1875 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland|1875}}
Events from the year 1875 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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Events
- 9 March – the Advocates Library in Edinburgh suffers a serious fire.
- 6 August – Hibernian F.C. is founded by Irishmen in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh.{{cite web|url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750510,00.html|title=The Origins of Hibernian - Part 1|work=Hibernian FC: The Official Website|date=2009-08-11|access-date=2014-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304140749/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750510,00.html|archive-date=4 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
- 16 September – first patients admitted to Barony Parochial Asylum at Lenzie (official opening 22 October).
- 17 November – the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club established in a meeting at the Fleece Hotel, Selkirk.{{cite web|title=A Potted History of the Club|url=http://www.ddtc.co.uk/about-the-club/club-history/a-potted-history.html|publisher=The Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club|year=2000|access-date=2014-09-30}}
- 8 December – Inverness Field Club is established.
- 25 December – the first Edinburgh derby in Association football is played: Heart of Midlothian F.C. win 1–0 against Hibernian F.C.
- Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland is established as the world's oldest professional banking institution.
- The Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, predecessor of Queen Margaret University, is founded by Christian Guthrie Wright and Louisa Stevenson of the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.qmu.ac.uk/the_university_college/history.htm|title=History: From Edinburgh School of Cookery to Queen Margaret University|access-date=2007-04-11|publisher=Queen Margaret University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216191206/http://www.qmu.ac.uk/the_university_college/history.htm|archive-date=2007-02-16}}
- Longmore House is opened as a hospital by the Edinburgh Association for the Relief of Incurables.
- The Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde Shipping Company is renamed as the North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company.
Births
- 20 February – Mary Barbour, née Rough, political activist, local councillor and magistrate (died 1958)
- 20 March – Jessie M. King, illustrator and designer (died 1949)
- 26 July – Daniel Laidlaw, piper and recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1950 in Northumberland)
- 11 August – Percy Erskine Nobbs, Arts and Crafts architect in Canada (died 1964)
- 26 August – John Buchan, novelist, historian, Unionist politician and Governor General of Canada (died 1940 in Canada)
- Robert MacGregor Mitchell, Lord MacGregor Mitchell, Chairman of the Scottish Land Court 1934–38 (died 1938)
Deaths
- 22 March – Alexander Thomson, classical architect (born 1817)
- 25 December – Young Tom Morris, youngest winner of golf's Open Championship (born 1851; official cause of death is "heart attack"){{cite book|title=Tommy's Honor|url=https://archive.org/details/tommyshonorstory00cook|url-access=registration|first=Kevin|last=Cook|year=2007|publisher=Gotham Books|location=New York|isbn=978-1-59240-342-4}}
- James McLevy, detective (born 1796 in Ireland)
The arts
- 12 February – Robert Louis Stevenson is introduced to fellow writer W. E. Henley, at this time (August 1873–April 1875) a patient of surgeon Joseph Lister in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; he will be the model for Long John Silver. Henley has also met his future wife while in hospital and written the poems collected as In Hospital.{{cite web|first=Ernest|last=Mehew|title=Henley, William Ernest (1849–1903)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|edition=Online|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33817|access-date=2014-05-29|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33817}} {{ODNBsub}} In July Stevenson qualifies as an advocate, but never practices.
See also
References
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