1883 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1883 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Glencorse
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Moncreiff
Events
- 28 April — The first rugby sevens tournament is played at Melrose RFC.[1]
- 3 June — Sabbatarian riot at Stromeferry: the local fishing community prevent the loading of fish (caught by east coast fishermen) from Stornoway ships to railway on a Sunday.[2]
- 3 July — The SS Daphne sinks on launch at Alexander Stephen and Sons' Linthouse shipyard, leaving 124 dead.[3]
- Late August — The first Carnegie library is opened in Andrew Carnegie's hometown, Dunfermline.
- 4 October — The Boys' Brigade is founded in Glasgow.[4]
- November–December — The Tay Whale (a humpback) appears in the Firth of Tay; on 31 December it is harpooned but escapes, dying later.
- Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank at Dumbarton completed.
- Edinburgh Mathematical Society founded.
Births
- 17 January — Compton Mackenzie, author and co-founder in 1928 of the Scottish National Party (born in England; died 1972)
- 27 January — James Lithgow, industrialist (died 1952)
- 9 July — John Watson, advocate and sheriff, Solicitor General for Scotland 1929–31 (died 1944)
- 21 August — Victor Fortune, British Army officer (died 1949)
- 17 October — A. S. Neill, educationalist (died 1973 in England)
Deaths
- 27 March — John Brown, royal servant (born 1826)
- 8 May — John Miller, civil engineer (born 1805)
- 20 May — William Chambers, publisher and politician (born 1800)
- 2 July — John Strain, first Roman Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh (born 1810)
- 9 August — Robert Moffat, missionary (born 1795)
- David Rhind, architect (born 1808)
The Arts
- James Guthrie paints A Hind's Daughter and To Pastures New.