1916 in Scotland
1916 in Scotland |
Years |
1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 |
See also |
1915-16 in Scottish football |
1916-17 in Scottish football |
Events from 1916 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 6 January - HMS King Edward VII sinks off Cape Wrath, having struck a mine laid by SMS Möwe; all but one of the crew survive.
- 15 February - 27-year-old Edinburgh-born Black Watch private John Docherty is shot at dawn at Mazingarbe abattoir on the Western Front (World War I) for desertion, the first Kitchener's Army volunteer executed.[1][2]
- 30 May - World War I: Ships of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet put out from Scapa Flow to engage with the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet; the Battle of Jutland is joined next day.
- 5 June - HMS Hampshire sinks off Orkney, probably having struck a German mine, with the loss of 650 lives – including Lord Kitchener and his staff – and only 13 survivors.
- 31 December - Douglas Haig is promoted to Field marshal.
- The white-tailed sea eagle last breeds in the UK, on Skye (prior to reintroduction).[3]
Births
- 20 May - John McIntyre, theologian and Church of Scotland minister (died 2005)
- 16 June - John Young, actor (died 1996)
- 10 July - Harry Gourlay, Labour MP from 1959 (died 1987)
- 11 August - Benny Lee, comedy actor and singer (died 1995)
- 18 October - Anthony Dawson, actor (died 1992)
- 28 October - Jessie Kesson, born Jessie Grant McDonald, writer and radio producer (died 1994)
- 21 November - David Syme Russell, theologian and author (died 2010 inBristol)
- Edward Boyd, screenwriter, (died 1989)
Deaths
- 21 January - David Finlay, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1893)
- 6 March - Sir James Key Caird, jute manufacturer and benefactor (born 1837)
- 27 May - William Leiper, architect, (born 1839)
- 1 July - James Youll Turnbull, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1883)
- 23 July - William Ramsay, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 (born 1852)
The Arts
- July–October - During the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front (World War I), Cameron Highlander Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna composes the Gaelic love song An Eala Bhàn ("The White Swan") in the oral literature tradition.
- Joseph Lee's Ballads of Battle is published.
See also
References
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ↑ "Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery". Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ↑ FifeBirder (2009). "The History of the White Tailed Sea Eagle in Scotland". ScotBird. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
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