1869 in Scotland: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m →Events: chronological sequence corrected |
→Events: Detail added Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| (11 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is already sufficiently detailed; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> |
|||
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} |
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} |
||
{{Use British English|date=January 2016}} |
{{Use British English|date=January 2016}} |
||
| Line 6: | Line 7: | ||
== Incumbents == |
== Incumbents == |
||
{{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}} |
{{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}} |
||
* [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Monarch]] – [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]] |
|||
=== Law officers === |
=== Law officers === |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
* [[5 January]] – Scotland's oldest professional [[Association football]] team, [[Kilmarnock F.C.]], is founded. |
* [[5 January]] – Scotland's oldest professional [[Association football]] team, [[Kilmarnock F.C.]], is founded. |
||
* [[13 January]] – the story magazine ''[[The People's Friend]]'' is first published in [[Dundee]]; it will continue to be published by [[D. C. Thomson & Co.]] more than 140 years later. |
* [[13 January]] – the story magazine ''[[The People's Friend]]'' is first published in [[Dundee]]; it will continue to be published by [[D. C. Thomson & Co.]] more than 140 years later. |
||
* [[27 March]] – the [[Japanese ironclad Ryūjō|Japanese ironclad ''Ryūjō'']] is launched at [[Alexander Hall and Sons|Alexander Hall and Company]]'s shipyard in [[Aberdeen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?index=100182&|title=''Jho Sho Maru''|work=Aberdeen Built Ships|publisher=Aberdeen City Council| |
* [[27 March]] – the [[Japanese ironclad Ryūjō|Japanese ironclad ''Ryūjō'']] is launched at [[Alexander Hall and Sons|Alexander Hall and Company]]'s shipyard in [[Aberdeen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?index=100182&|title=''Jho Sho Maru''|work=Aberdeen Built Ships|publisher=Aberdeen City Council|access-date=2014-04-25}}</ref> |
||
* [[13 September]] – the [[Solway Junction Railway]] is opened for [[iron ore]] traffic, including a 1 mile 8 chain (1.8 km) viaduct across the [[Solway Firth]]. |
* [[13 September]] – the [[Solway Junction Railway]] is opened for [[iron ore]] traffic, including a 1 mile 8 chain (1.8 km) viaduct across the [[Solway Firth]]. |
||
* October – the '[[Edinburgh Seven]]', led by [[Sophia Jex-Blake]], start to attend lectures at the [[University of Edinburgh Medical School]], the first women in the UK to do so (although they will not be allowed to take degrees).<ref>{{cite web|first=M. A.|last=Elston|title=Edinburgh Seven (act. 1869–1873)|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/61136| |
* October – the '[[Edinburgh Seven]]', led by [[Sophia Jex-Blake]], start to attend lectures at the [[University of Edinburgh Medical School]], the first women in the UK to do so (although they will not be allowed to take degrees there).<ref>{{cite web|first=M. A.|last=Elston|title=Edinburgh Seven (act. 1869–1873)|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/61136|access-date=2011-01-28}}</ref> |
||
* [[22 November]] – the [[clipper]] ship ''[[Cutty Sark]]'' is launched in [[Dumbarton]], one of the last clippers built and the only one to survive |
* [[22 November]] – the [[clipper]] ship ''[[Cutty Sark]]'' is launched in [[Dumbarton]], one of the last clippers built and the only one to survive in the UK.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> |
||
* The [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer]] first takes up residence at St |
* The [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer]] first takes up residence at [[St Mary's Monastery, Kinnoull]], [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]] (built 1866-8), the first [[Roman Catholic]] [[monastery]] established in Scotland since the [[Scottish Reformation|Reformation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=St Mary's Monastery (Kinnoull Monastery)|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst19654.html|work=Gazetteer for Scotland|publisher=University of Edinburgh|access-date=2014-04-28}}</ref> |
||
* Construction of [[Inverness Cathedral]] is finished. |
* Construction of [[Inverness Cathedral]] is finished. |
||
* An Episcopal chapel from [[St Andrews]] is moved stone by stone in fishing boats to [[Buckhaven]] and re-erected there.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of All Saints' church, St Andrews, From 1824–present|url=http://www.allsaints-standrews.org.uk/about/history/|publisher=All Saints'|location=St Andrews| |
* An Episcopal chapel from [[St Andrews]] is moved stone by stone in fishing boats to [[Buckhaven]] and re-erected there.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of All Saints' church, St Andrews, From 1824–present|url=http://www.allsaints-standrews.org.uk/about/history/|publisher=All Saints'|location=St Andrews|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> |
||
* The [[Caledonian Brewery]] is established in [[Shandon, Edinburgh]], by George Lorimer and Robert Clark. |
* The [[Caledonian Brewery]] is established in [[Shandon, Edinburgh]], by George Lorimer and Robert Clark. |
||
* [[Thomas McCall]] of [[Kilmarnock]] builds two [[velocipede]]s driven by levers to cranks on the rear wheel.<ref>''[[The English Mechanic and World of Science]]'' 14 May & 11 June 1869.</ref> |
* [[Thomas McCall (inventor)|Thomas McCall]] of [[Kilmarnock]] builds two [[velocipede]]s driven by levers to cranks on the rear wheel.<ref>''[[The English Mechanic and World of Science]]'' 14 May & 11 June 1869.</ref> |
||
* [[Glasgow University Rugby Football Club]] is founded. |
* [[Glasgow University Rugby Football Club]] is founded. |
||
== Births == |
== Births == |
||
* [[14 January]] – [[Dennis Eadie]], character actor (died [[1928 in the United Kingdom|1928]]) |
|||
* [[26 January]] – [[George Douglas Brown]], novelist (died [[1902 in the United Kingdom|1902]]) |
* [[26 January]] – [[George Douglas Brown]], novelist (died [[1902 in the United Kingdom|1902]]) |
||
* [[14 February]] – [[Charles Wilson (physicist)|Charles Wilson]], physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (died [[1959 in Scotland|1959]]) |
* [[14 February]] – [[Charles Wilson (physicist)|Charles Wilson]], physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (died [[1959 in Scotland|1959]]) |
||
* [[17 April]] – [[Robert Robertson (chemist)|Robert Robertson]], chemist (died [[1949 in the United Kingdom|1949]]) |
|||
* [[11 June]] – [[Walford Bodie]], stage magician (died [[1939 in the United Kingdom|1939]]) |
* [[11 June]] – [[Walford Bodie]], stage magician (died [[1939 in the United Kingdom|1939]]) |
||
== Deaths == |
== Deaths == |
||
* [[11 July]] – [[William Jerdan]], journalist |
* [[11 July]] – [[William Jerdan]], journalist (born [[1782 in Scotland|1782]]) |
||
* [[20 September]] – [[George Patton, Lord Glenalmond]], judge (born [[1803 in Scotland|1803]]; suicide) |
* [[20 September]] – [[George Patton, Lord Glenalmond]], judge (born [[1803 in Scotland|1803]]; suicide) |
||
== See also == |
== See also == |
||
* [[Timeline of Scottish history]] |
* [[Timeline of Scottish history]] |
||
* [[1869 in |
* [[1869 in Ireland]] |
||
== References == |
== References == |
||
Latest revision as of 18:23, 19 July 2024
| |||||
| Centuries: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades: | |||||
| See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1869 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere | ||||
Events from the year 1869 in Scotland.
Incumbents
[edit]Law officers
[edit]- Lord Advocate – James Moncreiff until October; then George Young
- Solicitor General for Scotland – George Young; then Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark
Judiciary
[edit]- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff
Events
[edit]- 5 January – Scotland's oldest professional Association football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
- 13 January – the story magazine The People's Friend is first published in Dundee; it will continue to be published by D. C. Thomson & Co. more than 140 years later.
- 27 March – the Japanese ironclad Ryūjō is launched at Alexander Hall and Company's shipyard in Aberdeen.[1]
- 13 September – the Solway Junction Railway is opened for iron ore traffic, including a 1 mile 8 chain (1.8 km) viaduct across the Solway Firth.
- October – the 'Edinburgh Seven', led by Sophia Jex-Blake, start to attend lectures at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, the first women in the UK to do so (although they will not be allowed to take degrees there).[2]
- 22 November – the clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched in Dumbarton, one of the last clippers built and the only one to survive in the UK.[3]
- The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer first takes up residence at St Mary's Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth (built 1866-8), the first Roman Catholic monastery established in Scotland since the Reformation.[4]
- Construction of Inverness Cathedral is finished.
- An Episcopal chapel from St Andrews is moved stone by stone in fishing boats to Buckhaven and re-erected there.[5]
- The Caledonian Brewery is established in Shandon, Edinburgh, by George Lorimer and Robert Clark.
- Thomas McCall of Kilmarnock builds two velocipedes driven by levers to cranks on the rear wheel.[6]
- Glasgow University Rugby Football Club is founded.
Births
[edit]- 14 January – Dennis Eadie, character actor (died 1928)
- 26 January – George Douglas Brown, novelist (died 1902)
- 14 February – Charles Wilson, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
- 17 April – Robert Robertson, chemist (died 1949)
- 11 June – Walford Bodie, stage magician (died 1939)
Deaths
[edit]- 11 July – William Jerdan, journalist (born 1782)
- 20 September – George Patton, Lord Glenalmond, judge (born 1803; suicide)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Jho Sho Maru". Aberdeen Built Ships. Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Elston, M. A. (2004). "Edinburgh Seven (act. 1869–1873)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "St Mary's Monastery (Kinnoull Monastery)". Gazetteer for Scotland. University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ "History of All Saints' church, St Andrews, From 1824–present". St Andrews: All Saints'. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ The English Mechanic and World of Science 14 May & 11 June 1869.