1904 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1904 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1904 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1903â04 ⢠1904â05
Timeline of Scottish history
1904 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1903â04 ⢠1904â05
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 28 June â the Danish liner SS Norge is wrecked off Rockall with the loss of 635 lives.[1]
- 1 August â a judgement on appeal to the House of Lords in the case of Bannatyne v Overtoun (in which the minority Free Church of Scotland challenged the new United Free Church of Scotland) is delivered.
- 17 September â new St Columba Church of Scotland, Glasgow, opened.
- 31 December â Glasgow-registered cargo steamers Stromboli and Kathleen collide and sink at Garvel Point, Greenock.[2]
- Hyskeir Lighthouse completed.
- The Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art is renamed as the Royal Scottish Museum.
- Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh, founded.
- First West Highland White Terrier breed club set up.
Births
- 4 January â Erik Chisholm, composer (died 1965 in South Africa)
- 26 April â Jimmy McGrory, international footballer and manager (died 1982)
- 28 May â Anne Gillespie Shaw, engineer and businesswoman (died 1982)[3]
- 25 June â Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, historian and biographer (died 1976)
- 14 August â Lindley Fraser, academic economist and broadcaster (died 1963 in London)
- 23 August â William Primrose, violist (died in Provo, Utah 1982)
- 20 October â Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan and pioneer of medicare (died 1986 in Canada)
- 3 November â Jennie Lee, politician (died 1988)
- 20 November â John MacCormick, lawyer and advocate of Home Rule for Scotland (died 1961)
- Edward Baird, painter (died 1949)
- Margaret MacDonald, royal servant (died 1993)
- Alex Moffat, miner, trade unionist and communist activist (died 1967)
Deaths
- 16 April â Samuel Smiles, author and reformer (born 1812)
- 25 May â David Sime Cargill, industrialist (born 1826)
- 19 June â Mungo Park, golfer (born 1836)
- 7 October â Isabella Bird, traveller (born 1831 in Yorkshire)
- 12 November â George Lennox Watson, naval architect (born 1851)
- 25 December â James Brown, poet and essayist, known as J. B. Selkirk (born 1832)
The arts
- 29 February â the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, opens as a music hall.
- 12 September â the King's Theatre, Glasgow, opens.
- 27 December â J. M. Barrie's stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up premières at the Duke of York's Theatre in London.[4]
- Hill House, Helensburgh, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is completed.[5]