1863 in Scotland
Events from 1863 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 2 April - William Adamson, trade unionist and politician, leader of the Labour Party (1917–21) and Secretary of State for Scotland (1924 & 1929–31) (died 1936)
- 3 June - Neil Munro, writer (died 1930)[3]
- 1 September - Violet Jacob, born Violet Kennedy-Erskine, historical novelist and poet (died 1946)
- 13 September - Arthur Henderson, first Labour Party cabinet minister and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1935 in England)
- 5 December - George Pirie, painter (died 1946)
- Approximate date - Stewart Gray, lawyer, campaigner for social justice and patron of the arts (died 1937 in England)
Deaths
The Arts
- Uilleam Mac Dhun Lèibhe (William Livingston)'s Gaelic poem on the Clearances on his native Islay, Fios Thun A' Bhard, is published as a broadsheet in Glasgow.[4]
- George MacDonald's novel David Elginbrod is published.
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