1881 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1881 Events from the year 1881 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – John McLaren until August; then John Blair Balfour Solicitor General for Scotland – John Blair Balfour; then Alexander Asher Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff Events 1 March – the Cunard Line's Servia, the first steel transatlantic liner, is launched at J. & G. Thomson's shipyard at Clydebank.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/434 registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 434–435January 2025 1 July – formation, under the Childers Reforms of the British Army, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Gordon Highlanders, Highland Light Infantry and Seaforth Highlanders. 20/21 July – 58 men, the crews of ten fishing boats (mostly sixareens) from Yell, Shetland, are drowned in a sudden storm. 25 August – Edinburgh Royal Review of Volunteers ("The Wet Review"): Large numbers of Volunteer Forces from all over Scotland parade before Queen Victoria in Holyrood Park on a day of prolonged heavy rainfall. 14 October – the Eyemouth disaster ("Black Friday"): a severe storm strikes the Berwickshire coast; 189 fishermen die.Peter Aitchison Children of the Sea: the story of the Eyemouth disaster East Linton Tuckwell Press 2001 1-86232-240-6 21 December – the Aberdeen Line's SS Aberdeen, the first oceangoing ship successfully powered by a triple expansion steam engine, designed by Alexander Carnegie Kirk, is launched at Robert Napier and Sons' yard at Govan. The remains of Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (died 1880), are stolen from the family crypt on the Dunecht estate.Roughead William The Dunecht Mystery Twelve Scots Trials https://archive.org/stream/twelvescotstrial00rouguoft#page/248/mode/1up/search/Dunecht 1913 W. Green & Sons Edinburgh 248–272 2014-06-06 Memorial cairn erected at the site of the Battle of Culloden (1746). Bruichladdich distillery established on the Rinns of Islay. Clydebank Co-operative Society formed. Inverness Museum and Art Gallery originally opened. Fettesian-Lorettonian Club established as a joint sporting club of the two named Edinburgh public schools, primarily for the playing of rugby union. Births 29 March – Charles Jarvis, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1948) 6 August – Alexander Fleming, biologist, pharmacologist and botanist (died 1955 in England)Alexander Fleming Biography, Education, Discovery, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Fleming Encyclopedia Britannica 15 October 2020 en 2 November – Tom Johnston, socialist politician (died 1965) 6 November – Alfred David McAlpine, civil engineering contractor (died 1944) 1 December – Alastair Denniston, cryptanalyst (died 1961 in England) 25 December – Willie Gallacher, trade unionist and communist MP (died 1965) Deaths 22 August – John Hill Burton, advocate, historian and economist (born 1809) 30 October – William Brodie, sculptor (born 1815) 31 October – Alexander Macdonald, miner, trade unionist and Lib–Lab MP (born 1821) See also Timeline of Scottish history 1881 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1880s in Scotland Scotland