1919 in Scotland
1919 in Scotland |
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1918-19 in Scottish football |
1919-20 in Scottish football |
Events from 1919 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January – HMS Iolaire is wrecked on rocks off Stornoway: 205 die.[1]
- 31 January – Battle of George Square ("Bloody Friday"): The Army is called in to deal with protesters in Glasgow calling for a 40-hour working week.[2]
- 28 April – Fraserburgh life-boat Lady Rothes, on service to HM Drifter Eminent, suffers two crew swept overboard.[1][3]
- 12 May – Traprain Treasure of Roman silver found by archaeologists in East Lothian.[1]
- 21 June – Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the interned German fleet in Scapa Flow. Nine German sailors are killed.
- 2 July – The British airship R34 (built by William Beardmore and Company at Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, 1918–19) takes off from RAF East Fortune to make the first transatlantic flight by dirigible, and the first westbound flight, to Mineola, New York.[4]
- July – First known female graduate in engineering from a Scottish university, Elizabeth Georgeson at the University of Edinburgh.[5]
- 25 December – Opening of Cliftonhill stadium in Coatbridge, the home of Albion Rovers F.C. The opening match sees them lose 2–0 to St. Mirren.
- English industrialist William Lever, Baron Leverhulme, buys an estate on the Isle of Harris.
- Lt.-Col. John MacRae-Gilstrap plans complete reconstruction of the ruined Eilean Donan castle.
Births
- 21 January - Eric Brown, test pilot
- 9 April - Iain Moncreiffe, officer of arms (died 1985)
- 18 May - Hugh Brown, Labour politician (died 2008)
- 8 August - Willie Woodburn, international footballer (died 2001)
- 3 November - Ludovic Kennedy, journalist (died 2009)
- 6 November - Chic Murray, comedian (died 1985)
- 11 November - Hamish Henderson, folk song collector (died 2002)
Deaths
- 11 August - Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and philanthropist (born 1835)
- 16 August - James Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde, shipowner (born 1864)
- 14 November - John Aitken, meteorologist (born 1839)
- 10 December - John MacDougall Hay, Church of Scotland minister and novelist, of TB (born 1879)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
- ↑ "The battle of George Square (Bloody Friday) 1919". Glasgow Digital Library. Strathclyde University. Archived from the original on 2006-06-20. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ "Losses to Shipping and Property". The Times (42086) (London). 1919-04-29. p. 7.
- ↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ↑ Baker, Nina (2005). "Early Women Engineering Graduates from Scottish Universities". Retrieved 2014-04-24.
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