1870 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1870 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1870 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1870 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 6 July â Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland founded, the world's oldest such organisation.[1]
- 1 August â Burgh Customs (Scotland) Act enables burghs to abolish petty customs (local duties and tolls) and substitute local rates for them.[2]
- 26 September â George Watson's Hospital in Edinburgh reopens as reconstituted as a fee-paying day school, George Watson's College Schools for Boys.
- 4 October â first non-public hanging in Scotland: George Chalmers of Fraserburgh, 45, is hanged in Perth county jail by the London hangman William Calcraft for the murder of a toll-keeper at Braco.[1]
- November â the University of Glasgow moves from the Old College in High Street to a new campus and main building (designed by George Gilbert Scott) at Gilmorehill in the West End of Glasgow.[3]
- 30 November â the first unofficial international Association football match, England v Scotland, takes place under the approval of the Football Association (FA) at The Oval, London.[4] The Scotland team is selected by the FA from players in the London area with Scottish connections.[4]
- Esplanade at Rothesay, Bute, completed.
- Mormond Hill White Stag hill figure created in Aberdeenshire.
- James Lamont & Co are established as ship repairers at Greenock.[5]
Births
- 14 March â Henry Gray, surgeon (died 1938 in Canada)
- 24 June â James Logan, international footballer (died 1896)
- 4 August â Harry Lauder, entertainer (died 1950)
- 18 October â J. H. Curle, mining engineer, traveller, writer, eugenicist and philatelist (died 1942 in Canada)
- William Roughead, lawyer and criminologist (died 1952)
Deaths
- 15 February â William Burn, architect, pioneer of the Scottish Baronial style (born 1789)
- 23 February â Edward Maitland, Lord Barcaple, judge (born 1803)
- 26 February â John Duncan, theologian and Hebraist (born 1796)
- 24 April â Alexander Handyside Ritchie, sculptor (born 1804)
- 17 May â David Octavius Hill, artist and photographer (born 1802)
- 27 May â James Smart, chief constable (born 1804)
- 26 October â Thomas Anderson, botanist (born 1832)
- Uilleam Mac Dhun Lèibhe (William Livingston), Gaelic poet (born 1808)[6]