1872 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1872 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Glencorse
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Moncreiff
Events
- June — Rangers F.C. play their first ever game on the public pitches of Glasgow Green
- 10 August — First Education (Scotland) Act passed, providing elementary education for all children[1]
- 2 October — Kirtlebridge rail crash at Kirtlebridge station on the Caledonian Railway in Dumfries and Galloway: 12 killed in a collision[2]
- 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[3]
- 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
- Education (Scotland) Act makes education compulsory for ages 5–13
- Clydebank High School established
- First hospital built on the site at 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"[4]
- The Scottish Gaelic magazine Féillire is first published as Almanac Gàilig air son 1872 in Inverness[5]
- The Shetland Times is first published in Lerwick
- Other Association football clubs established this year include Ayr Thistle, Clydesdale, Dumbarton and Renton
Births
- 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
- 14 January — Greyfriars Bobby, faithful Skye Terrier dog
- 27 February — John McLeod Campbell, minister and theologian (born 1800)
- 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
References
- ↑ "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ↑ 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 2013-06-08.
- ↑ 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.
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