1886 in Scotland explained
Events from the year 1886 in Scotland.
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- 8 March – The Orr Ewing Baronetcy, of Ballikinrain in the parish of Killearn in the County of Stirling and of Lennoxbank in the parish of Bonhill in the County of Dunbarton, is created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom for Conservative politician Archibald Orr-Ewing.
- 15 March – Glasgow City and District Railway, running chiefly in "cut and cover" tunnel, opens.[1]
- 5 April – the Great North of Scotland Railway opens its line through Garmouth, Moray, including its Speymouth viaduct over the River Spey with a 350 ft (105 m) main span which is the longest wrought iron arch bridge in Britain.
- 6 May – International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art opens in The Meadows, Edinburgh. Exhibits include an "Old Edinburgh Street" and displays related to Scotch whisky; Neilson and Company of Glasgow exhibit the Caledonian Railway Single steam locomotive.
- 17 May – Motherwell F.C. founded.
- 25 June – Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act grants security of tenure to crofters.[2]
- 1–27 July – in the general election, radical socialist R. B. Cunninghame Graham, standing as a Liberal, wins the North West Lanarkshire seat from the Unionists.
- September – Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. of the Royal Northern Yacht Club with Galatea challenges unsuccessfully for the America's Cup in New York Harbor.
- October – Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women founded by Dr. Sophia Jex-Blake.
- 6 December – the steel-hulled full-rigged ship Balclutha is launched at Charles Connell and Company's yard at Scotstoun for Robert McMillan of Dumbarton. In 1954 she will be laid up as a museum ship in San Francisco.
- The paddle steamers Tewfik and Prince Abbas are built at the newly renamed Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company's yard at Govan, the first purpose-built boats for Thomas Cook & Son's Nile service.
- Burmah Oil founded as the Rangoon Oil Company in Glasgow by David Sime Cargill.
- Hawick Town Hall, designed by James Campbell Walker, is completed.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Glasgow City and District Railway. Railscot. 2014-04-08.
- Web site: The Crofters Land Act passed – 1886. Scotland's History. BBC. 2013-06-02.
- Book: Ewan . Elizabeth L. . Innes . Sue . Reynolds . Sian . Pipes . Rose . Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen . 2007 . Edinburgh University Press . 978-0-7486-2660-1 . 10 . en.