1861 in Scotland
1861 in Scotland |
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1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 |
Events from 1861 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 11 March - The Portpatrick Railway opens to Stranraer Town railway station, providing a connection from Dumfries.
- June - First modern excavation of the Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe on Orkney.[1]
- 26 September - Golfer Tom Morris, Sr. wins the second Open Championship.[2]
- 25 November - A tenement collapses in the Old Town, Edinburgh killing 35 with 15 survivors.
- One O'Clock Gun first fired from Edinburgh Castle.
- Construction commences on the Royal Museum in Edinburgh.
- White Horse whisky first produced by James Logan Mackie of Edinburgh.[3]
Births
- 19 June - Douglas Haig, soldier and Field Marshal during World War I (died 1928)
- 9 July - William Burrell, shipowner and art collector (died 1958)
Deaths
- 8 April - John Bartholomew, Sr., cartographer (born 1805)
- 4 October - Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton (born 1812 in Sicily)
- 13 November - John Forbes, physician to Queen Victoria (1841–1861) (born 1787)
See also
References
- ↑ Ritchie, Graham; Anna (1981). Scotland: Archaeology and Early History. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 9. ISBN 0-500-27365-0.
- ↑ Prestwick — 1861 www.theopen.com, accessed 22 June 2013. Archived 2013-06-29.
- ↑ "White Horse Blended Scotch Whisky". ScotchWhisky.net. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
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