1871 in Scotland
1871 in Scotland |
Years |
1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 |
Events from 1871 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 7 March - The first rugby international results in a 4–1 win by Scotland over England.[1]
- 26 May - Parliament passes the Bank Holidays Act which creates five annual bank holidays in Scotland.[2]
- 1 August - The Arlington Swimming Club, designed by John Burnet, opens in the district of Charing Cross, Glasgow.
- 6 November - The Edinburgh Street Tramways Company begins operating horsecars, the first tram system in Scotland.[3]
- 10 November - Missing Scottish explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone is located by journalist Henry Morton Stanley in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika.[2]
- Thomas Lipton opens his first grocery shop, in Glasgow.
Births
- 21 January - Ernest Kitto, cricketer in New Zealand (died 1897 at sea)
- 17 February - John A. Gilruth, veterinary surgeon and colonial administrator (died 1937 in Australia)
- 12 September - John Campbell, international footballer (died 1947)
- Thomas W. Lamb, theatre architect in the United States (died 1942)
Deaths
- 5 February - James Munro, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1826)
- 17 March - Robert Chambers, publisher and geologist (born 1802)
- 20 April - Samuel Halkett, librarian (born 1814)
- 6 September - James Burns, shipowner (born 1789)
- 22 October - Roderick Murchison, geologist (born 1792)[4]
The Arts
- William Alexander's realist novel Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk is published in book form (having been serialised in the Aberdeen Free Press 1869-70).[5]
- William Black's novel A Daughter of Heth is published.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 293–294. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ↑ McLean, David (2013-04-30). "Lost Edinburgh: Edinburgh Trams 1871-1956". The Scotsman (Edinburgh). Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- ↑ Amodeo, Christian (June 2005). "Sir Roderick Impey Murchison: Pioneering Scottish geologist Roderick Murchison was instrumental in the identification and naming of several geological time periods". Geographical.
- ↑ Donaldson, William (2004). "Alexander, William (1826–1894)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39241. Retrieved 2013-08-19. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ↑ Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (2nd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
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