1877 in Scotland
1877 in Scotland |
Years |
1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 |
Events from 1877 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 16 October - The Abertay light vessel is moored on station off Dundee, Scotland's first lightvessel.[1]
- 22 October - Blantyre mining disaster: Scotland’s worst-ever mining accident kills over 200.[2]
- 3 December - The original Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute is burned down.
- The rebuilt Ardverikie House in Badenoch, designed by John Rhind, is completed.[3]
- Cluny Harbour at Buckie is built.
- Wick Harbour breakwater is washed away in a storm for a second time.
- Mitchell Library established in Glasgow.
- Six Scotch whisky distilleries combine to form Distillers Company.[4]
- A breed register for the Clydesdale horse is established.
Births
- 25 February - John Tait Robertson, international footballer (died 1935)
- 12 May - William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir, industrialist and politician (died 1959)
Deaths
- 2 January - Alexander Bain, inventor (born 1810)
- 3 February - James Merry, ironmaster, race-horse breeder and Liberal MP (1859-74) (born 1805)
The Arts
- William McGonagall discovers himself to be a poet (according to his own account).[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Mariners and Seamen" (PDF). The Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee. 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "Blantyre Disaster 22nd October 1877". Scottish Mining Website. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "History". Ardverikie Estate Limited. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
- ↑ Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1877". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
- ↑ Hunt, Chris, ed. (2006). William McGonagall: Collected Poems. Edinburgh: Birlinn. p. vi. ISBN 9781841584775.
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