1861_in_Scotland Knowpia

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Events from the year 1861 in Scotland.

Incumbents edit

27 February – ironclad warship HMS Black Prince is launched from Robert Napier's yard at Govan on the River Clyde.
11 March – the Portpatrick Railway opens to Stranraer Town railway station, providing a connection from Dumfries.
June – first modern excavation of the Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe on Orkney.^[1]
26 September – golfer Tom Morris, Sr. wins the second Open Championship.^[2]
23 October – foundation stone of the Royal Museum laid by Prince Albert.^[3]
25 November – a tenement collapses in the Old Town, Edinburgh killing 35 with 15 survivors.
Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company begin construction of Stockbridge Colonies, pioneering low-cost flats for artisans.^[4]
One O'Clock Gun first fired from Edinburgh Castle.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Bible Societies merged to form the National Bible Society of Scotland.
White Horse whisky first produced by James Logan Mackie of Edinburgh.^[5]

11 April – Thomas Jaffrey, actuary (died 1953)
17 June – Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (died 1942)^[6]
19 June – Douglas Haig, soldier and Field Marshal during World War I (died 1928)
9 July – William Burrell, shipowner and art collector (died 1958)
12 October – Agnes Jekyll, née Graham, artist, writer on domestic matters and philanthropist (died 1937 in England)
24 December – John Macdonald, sportsman and physician (died 1938)

^ Ritchie, Graham; Anna (1981). Scotland: Archaeology and Early History. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 9. ISBN 0-500-27365-0.
^ Prestwick – 1861 www.theopen.com, accessed 22 June 2013. Archived 2013-06-29.
^ Lynch, Michael (ed.). The Oxford companion to Scottish history. Oxford University Press. p. 538. ISBN 9780199693054.
^ Crompton, John (2002). Forth and Clyde: a guide to the industrial heritage of central Scotland. Association for Industrial Archaeology. ISBN 0-9528930-5-3.
^ "White Horse Blended Scotch Whisky". ScotchWhisky.net. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^ "Nicol, Robina, 1861–1942". National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1861. Retrieved 27 December 2019.