1859 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1859 Events from the year 1859 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Charles Baillie until April; then David Mure until June; then James Moncreiff Solicitor General for Scotland – David Mure; then George Patton; then Edward Maitland Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Colonsay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Glenalmond Events 2 February – a Crinan Canal reservoir dam bursts. 21 April – the Dunfermline Press begins publication. 14 October – Glasgow Town Council's Loch Katrine public water supply scheme officially opened.The Queen At Loch Katrine The Times London 1859-10-15 9 23438 23 December – National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, a predecessor of the National Museum of Scotland, officially inaugurated in Queen Street, Edinburgh.History of Edinburgh http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm Visions of Scotland 2014-05-07 14 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150214170220/http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm dead Muirkirk becomes the first town in Britain to have gas lighting. St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society opens its first shop in Edinburgh. Robertson's "Golden Shred" marmalade first produced, in Paisley. First whaler purpose-built with a steam engine, the Narwhal from Stephen's shipyard at Dundee.S. G. E. Lythe Shipbuilding at Dundee down to 1914 Scottish Journal of Political Economy 11 3 1964 219–32 10.1111/j.1467-9485.1964.tb00681.x Births 27 January – James Grierson, British Army lieutenant general (died on service 1914 in France) 8 March – Kenneth Grahame, author best known for The Wind in the Willows (died 1932 in England) 10 March – Dugald Sutherland MacColl, painter and curator (died 1948 in London) 25 March – John Bruce Glasier, socialist politician (died 1920) 22 May – Arthur Conan Doyle, physician and fiction writer best known for his stories about the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes (died 1930 in England)https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0522.html Conan Doyle Dead From Heart Attack The New York Times 1930-07-08 2013-06-22 10 June – James Guthrie, painter (died 1930) 8 July – Annie Shepherd Swan, novelist (died 1943) 9 September – William James Cullen, Lord Cullen, judge (died 1941) 24 September – S. R. Crockett, novelist (died 1914 in France) 25 October – Allan MacDonald, Roman Catholic priest, poet, folklore collector and activist (died 1905) 18 November – James Nairn, painter (died 1904 in New Zealand) Thomas Corsan Morton, painter (died 1928) Deaths 6 February – Jane Stirling, pianist, student of Chopin (born 1804) 21 March – Angus MacKay, piper (born 1813) 19 September – John Pringle Nichol, scientist (born 1804) 22 September – William Alison, physician and social reformer (born 1790) 20 November – Mountstuart Elphinstone, statesman and historian (born 1779) 22 November – George Wilson, chemist and professor of technology (born 1818) The arts 26 August – Jules Verne arrives in Edinburgh to begin his first visit to Scotland. John Brown's short story "Rab and his Friends" is published. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1859 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1850s in Scotland Scotland