1861 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland| 1861 }}
Events from the year 1861 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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Events
- 27 February – ironclad warship HMS Black Prince is launched from Robert Napier's yard at Govan on the River Clyde.
- 11 March – the Portpatrick Railway opens to Stranraer Town railway station, providing a connection from Dumfries.
- June – first modern excavation of the Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe on Orkney.{{cite book|last=Ritchie|first=Graham|author2=Anna|title=Scotland: Archaeology and Early History|publisher=Thames and Hudson|year=1981|location=London|page=9|isbn=0-500-27365-0}}
- 26 September – golfer Tom Morris, Sr. wins the second Open Championship.[http://www.theopen.com/en/History/PreviousOpens.aspx?eventid=1861000&view= Prestwick – 1861] www.theopen.com, accessed 22 June 2013. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120806135022/http://www.theopen.com/en/History/PreviousOpens.aspx?eventid=1861000&view= Archived] 2013-06-29.
- 23 October – foundation stone of the Royal Museum laid by Prince Albert.{{cite book |editor1-last=Lynch |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Oxford companion to Scottish history |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199693054 |page=538}}
- 25 November – a tenement collapses in the Old Town, Edinburgh killing 35 with 15 survivors.
- Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company begin construction of Stockbridge Colonies, pioneering low-cost flats for artisans.{{cite book|first=John|last=Crompton|title=Forth and Clyde: a guide to the industrial heritage of central Scotland|publisher=Association for Industrial Archaeology|year=2002|isbn=0-9528930-5-3}}
- One O'Clock Gun first fired from Edinburgh Castle.
- Edinburgh and Glasgow Bible Societies merged to form the National Bible Society of Scotland.
- White Horse whisky first produced by James Logan Mackie of Edinburgh.{{cite web|url=http://scotchwhisky.net/blended/white_horse.htm|title=White Horse Blended Scotch Whisky|work=ScotchWhisky.net|access-date=2014-04-16}}
Births
- 11 April – Thomas Jaffrey, actuary (died 1953)
- 17 June – Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (died 1942){{cite web |title=Nicol, Robina, 1861–1942 |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22592994 |website=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=27 December 2019 |language=en |date=1 January 1861}}
- 19 June – Douglas Haig, soldier and Field Marshal during World War I (died 1928)
- 9 July – William Burrell, shipowner and art collector (died 1958)
- 12 October – Agnes Jekyll, née Graham, artist, writer on domestic matters and philanthropist (died 1937 in England)
- 24 December – John Macdonald, sportsman and physician (died 1938)
Deaths
- 8 April – John Bartholomew, Sr., cartographer (born 1805)
- 4 October – Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton (born 1812 in Sicily)
- 13 November – John Forbes, physician to Queen Victoria (1841–1861) (born 1787)