1857 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1857 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1857 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Colonsay
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Glencorse
Events
- 18 March — The Greenock Telegraph begins publication.
- 1 May — Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland inaugurated in Glasgow.
- 30 June–9 July — Trial of Madeleine Smith, charged with the poisoning of a former lover in Glasgow; a "not proven" verdict is returned.[1]
- 9 November — The Western Bank of Scotland (Glasgow) collapses.[2]
- 16 November — The 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot wins six Victoria Crosses in the storming of Sikandar Bagh during the second relief of Lucknow in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- Police (Scotland) Act 1857 makes the provision of a police force mandatory in the counties of Scotland.
- Lunga, Treshnish Isles, is depopulated.[3]
- First whaler to be fitted with a steam engine, the Tay at Dundee.[4]
- W. C. Stewart publishes The Practical Angler.
Births
- 11 April — John Davidson, poet and playwright (drowned himself 1909 at Penzance)
- 15 May — Williamina Fleming, née Stevens, astronomer noted for her discovery of the Horsehead Nebula in 1888 (died 1911 in the United States)
- 15 June — William Fife, yacht designer (died 1944)
- 4 July — John Campbell, architect (died 1942 in New Zealand)
- 11 July — David Prain, botanist (died 1944)
- 19 September — James Bridie, international rugby union player (died 1893 in England)
- 2 October — John Macintyre, laryngologist and pioneer radiographer (died 1928)
- Date unknown — John Wilson, Lord Ashmore, Sheriff 1900–20, Senator of the College of Justice 1930–28 (died 1932)
Deaths
- 9 March — James Duff, 4th Earl Fife, , general in Spanish service and landowner (born 1776)
- 19 March — William Henry Playfair, architect (born 1790 in London)
- 15 April — William Skinner, bishop and Primus (born 1778)
- 26 August — Christian Isobel Johnstone, writer and editor (born 1781)
- 14 October — Alexander Laing, "the Brechin poet" (born 1787)
- 18 November — John Fleming, minister, naturalist, zoologist and geologist (born 1785)
The Arts
- Britannia Music Hall opened in Glasgow.
See also
References
- ↑ "A Trial of Passion". The Victorian Achievement. BBC. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
- ↑ Saville, Richard (1996). Bank of Scotland: A History, 1695-1995. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 393–4. ISBN 0-7486-0757-9.
- ↑ "Lunga". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- ↑ Lythe, S. G. E. (1964). "Shipbuilding at Dundee down to 1914". Scottish Journal of Political Economy 11: 219–32. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9485.1964.tb00681.x. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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