deas) died - Law Lord
|
|
1887
|
Springburn Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1887
|
Stanley Cursiter born - Painter
|
|
1887
|
Tay Bridge (Dundee City) Opened
|
|
1887
|
The Scotch Whisky Experience (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1887
|
The Torridon (Highland) Built
|
|
1887
|
Thomas Stevenson died - Engineer to the Board of Northern Lighthouses
|
|
1887
|
Thurso Bridge (Highland) Opened
|
|
1887
|
Trinity Cemetery (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1887
|
Victor Alexander John Hope (8th Earl of Hopetoun; 2nd Marquis of Linlithgow) born - Viceroy of India
|
|
1887
|
Victoria Hall (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1887
|
Warrender Swim Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1887
|
William Nelson died - Publisher
|
|
1887
|
Udston Pit Disaster
|
|
1887
|
Europe's Oldest Student Newspaper founded
|
|
1888
|
Ballengeich Cemetery (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1888
|
Carntyne Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1888
|
Castle Douglas Auction Mart (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1888
|
Celtic Football Club Founded
|
|
1888
|
Celtic Park (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1888
|
Covenanters' Memorial (Orkney) Erected
|
|
1888
|
Crossmyloof Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1888
|
Doulton Fountain (Glasgow City) Erected
|
|
1888
|
Garnock Viaduct (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1888
|
Glasgow City Chambers (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1888
|
Harbour Arts Centre (North Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1888
|
Harrison Memorial Arch (City of Edinburgh) Erected
|
|
1888
|
James Salmon died - Architect
|
|
1888
|
James Sellars died - Architect
|
|
1888
|
James Thomson died - Minor poet and songwriter
|
|
1888
|
John Logie Baird born - Engineer
|
|
1888
|
John West died - Entrepreneurial fish-canner
|
|
1888
|
Kilbowie House (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1888
|
Little Denny Reservoir (Falkirk) Opened
|
|
1888
|
McKechnie Institute (South Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1888
|
Osborne Henry Mavor (James Bridie) born - Playwright and promoter of the arts
|
|
1888
|
Our Lady Star of the Sea (Western Isles) Built
|
|
1888
|
Our Lady's High School (North Lanarkshire) Established
|
|
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 (Colonel Walter Elliot) born - Politician, writer and broadcaster
|
|
1888
|
William McDowall died - Influential Dumfriesian
|
|
1888
|
William Wallace Statue (Aberdeen City) Erected
|
|
1889
|
Alexander MacRae born - Sportswear entrepreneur
|
|
1889
|
Arthur MacManus born - Trade unionist and communist leader
|
|
1889
|
David Waldie died - Surgeon and medical scientist
|
|
1889
|
Edward Caird died - Jute Baron
|
|
1889
|
Fort Matilda Railway Station (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
1889
|
Gourock Railway Station (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
1889
|
Greenock West Railway Station (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
1889
|
Hartwood Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1889
|
Hyman Levy born - Mathematician, philosopher and humanist
|
|
1889
|
Inverleith Park (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
|
1889
|
Isobel Wylie Hutchison born - Enthusiastic traveller, author and botanist
|
|
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
|
John Rhind died - Architect
|
|
1889
|
King's Cross Hospital (Dundee City) Built / Opened
|
|
1889
|
Newton Street Tunnel (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
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
|
Robert Paterson died - Architect
|
|
1889
|
Robert Stirling Newall died - Engineer, responsible for many of the early undersea telegraph cables
|
|
1889
|
Sir James Falshaw died - Railway engineer and local politician
|
|
1889
|
Sir William Dunbar died - Railway administrator and politician
|
|
1889
|
St Andrews Botanic Garden (Fife) Created
|
|
1889
|
Teviot Row House (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1889
|
The John Hastie Museum (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1889
|
Victoria Hall (West Lothian) Built
|
|
1889
|
Walter Montgomerie Neilson died - Industrialist
|
|
1889
|
Wellpark Tunnel (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
1889
|
William Ramsay McNab died - Botanist and physician
|
|
1889
|
Mauricewood Pit Disaster
|
|
c.1890
|
Couperfield House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1890
|
Aberdour Railway Station (Fife) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Alexander Murdoch Mackay died - Missionary
|
|
1890
|
Alnwickhill House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1890
|
Barony Hall (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1890
|
Caledonian Road Primary School (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1890
|
Coul Reservoir (Fife) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Cowdenbeath Railway Station (Fife) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Dalmeny Railway Station (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Dalry Railway Station (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1890
|
David Milne-Home died - Advocate and scientist
|
|
1890
|
Dinnet House (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1890
|
Drumchapel Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Edinburgh Central Library (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1890
|
Edward Sang died - Mathematician, engineer and actuary
|
|
1890
|
Forth Bridge (Fife) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Fossil Grove (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Glenfarg North Tunnel (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1890
|
Glenfarg South Tunnel (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1890
|
HM Prison Aberdeen (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1890
|
Inverkeithing Tunnel (Fife) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Inverness Victorian Market (Highland) Built
|
|
1890
|
James Croll died - Unsung scientist
|
|
1890
|
James Nasmyth died - Engineer and inventor
|
|
1890
|
James Scott Reid (Lord Reid of Drem) born - Jurist and politician
|
|
1890
|
John (Ian) Bartholomew born - Cartographer
|
|
1890
|
John Mossman died - Sculptor
|
|
1890
|
Jordanhill Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Manderston (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1890
|
Maxwell Park (Glasgow City) Created
|
|
1890
|
North Queensferry Railway Station (Fife) Opened
|
|
1890
|
North Queensferry Tunnel (Fife) Opened
|
|
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
|
Pollokshields Burgh Hall (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1890
|
Prof. James Lorimer died - Lawyer and political philosopher
|
|
1890
|
Robert Mylne died - Architect and surveyor
|
|
1890
|
Scottish National Portrait Gallery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Seacliff Harbour (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1890
|
Sir (Arthur) Landsborough Thomson born - Medical adminstrator and noted ornithologist
|
|
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 (Sir Peter Coats of Auchendrane) died - Industrialist
|
|
1890
|
Stornoway Golf Course (Western Isles) Opened
|
|
1890
|
Susan McCallum Monument (Highland) Erected
|
|
1890
|
Tommy Lorne (Hugh Gallagher Corcoran) born - Music hall comedian
|
|
1890
|
Wilhelmina (Willa) Muir (Willa Anderson) born - Author and translator
|
|
1890
|
William Edward Baxter died - Businessman and politician
|
|
1890
|
Wilton Lodge Park (Scottish Borders) Created
|
|
1891
|
Abram Lyle died - Sugar refiner
|
|
1891
|
Baird Institute Museum (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1891
|
Crofthead Mill (East Renfrewshire) Built
|
|
1891
|
D. Alan Stevenson born - Lighthouse engineer
|
|
1891
|
Dalmarnock Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1891
|
Daniel Cottier died - Influential designer
|
|
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
|
James Beattie Michie born - Architect and artist
|
|
1891
|
John Bullough died - Industrialist
|
|
1891
|
John Inglis (Lord Glencorse) died - Judge
|
|
1891
|
Lady Grisell Baillie died - First Deaconess of the Church of Scotland
|
|
1891
|
Lochee Park (Dundee City) Created
|
|
1891
|
Machrie Golf Course (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1891
|
Neil Gunn born - Novelist
|
|
1891
|
Prof. Flora Murray Scott born - Plant physiologist
|
|
1891
|
Prof. Margaret Fairlie born - Medical scientist and Scotland's first female professor
|
|
1891
|
Robert Dick died - Industrialist
|
|
1891
|
Saltcoats Railway Station (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1891
|
Scotstounhill Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1891
|
Shieldmuir Railway Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
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
|
Sir William Fettes Douglas died - Artist
|
|
1891
|
The Stewartry Museum (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1891
|
Tulloch Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1891
|
William Gemmell died - Sculptor
|
|
1892
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Aberdeen Central Library (Aberdeen City) Built
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1892
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Alexander Mackenzie died - Canadian Prime Minister
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1892
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Andrew (Andy) Clyde born - Actor
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1892
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Askernish Golf Course (Western Isles) Opened
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1892
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Beveridge Park (Fife) Created
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1892
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Bilston Glen Viaduct (Midlothian) Opened
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1892
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Cambuslang Bridge (South Lanarkshire) Opened
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1892
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Carlhurlie Reservoir (Fife) Opened
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1892
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Carrbridge Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1892
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Digestive Biscuit Invented
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1892
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Dr. Thomas Neill Cream died - The Waterloo Poisoner
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1892
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Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (Dundee City) Established
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1892
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Fair Isle North Lighthouse (Shetland) Built
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1892
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Fair Isle South Lighthouse (Shetland) Built
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1892
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Fonab Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
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1892
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General Stanislaw Maczek born - Exiled army commander
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1892
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Glasgow Gailes Golf Course (North Ayrshire) Opened
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1892
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Holyrood Business Park (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1892
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Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) born - Poet, nationalist and socialist
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1892
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James Augustus Grant died - Explorer and soldier
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1892
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James Brunlees died - Civil engineer
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1892
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John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (J.B.S. Haldane) born - Biologist and geneticist
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1892
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John Cairns died - Clergyman and philosopher
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1892
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John MacQueen Cowan born - Botanist and plant-hunter
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1892
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John Muir Wood died - Musicologist and amateur photographer
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1892
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John Rhind died - Sculptor
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1892
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Kylerhea Lighthouse (Highland) Built
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1892
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Margaret Myles born - Midwife and educator, who was revered in Scotland and respected internationally
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1892
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Phineas Ryrie died - Tea merchant and Hong Kong politician
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1892
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Prof. Sir Daniel Wilson died - Archaeologist, antiquarian and academic
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1892
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Ramsay Garden (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1892
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Rev. Andrew Alexander Bonar died - Clergyman and author
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1892
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Royal Observatory of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1892
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Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt born - Physicist
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1892
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St Mark's Church (Aberdeen City) Built
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1892
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Templeton Business Centre (Glasgow City) Built
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1892
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Thomas Mackay Cooper (1st Baron Cooper of Culross) born - Politician and jurist
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1892
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Thomas Nelson died - Publisher
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1892
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Troon Railway Station (South Ayrshire) Opened
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1892
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West Lothian Golf Course (Falkirk) Opened
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1892
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Whiteash Cairn (Moray) Erected
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1893
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Anna (Nan) Shepherd born - Author
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1893
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Arbuthnot Museum (Aberdeenshire) Built
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1893
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Baberton Golf Club (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1893
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Carnegie Library (South Ayrshire) Built
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1893
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Charles Jenner died - Co-founder of Jenner's department store in Edinburgh
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1893
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Donald Duff born - Surgeon and mountain rescue pioneer
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1893
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Dr. James Phemister born - Geologist
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1893
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Dr. John Rae died - Arctic Explorer
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|
1893
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Easter Road Park (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1893
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Emancipation Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
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1893
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Euan Cox born - Plant-hunter
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1893
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Falls of Cruachan Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
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1893
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George Washington Wilson died - Pioneering photographer, noted for his early studies of the Royal family
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1893
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Helliar Holm Lighthouse (Orkney) Built
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1893
|
James Harrison died - Refrigeration pioneer, journalist and Australian politician
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1893
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John Bartholomew died - Cartographer
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1893
|
John McLachlan died - Minor architect
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1893
|
John Pettie died - Painter
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1893
|
McLennan Arch (Glasgow City) Erected
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1893
|
Powderhall Waste Transfer Station (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1893
|
Sheriff Alexander Nicholson died - Mountaineer and legal officer
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1893
|
Sir Alexander Knox Helm born - Diplomat
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1893
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Sir James Anderson died - Captain of the Great Eastern
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1893
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Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen born - Politician, land-owner and minor poet
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1893
|
The Tenement House (Glasgow City) Built
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1893
|
William Shepherd Morrison (Viscount Dunrossil of Valaquie) born - Politician
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1894
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Andrew Heiton died - Architect
|
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1894
|
Ardlui Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
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1894
|
Arrochar & Tarbet Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
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1894
|
Bannockburn Hospital (Stirling) Built / Opened
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1894
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Bridge of Orchy Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
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1894
|
Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay born - Fascist, imprisoned for treason during the Second World War
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1894
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Charles George Hood Kinnear died - Architect and inventor
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1894
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Corrour Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1894
|
Crianlarich Railway Station (Stirling) Opened
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|
1894
|
Dalmarnock Sewage Works (Glasgow City) Opened
|
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1894
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Deaconess (City of Edinburgh) Built / Opened
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|
1894
|
Dora Mina Erskine-Wemyss (Lady Grosvenor) died - Creator of the Wemyss School of Needlework
|
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1894
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Exhibition Centre Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
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1894
|
Garelochhead Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
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1894
|
Glenbruar Viaduct (Stirling) Opened
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1894
|
Greenfield House (Clackmannanshire) Built
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1894
|
Hawkhead Railway Station (Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1894
|
Helensburgh Upper Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1894
|
Hyndland Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1894
|
James McCosh died - Philosopher
|
|
1894
|
John Colville (Baron Clydesmuir of Braidwood) born - Industrialist and politician
|
|
1894
|
Joseph (Joe) Corrie born - Poet and playwright
|
|
1894
|
Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court (Fife) Built
|
|
1894
|
Langside Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
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|
1894
|
Lieut-Colonel Gwido Langer born - Cryptographer
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|
1894
|
Linlithgow Academy (West Lothian) Established
|
|
1894
|
Pape's Cottages (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1894
|
Pollokshaws East Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1894
|
Prof. Alexander Thom born - Engineer, noted for his archaeoastronomical research on stone circles
|
|
1894
|
Prof. John Veitch died - Philosopher, poet and historian
|
|
1894
|
Rannoch Railway Station (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1894
|
Rannoch Viaduct (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1894
|
Robert Davidson died - Industrialist and engineer, who built the first electric locomotive
|
|
1894
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Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson) died - Author and literary critic
|
|
1894
|
Roy Bridge Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1894
|
Shawlands Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1894
|
Sir Harold Macmillan (1st Earl of Stockton) born - British Prime Minister
|
|
1894
|
Sir Ivison Macadam born - Statesman
|
|
1894
|
Spean Bridge Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1894
|
Upper Tyndrum Railway Station (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1894
|
Victoria Drummond born - First British female ship's engineer
|
|
1894
|
William McCance born - Painter
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|
1894
|
William Robertson Smith died - Scholar of Oriental and Biblical Studies
|
|
c.1895
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Loch Ossian Youth Hostel (Highland) Built
|
|
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
|
Bridgeton Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1895
|
Charles Mitchell died - Shipbuilder
|
|
1895
|
Crathie Kirk (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1895
|
David Lyall died - Explorer and naturalist
|
|
1895
|
Glasgow Crematorium (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1895
|
James Cowan died - Politician
|
|
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
|
North Rotunda (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1895
|
Prof. John Stuart Blackie died - Classical scholar
|
|
1895
|
Rattray Head Lighthouse (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1895
|
Rev. James Gall died - Cartographer and clergyman
|
|
1895
|
Robert Anstruther Goodsir died - Explorer and surgeon
|
|
1895
|
Robert Binning died - Industrialist and merchant
|
|
1895
|
Robert Duncan Low (R. D. Low) born - Comic writer and editor
|
|
1895
|
Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane born - Air Chief Marshall of the Royal Air Force
|
|
1895
|
South Rotunda (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1895
|
St Cuthbert's Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1895
|
The Lighthouse (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1895
|
Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett (2nd Lord Rowallan) born - Statesman
|
|
1895
|
Waller Hugh Paton died - Painter
|
|
1896
|
Anderston Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Archibald Joseph Cronin (A.J. Cronin) born - Author
|
|
1896
|
Buchanan Street Underground Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Craigmaddie Reservoir (East Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Dalmarnock Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Dalmarnock Road Tunnel (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Dumbarton East Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Foyers Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Glasgow Subway (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Joe Graham's Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
|
|
1896
|
Lochgoin Monument (East Ayrshire) Erected
|
|
1896
|
Morton Hall (East Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1896
|
Murrayfield Golf Club (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Rutherglen Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Shiskine Golf Course (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Sir John Everett Millais died - Prodigious artist
|
|
1896
|
Sir John Pender died - Entrepreneur and politician
|
|
1896
|
St Andrew's West Church (Falkirk) Built
|
|
1896
|
St Enoch Underground Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1896
|
Stroma Lighthouse (Highland) Built
|
|
1896
|
The Old School (Dumfries and Galloway) Established
|
|
1896
|
Thomas (Tommy) Armour born - Golfer
|
|
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
|
Andrew James (Jimmie) Guthrie born - Motorcycle racer
|
|
1897
|
Aultnaslanach Viaduct (Highland) Opened
|
|
1897
|
Barry Buddon Training Centre (Angus) Opened
|
|
1897
|
Clydebank Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) 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
|
Dr Graeme Haldane (T. G. N. Haldane) born - Electrical engineer
|
|
1897
|
Duirinish Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1897
|
Dumfries Academy (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1897
|
Duncraig Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1897
|
Edward La Trobe Bateman died - Artist and landscape architect
|
|
1897
|
Euphemia (Effie) Gray (Mrs Ruskin, Lady Millais) died - Artistic model at the centre of a Victorian love triangle
|
|
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
|
Henry Calderwood died - Philosopher and clergyman
|
|
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 Ballantyne died - Artist and tutor
|
|
1897
|
John Paton Laurie born - Actor
|
|
1897
|
Kinnaird House (Falkirk) Built
|
|
1897
|
Kyle of Lochalsh Railway Station (Highland) Opened
|
|
1897
|
Lossburn Reservoir (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1897
|
Margaret Oliphant (Margaret Wilson) died - Prodigious author
|
|
1897
|
Martyr's School (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1897
|
McEwan Hall (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1897
|
Naomi Mitchison born - Novelist and poet
|
|
1897
|
Plockton Railway Station (Highland) Built
|
|
1897
|
Prof. Henry Drummond died - Clergyman, academic and author
|
|
1897
|
Prof. Matthew Charteris died - Academic
|
|
1897
|
Prof. Matthew Forster Heddle died - Mineralogist and chemist
|
|
1897
|
Sir Isaac Holden died - Inventor
|
|
1897
|
Sir Isaac Wolfson born - Successful retailer, businessman and patriarch of a family of notable philanthropists
|
|
1897
|
Tollcross Park (Glasgow City) Created
|
|
1897
|
Tomatin Distillery (Highland) Opened
|
|
1897
|
Victoria Hospital (Fife) Built
|
|
1897
|
Western Gailes Golf Course (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1897
|
William Johnstone born - Painter
|
|
1898
|
(William) Hamilton Beattie died - Architect
|
|
1898
|
Andrew Usher died - Whisky blender and distiller
|
|
1898
|
Aviemore Railway 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
|
Frederick Thomas Pilkington died - Architect
|
|
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, social reformer and philanthropist
|
|
1898
|
Kype Reservoir (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1898
|
Madelvic House and Works (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
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 (W. G. 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
|
Alexander McDougall died - Inventor of self-raising flour
|
|
1899
|
Campbeltown Museum (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1899
|
Castle Douglas Hospital (Dumfries and Galloway) Built / Opened
|
|
1899
|
City Union Railway Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1899
|
Dens Park (Dundee City) Opened
|
|
1899
|
Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan (Dorothy Fleming) born - First female to qualify as an engineer in Britain
|
|
1899
|
Eliza Wigham died - Campaigner
|
|
1899
|
Eric Robert Linklater born - Author
|
|
1899
|
Flannan Isles Lighthouse (Western Isles) Built
|
|
1899
|
Glasgow Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1899
|
Helensburgh Central Railway Station (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1899
|
James Service died - Australian politician and businessman
|
|
1899
|
Percy Sinclair Pilcher died - Engineer and pioneer of unpowered flight
|
|
1899
|
Richmond Park (Glasgow City) Created
|
|
1899
|
Rugby Park (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1899
|
Scotsman Steps (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1899
|
Sir David Patrick Chalmers died - Colonial judge
|
|
1899
|
Sir John Struthers died - Anatomist and advocate for improved medical education
|
|
1899
|
Talla Reservoir (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1899
|
The Adam Smith Theatre (Fife) Built
|
|
1899
|
The Mile End Mill (Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1899
|
The Victorian Toilet (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
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
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