Events from the year 1874 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
*
Lord Advocate –
George Young George Young may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George Young (filmmaker), Australian stage manager and film director in the silent era
* George Young (rock musician) (1946–2017), Australian musician, songwriter, and record producer
* Geor ...
until February; then
Edward Strathearn Gordon
Edward Strathearn Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn, (10 April 1814 – 21 August 1879) was a Scottish judge and politician.
Early life and education
Gordon was born on 10 April 1814. He was educated at Inverness Royal Academy, Royal High Sch ...
*
Solicitor General for Scotland –
Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark; then
John Millar; then
William Watson
Judiciary
*
Lord President of the Court of Session and
Lord Justice General –
Lord Glencorse
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Lord Justice Clerk –
Lord Moncreiff
Events
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17 January
Events Pre-1600
*38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
* 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on ...
–
Victoria Swing Bridge
The Victoria Swing Bridge is a swing bridge in Leith, Edinburgh.
History
The dock upstream from the bridge was begun in 1833, but financial troubles meant it was only finished between 1869 and 1875, and is nearly rectangular with a quayage of ...
in
Leith completed, the longest
swing bridge in Britain at this date.
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27 January
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.
* 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to b ...
–
Bo'ness Junction rail crash
Bo'ness Junction rail crash occurred at Bo'ness Junction in Falkirk.Rolt, 1982: pp. 64-67
The junction lies on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway between Falkirk and Linlithgow where the line to Bo'ness joined from the north near Manuel stati ...
near
Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
on the
North British Railway
The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...
: 16 killed in a collision.
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27 February
Events Pre-1600
* 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
* 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
– four crew of
Stonehaven life-boat lost on service.
*
5 March – in the
general election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
, former Scottish
coal miner Alexander Macdonald (Lib–Lab) is elected for the English seat of
Stafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...
, among the first
Members of Parliament from a
working class background.
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21 March
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and ...
– the first ever final of the
Scottish Cup is won by
Queen's Park F.C.
Queen's Park Football Club is a Scottish professional association football, football club based in Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish football pyramid. Queen's Park is the Oldest footba ...
who beat
Clydesdale 2–0.
[Scottish Cup - Fixtures And Results - Queen's Park F.C. v Clydesdale F.C.](_blank)
Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the Sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in Scot ...
. accessed 7 June 2013.
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21 May
Events Pre-1600
* 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as ''Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
* 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghla ...
– foundation stone of
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) laid by
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Duke of Buccleuch.
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28 July
Events Pre-1600
*1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
*1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day his former Chancellor, Tho ...
– the
Sutherland and Caithness Railway is opened through to
Wick and
Thurso, completing the
Highland Railway system to the far north and causing cessation of Britain's last
mail coach.
*
7 August
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Cons ...
–
Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1874
The Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1874The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of th ...
abolishes patronage in the appointment of ministers to the
Church of Scotland.
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Bernera Riot
The Bernera Riot occurred in 1874, on the island of Great Bernera, in Scotland in response to the Highland Clearances. The use of the term 'Bernera Riot' correctly relates to the court case which exposed the maltreatment of the peasant classes ...
: Islanders of
Great Bernera successfully resist
Clearances.
* Coulburn Lobnitz & Company establish the shipbuilding business that will become known as
Lobnitz in
Renfrew
Renfrew (; sco, Renfrew; gd, Rinn Friù) is a town west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is the historic county town of Renfrewshire. Called the "Cradle of the Royal Stewarts" for its early link with Scotland's former ...
.
* Joseph Russell, Anderson Rodger and
William Lithgow establish the shipbuilding business that will become
Lithgows in
Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow ( gd, Port Ghlaschu, ) is the second-largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19,426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16,617 persons. The most recen ...
.
* W. B. Thompson establishes the business that will become the
Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
.
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Broomhall Castle
Broomhall Castle was originally built in 1874 by John Foukes and Frances Mackison for James Johnstone. It is situated in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland on the Ochil Hills
The Ochil Hills (; gd, Monadh Ochail is a range of hills in Sc ...
built.
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Association football teams
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Professional Football League. Hearts, the oldest and most successful football club in the Sco ...
(in
Edinburgh),
Greenock Morton F.C. and
Hamilton Academical F.C. are founded.
Births
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20 February
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawn (law), pawned by Norway to ...
–
Mary Garden, operatic soprano (died
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
)
*
23 February
Events Pre-1600
* 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
* 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
–
Hugh S. Roberton, choirmaster (died
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
)
*
9 March –
John Duncan Fergusson, artist (died
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
)
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9 June
Events Pre-1600
*411 BC – The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
* 53 – The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
* 68 – Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's ''Aeneid'', thus ending the Ju ...
–
Launceston Elliot, weightlifter, first British Olympic champion, born in British India (died
1930 in Australia)
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25 November –
Lewis Spence, writer and folklorist (died
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
)
Deaths
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24 January
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
* 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
*1438 – The Counc ...
–
Adam Black, publisher (born
1784
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Treaty of Constantinople: The Ottoman Empire agrees to Russia's annexation of the Crimea.
* January 14 – The Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Brit ...
)
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31 July
Events Pre-1600
* 30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
* 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
–
Cosmo Innes, lawyer and antiquary (born
1798
Events
January–June
* January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts.
* January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of Wa ...
)
*
6 August
Events Pre-1600
*1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
* 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
–
Patrick Fairbairn, minister and theologian (born
1805
After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 11 – The Michigan Territory is created.
* February 7 – King Anouvong become ...
)
The arts
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11 August
Events Pre-1600
* 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
* 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and found ...
–
Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, formerly The Smith Institute, is an art and local history museum in Stirling, Scotland. The museum was founded in 1874 at the bequest of artist Thomas Stuart Smith.
History
Founding
Thomas Stuart Smi ...
opens as The Smith Institute in
Stirling under the bequest of painter
Thomas Stuart Smith
Thomas Stuart Smith (1815–1869) was a Scottish painter and philanthropist known for creating what is now called the Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery, located in Stirling, Scotland.
Life
Thomas Stuart Smith was born in 1815 as the secr ...
(died 1869).
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Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (28 June 1847 – 23 February 1927) was an Icelandic composer best known for composing " Lofsöngur", the national anthem of Iceland.
Early life and education
Sveinbjörn was born in Seltjarnarnes. He was studying divi ...
, resident in
New Town, Edinburgh, writes the tune that becomes the national anthem of
Iceland, "
Lofsöngur
"" (, lit. "Hymn"), also known as "" (; en, "O, God of Our Land"), is the national anthem of Iceland. Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson composed the music, while the lyrics were authored by Matthías Jochumsson. It was adopted as the national anthem i ...
".
See also
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Timeline of Scottish history
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1874 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1874 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom.
Incumbents
* Monarch of the United Kingdom, Monarch – Queen Victoria, Victoria
* Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister – William Ew ...
References
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