1873 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1873 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1872–73 • 1873–74 |
Events from the year 1873 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
- 3 March — The Scottish Rugby Union is formed as the Scottish Football Union
- 13 March — The Scottish Football Association is formed, the world's second national football association[1]
- 15 November — Statue to Greyfriars Bobby erected in Edinburgh[2]
- Edinburgh Evening News first published
- George and James Weir move their new pump manufacturing and general engineering business, predecessor of the Weir Group, to Glasgow[3]
Births
- 13 April — James Salmon, architect (died 1924)
- 6 July — George Aitken Clark Hutchison, Scottish Unionist MP for Midlothian and Peebles Northern (1922–23, 1924–28) (died 1928)
- James Drever, psychologist (died 1950)
Deaths
- 8 March — Robert William Thomson, engineer, inventor of the bicycle tyre (born 1822)
- 1 May — David Livingstone, pioneer medical missionary (born 1813)
- 2 October — John Cunningham, architect (died 1799)
- 27 October — Janet Hamilton, poet (born 1795)
- Hugh Fraser, retailer (born 1815)
See also
References
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