1855 in Scotland
1855 in Scotland |
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Events from 1855 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January - Civil registry of births, deaths and marriages in Scotland replaces parish church registers.[1]
- 16 February - Emigrant ship Tornado sails from Broomielaw in Glasgow with 500 settlers bound for Melbourne.[2]
- 25 July - Robert Napier and Sons launch RMS Persia on the River Clyde, the first iron-hulled ship for the Cunard Line and the world's largest at this date (3300 grt, 398 ft (121 m)).
- 5 November - Inverness and Nairn Railway opened, connecting Inverness to the railway network.
- 17 November - Explorer David Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls in Africa.[3]
- The hydropathic establishment in Bridge of Allan is opened.
- Edinburgh Medical Journal first published.
Births
- 27 March - James Alfred Ewing, physicist and engineer (died 1935)
- 25 May - Florence Dixie, born Lady Florence Douglas, war correspondent and feminist (died 1905)
- 14 October - William York Macgregor, landscape painter (died 1923)
- 12 September - William Sharp, writer (died 1905 in Sicily)
- 18 November - Archibald Barr, mechanical engineer (died 1931)
- 23 December - Charles Alexander Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (died 1950)
- George Johnston, automobile engineer (died 1945)
Deaths
- 20 February - Joseph Hume, doctor and Radical MP (born 1777)
- 6 April - Robert Davidson, peasant poet (born 1778)
See also
References
- ↑ "SR Births". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
- ↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
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