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1872 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1872 in
Scotland
.
←
1871
1870
1869
1868
1867
1872
in
Scotland
→
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
Centuries:
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
Decades:
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1872 in:
The UK
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Scottish football:
1871–72
•
1872–73
Incumbents
edit
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
George Young
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
and
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Glencorse
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Moncreiff
Events
edit
May
Rangers F.C.
, founded in March as an
Association football
club in Glasgow by brothers
Moses
and
Peter McNeil
,
Peter Campbell
and
William McBeath
, play their first ever game on the public pitches of
Glasgow Green
, a goalless draw against Callander
John Kibble's conservatory is dismantled at
Coulport
for re-erection in
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
9 July
–
Tradeston Flour Mills explosion
in Glasgow kills 18
[1]
[2]
[3]
10 August
– First
Education (Scotland) Act
passed, providing compulsory English-language education for all aged 5–13
[4]
19 August
– First
horse trams
in
Glasgow
, running from
St George's Cross
to
Eglinton Toll
[5]
2 October
–
Kirtlebridge rail crash
at
Kirtlebridge station
on the
Caledonian Railway
in
Dumfries and Galloway
: 12 killed in a collision
[6]
30 November
–
Scotland v England
, the first
FIFA
-recognized international
football
match, takes place at
Hamilton Crescent
in Glasgow; the result is a goalless draw
[7]
12 December
–
Third Lanark A.C.
is established as the
Association football
team of the Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers
December –
Wick Harbour
breakwater is washed away in a storm
Dhu Heartach
lighthouse is first lit
David Colville & Sons
open their Dalzell Steel and Iron Works at
Motherwell
Guard Bridge paper mills established near
Leuchars
The Egyptian Halls
, a pioneering iron-framed commercial building in Glasgow designed by
Alexander Thomson
, is completed
The last
Thurso Castle
is built
Clydebank High School
established
First hospital built on the site at
Govan
(Glasgow) that will become
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
The Northern Psalter and Hymn Tune Book
edited by William Carnie is published in
Aberdeen
containing
Jessie Seymour Irvine
's setting of
Psalm 23
, "Crimond"
[8]
The
Scottish Gaelic
magazine
Féillire
is first published as
Almanac Gàilig air son 1872
in
Inverness
[9]
The Shetland Times
is first published in
Lerwick
Other
Association football
clubs established this year include
Ayr Thistle
,
Clydesdale
,
Dumbarton
and
Renton
Births
edit
12 February
–
Alexander Gibb
, civil engineer (died
1958
)
5 May
–
Norman Smith
, philosopher (died 1958)
13 June
–
Chrystal Macmillan
, mathematician, suffragist, politician, barrister and pacifist (died
1937
)
2 October
–
Thomas Hunter
, Unionist Party
MP
for Perth (1935–45) (died
1953
)
Deaths
edit
14 January
–
Greyfriars Bobby
, faithful
Skye Terrier
dog
27 February
–
John McLeod Campbell
, minister and theologian (born
1800
)
16 June
–
Norman Macleod
, Church of Scotland minister (born
1812
)
20 August
–
William Miller
, poet (born
1810
)
28 November
–
Mary Somerville
, scientist (born
1780
)
24 December
–
William John Macquorn Rankine
, pioneer of
thermodynamics
(born
1820
)
See also
edit
Timeline of Scottish history
1872 in Ireland
References
edit
^
"Fearful Explosion and Great Fire in Tradeston - Great Loss of Life"
.
The Glasgow Herald
. 10 July 1872 – via
British Newspaper Archive
.
^
"The Explosion and Fire in Tradeston"
.
The Glasgow Herald
. 12 July 1872 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^
McDowall, John K. (1899).
The People's History of Glasgow
. Hay Nisbet & Co.
^
"Chronology of Scottish History".
A Timeline of Scottish History
. Rampant Scotland
. Retrieved
28 February
2014
.
^
Jones, Chris (12 October 2019). "Glasgow Trams through the Years".
Glasgow History
. Retrieved
17 July
2022
.
^
Rolt, L. T. C.
; Kichenside, Geoffrey (1982) [1955].
Red for Danger
(4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 63–64.
ISBN
0-7153-8362-0
.
^
"The First International Football Match".
BBC
. Retrieved
8 June
2013
.
^
Johnson, Ronald (July 1988). "How far is it to Crimond?".
Hymn Society Bulletin
(176): 38.
^
Ferguson, Mary; Matheson, Ann (1984).
Scottish Gaelic Union Catalogue
. Edinburgh:
National Library of Scotland
.
ISBN
0902220608
.