1883 in Scotland
1883 in Scotland |
Years |
1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
Events from 1883 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 28 April - The first rugby sevens tournament is played at Melrose RFC.[1]
- 3 June - Sabbatarian riot at Stromeferry: the local fishing community prevent the loading of fish (caught by east coast fishermen) from Stornoway ships to railway on a Sunday.[2]
- 3 July - The SS Daphne sinks on launch at Alexander Stephen and Sons' Linthouse shipyard, leaving 124 dead.[3]
- Late August - The first Carnegie library is opened in Andrew Carnegie's hometown, Dunfermline.
- 4 October - The Boys' Brigade is founded in Glasgow.[4]
- November–December - The Tay Whale (a humpback) appears in the Firth of Tay; on 31 December it is harpooned but escapes, dying later.
- Edinburgh Mathematical Society founded.
Births
- 17 January - Compton Mackenzie, author and co-founder in 1928 of the Scottish National Party (born in England; died 1972)
- 27 January - James Lithgow, industrialist (died 1952)
- 21 August - Victor Fortune, British Army officer (died 1949)
Deaths
- 27 March - John Brown, royal servant (born 1826)
- 8 May - John Miller, civil engineer (born 1805)
- 2 July - John Strain, first Roman Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh (born 1810)
- 9 August - Robert Moffat, missionary (born 1795)
- David Rhind, architect (born 1808)
See also
References
- ↑ "History of Melrose Sevens". Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ↑ MacColl, Allan W. (2006). Land, Faith and the Crofting Community: Christianity and Social Community in the Highlands of Scotland, 1843-1893. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-2382-5.
- ↑ "SS Daphne". Clydebuilt Database. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
- ↑ "History". The Boys' Brigade. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
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