1902 in Scotland
1902 in Scotland |
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1901-02 in Scottish football |
1902-03 in Scottish football |
Events from 1902 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 5 April - The first Ibrox disaster: a stand at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow collapses during an England versus Scotland football match.[1] 25 people die and 517 are injured.
- 15 October - The North British Hotel in Edinburgh opens its doors.[2]
- 2 November - The first Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, organised and led by naturalist William Speirs Bruce, sets out from Troon in the Scotia.
- 10 November - Percival Spencer and the Rev. J. M. Bacon make the first-ever hot air balloon flight from the Isle of Man, landing in Dumfriesshire.[3]
Births
- 16 January (in China) - Eric Liddell, athlete, international rugby union player and missionary (died 1945 in a Japanese-run internment camp in China)
- 26 March - Marion Cameron Gray, mathematician (died 1979)
- 27 March - Kenneth Macpherson, cinematographer (died 1971 in Tuscany)
- 24 July - Renée Houston, née Katherina Houston Gribbin, comedy actress (died 1980)
- 19 August - Fyfe Robertson, television presenter (died 1987)
Deaths
- 20 February - David MacGibbon, architect (born 1831)
- 29 June - John Stuart McCaig of Muckairn and Soroba, creator of McCaig's Tower, Oban (born 1823)
- 16 July - Henry Dunning Macleod, economist (born 1821)
- 28 August - George Douglas Brown, novelist (born 1869)
- 29 September - William McGonagall, weaver, doggerel poet and tragedian (born 1825)
The Arts
- First modern play in Scottish Gaelic staged, in Edinburgh.[4]
- The Classical Association of Scotland founded
See also
References
- ↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ↑ "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- ↑ Watson, Moray; Macleod, Michelle (ed.). The Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language. p. 38.
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