1896 in Scotland
1896 in Scotland |
Years |
1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 |
See also |
1895-96 in Scottish football |
1896-97 in Scottish football |
Events from 1896 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- January - First Caledonian Railway 721 Class ("Dunalastair") steam locomotive is turned out from its St. Rollox railway works in Springburn, Glasgow.
- 14 December - Glasgow Subway, the third oldest metro system in the world (after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro), begins operations in Glasgow.[1]
- The first Arrol-Johnston automobile is produced, in Glasgow.
- A new Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, is established on Blackford Hill, replacing that on Calton Hill, under the auspices of Ralph Copeland, Astronomer Royal for Scotland.
- The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland begins excavating Ardoch Roman Fort.
- The Famous Grouse Scotch whisky first blended by Matthew Gloag & Son of Perth.
Births
- 14 February - Andrew Wilson, international footballer (died 1973)
- 26 February - Mairi Chisholm, nurse and ambulance driver in World War I, one of "The Madonnas of Pervyse" (died 1981)
- 19 July - A. J. Cronin, novelist and physician (died 1981)
- 25 July - Josephine Tey, born Elizabeth Mackintosh, novelist (died 1952)
- 15 August - Douglas Wimberley, soldier (died 1983)
- 14 December - Rita Taketsuru, born Jessie Roberta Cowan, "mother of Japanese whisky" (died 1961 in Japan)
Deaths
- 8 January - Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn, judge (born 1813)
- 22 January - Daniel Kinnear Clark, mechanical engineer (born 1822)
The Arts
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh produces stencilled friezes for Catherine Cranston's Buchanan Street tearooms in Glasgow.
- Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Weir of Hermiston, left unfinished at his death in 1894, is published.
See also
References
- ↑ On this day in Glasgow's history local.stv.tv, accessed 27 May 2013.
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