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*[[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Monarch]] — [[Queen Victoria]] |
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* [[Lord Justice Clerk]] — [[James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff|Lord Moncreiff]] |
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* 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. |
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* 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|accessdate=2014-04-25}}</ref> |
* 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|accessdate=2014-04-25}}</ref> |
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Events from the year 1869 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Judiciary
Events
- 5 January — Scotland's oldest professional Association football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
- 27 March — The Japanese ironclad Ryūjō is launched at Alexander Hall and Company's shipyard in Aberdeen.[1]
- 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).[2]
- 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.
- 22 November — The clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched in Dumbarton, one of the last clippers built and the only one to survive into the 21st century.[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]
- 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.[5]
- 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.
- Glasgow University Rugby Football Club is founded.
Births
- 26 January — George Douglas Brown, novelist (died 1902)
- 14 February — Charles Wilson, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
- 11 June — Walford Bodie, stage magician (died 1939)
Deaths
- 11 July — William Jerdan, journalist, (born 1782)
- 20 September — George Patton, Lord Glenalmond, judge (born 1803; suicide)
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ The English Mechanic and World of Science 14 May & 11 June 1869.