1846 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1846 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- 22 June - The North British Railway is opened to public traffic between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed, the first line to cross the border between Scotland and England. Edinburgh Waverley railway station is opened.[1]
- 15 August - Inauguration of Scott Monument in Edinburgh.[2]
- 21 December - Scottish-born surgeon Robert Liston carries out the first operation under anesthesia in Europe, at University College Hospital in London.[3]
- Start of Highland Potato Famine.
- English tourism pioneer Thomas Cook brings 350 people from Leicester on a tour of Scotland.[4]
- Lighthouses at Covesea Skerries, Chanonry Point and Cromarty (all designed by Alan Stevenson) first illuminated.
- New College, Edinburgh, opens its doors as a theological training college for the Free Church of Scotland.
- Catherine Murray, Countess of Dunmore, commissions "the Paisley Sisters" of Strond on Harris to weave tweed in the Clan Murray tartan, origin of the commercial Harris Tweed industry.
- The Dewar's Scotch whisky brand is created by John Dewar, Sr.
Births
- 1 January - Edward Pinnington, art historian, biographer and journalist (died 1921)
- 10 February - James Burns, shipowner (died 1923 in Australia)
- 28 February - John F. McIntosh, steam locomotive engineer (died 1918)
- 21 June - Marion Adams-Acton ("Jeanie Hering"), born Marion Jean Hamilton, novelist (died 1928 in London)
Deaths
- 12 February - Henry Duncan, minister, geologist and social reformer (born 1774)
See also
References
- ^ Thomas, John (1969). The North British Railway, vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4697-0.
- ^ "Scott Monument". AboutBritain. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
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- ^ "Nineteenth Century Scottish History Timeline". Nineteenth Century Scotland History. Travel Scotland. Retrieved 2014-04-03.