1899 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland| 1899 }}
Events from the year 1899 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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= Law officers =
= Judiciary =
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Robertson to 21 November; then Lord Blair Balfour
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh
Events
- March – supposed last duel in Scotland, fought with swords in the University of Glasgow over the appointment of a Rector, perhaps a student hoax.{{cite news|title=Hit and myth: Was Scotland's last duel a joke?|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/hit-and-myth-was-scotland-s-last-duel-a-joke-1-1299379|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=2004-02-21|access-date=2014-08-26}}
- 13 March – Japanese battleship Asahi launched by John Brown & Company, Clydebank.
- 16 June – Penicuik House gutted by fire.
- July – Norman Heathcote climbs the St Kilda sea stack Stac Lee with his sister Evelyn.Described in his book St Kilda (1900).
- November – English occultist Aleister Crowley purchases Boleskine House near Foyers on the shore of Loch Ness from the Fraser family, occupying it until 1913.
- 7 December – Flannan Isles Lighthouse first lit.
- 15 December – Glasgow School of Art opens its new building, the most notable work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.{{cite web|title=Congratulations to the Glasgow School of Art as they celebrate 100th anniversary of the Mackintosh Building|url=http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/news/news-article/301/congratulations-to-the-glasgow-school-of-art-as-they-celebrate-100th-anniversary-of-the-mackintosh-building|publisher=Museums Galleries Scotland|date=15 December 2009|access-date=2013-05-26|archive-date=4 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204111502/http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/news/news-article/301/congratulations-to-the-glasgow-school-of-art-as-they-celebrate-100th-anniversary-of-the-mackintosh-building|url-status=dead}}
- 30 December – the Albion Motor Car Company is set up in Glasgow; and the first Argyll car is also produced this year.
- George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, presents Iona Abbey and other sacred sites of the island of Iona to the Iona Cathedral Trust (linked to the Church of Scotland).{{cite book|last=Haswell-Smith|first=Hamish|year=2004|title=The Scottish Islands|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Canongate|isbn=978-1-84195-454-7|pages=80–84}}
- First Skerries Bridge, linking Bruray to Housay in the Out Skerries, is built.
Births
- 24 June – Bruce Marshall, writer (died 1987 in France)
- 21 July – David Broadfoot, seaman awarded the George Cross for his role during the sinking of {{MV|Princess Victoria}} (died 1959)
- 8 October – Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan, civil engineer (died 1985 in England)
Deaths
- 6 June – Robert Wallace, classics teacher, minister, university professor, newspaper editor, barrister and Member of Parliament (born 1831)
- 14 September – William Watson, Baron Watson, former Lord Advocate (born 1827)