1856 in Scotland
1856 in Scotland |
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Events from 1856 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- February - An oak[1] and a yew[2] tree associated with William Wallace at his reputed birthplace of Elderslie are blown down in a storm.
- 1 April - Aberdeen Waterloo railway station opens to serve the Great North of Scotland Railway main line to Keith.
- November - James Clerk Maxwell takes up an appointment as Professor of Natural Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen.
- 31 December - Lord Brougham's Act requires at least one party to a marriage contracted after this date to have been resident in Scotland for 21 days, putting a curb on Gretna Green marriage.[3]
- Trinity College, Glasgow, established as a Church College of the Free Church of Scotland.
- Dunfermline claims city status in the United Kingdom by historical usage; the status is never officially recognised.[4]
- William McEwan opens McEwan's Fountain Brewery at Fountainbridge in Edinburgh.
- The iron steamboat Thomas is built for service on the Forth and Clyde Canal, origin of the Clyde puffer.
Births
- 30 May - James Pittendrigh Macgillivray, sculptor and poet (died 1938)
- 15 August - Keir Hardie, socialist and labour leader (died 1915)[5]
- 13 September - Henry Halcro Johnston, botanist, army physician and rugby union international (died 1939)
- 27 November - Matthew Stirling, locomotive engineer (died 1931 in Hull)
- 1 December - Malcolm Smith, Liberal politician (died 1935)
- William W. Naismith, mountaineer (died 1935)
- William Robertson, industrialist (died 1923)
Deaths
- 30 August - John Ross, naval officer and Arctic explorer (born 1777)
- 20 September - Samuel Morison Brown, chemist, poet and essayist (born 1817)
- 23/24 December - Hugh Miller, geologist, by suicide (born 1802)
The Arts
- McLellan Galleries opened in Glasgow.
See also
References
- ↑ Hight, Julian (2011). Britain's Tree Story. London: National Trust. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-907892-20-2.
- ↑ Greenwood, Paul (2005). "William Wallace's Yew". Ancient Yew Group. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ↑ "Lord Brougham Cooling off Act 1856". Gretna Green since 1754. Gretna Green Ltd. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ↑ Beckett, J. V. (2005). City status in the British Isles, 1830–2002. Historical urban studies. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 0-7546-5067-7.
- ↑ "James Keir Hardie (1856–1915)". BBC. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
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