1861 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1861 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1861 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1861 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 27 February â ironclad warship HMS Black Prince is launched from Robert Napier's yard at Govan on the River Clyde.
- 11 March â the Portpatrick Railway opens to Stranraer Town railway station, providing a connection from Dumfries.
- June â first modern excavation of the Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe on Orkney.[1]
- 26 September â golfer Tom Morris, Sr. wins the second Open Championship.[2]
- 23 October â foundation stone of the Royal Museum in Edinburgh laid by Prince Albert.[3]
- 25 November â 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.[4]
- 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.[5]
Births
- 11 April â Thomas Jaffrey, actuary (died 1953)
- 17 June â Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (died 1942)[6]
- 19 June â Douglas Haig, soldier and Field Marshal during World War I (died 1928)
- 9 July â William Burrell, shipowner and art collector (died 1958)
- 12 October â Agnes Jekyll, née Graham, artist, writer on domestic matters and philanthropist (died 1937 in England)
- 24 December â John Macdonald, sportsman and physician (died 1938)
Deaths
- 8 April â John Bartholomew, Sr., cartographer (born 1805)
- 4 October â Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton (born 1812 in Sicily)
- 13 November â John Forbes, physician to Queen Victoria (1841â1861) (born 1787)