1913 in Scotland
1913 in Scotland |
Years |
1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 |
See also |
1912-13 in Scottish football |
1913-14 in Scottish football |
Events from 1913 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 26 February - The Royal Flying Corps establishes the first operational military airfield for fixed-wing aircraft in the United Kingdom at Montrose.[1]
- 21 April - The Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, built by John Brown & Company, is launched on the River Clyde.
- 27 May - Lieutenant Desmond Arthur dies when his Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 biplane, 205, collapses without warning while flying over Montrose, Scotland's first fatal aircraft accident.
- 3 August - 22 men are killed by fire at Cadder colliery near Bishopbriggs.[2]
- Dollar, Clackmannanshire, becomes the first Scottish town to appoint a Lady Provost, Lavinia Malcolm.
- Alexanders' Motor Services, predecessor of W. Alexander & Sons, begins running 'omnibus' services in the Falkirk area from a base in Camelon.[3]
- The Neolithic site at Skara Brae on Mainland, Orkney, is plundered.
- Coal mining production in Scotland peaks at 43.2 million tonnes, employing over 140,000 men and women, who, with their families, make up 10% of the Scottish population.[4]
Births
- 17 February - Alastair Borthwick, broadcaster and mountaineer (died 2003)
- 6 March - Ella Logan, born Georgina Allan, musical theatre performer (died 1969 in the United States)
- 18 March - W. H. Murray, mountaineer and writer (died 1996)
- 2 April - Ronald Center, composer, (died 1973)
- 2 April - Benny Lynch, flyweight boxer (died 1946)
- 13 April - Gordon Donaldson, historian (died 1993)
- 10 May - Alan Gemmell, plant biologist (died 1986)
- 5 June - Sam Black, artist and teacher (died 1997 in Canada)
- 5 June - Douglas Young, classicist, poet and Scottish National Party leader (died 1973 in the United States)
- 25 July - John Cairncross, spy (died 1995 in France)
- 29 July - William George Nicholson Geddes, civil engineer (died 1993)
- 29 July - Jo Grimond, Liberal party leader (died 1993)
- 11 August - Andy Beattie, professional football player and manager, first manager of the Scottish national football team (died 1983)
- 2 September - Bill Shankly, international footballer and manager (died 1981)
- 15 December - Robert McIntyre, Scottish National Party leader (died 1998)
- Robert MacBryde, still-life and figure painter, and theatre set designer (died 1966 in Dublin)
Deaths
See also
References