1873 in Scotland
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Years |
1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 |
Events from 1873 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 3 March - The Scottish Rugby Union is formed as the Scottish Football Union
- 13 March - The Scottish Football Association is formed, the world's second national football association[1]
- 15 November - Statue to Greyfriars Bobby erected in Edinburgh[2]
- Edinburgh Evening News first published
- George and James Weir move their new pump manufacturing and general engineering business, predecessor of the Weir Group, to Glasgow[3]
Births
- 13 April - James Salmon, architect (died 1924)
- 6 July - George Aitken Clark Hutchison, Scottish Unionist MP for Midlothian and Peebles Northern (1922-23, 1924-28) (died 1928)
- James Drever, psychologist (died 1950)
Deaths
- 8 March - Robert William Thomson, engineer, inventor of the bicycle tyre (born 1822)
- 1 May - David Livingstone, pioneer medical missionary (born 1813)
- 2 October - John Cunningham, architect (died 1799)
- 27 October - Janet Hamilton, poet (born 1795)
- Hugh Fraser, retailer (born 1815)
See also
References
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