1872 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1872 Events from the year 1872 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – George Young Solicitor General for Scotland – Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff Events May Rangers F.C., founded in March as an Association football club in Glasgow by brothers Moses and Peter McNeil, Peter Campbell and William McBeath, play their first ever game on the public pitches of Glasgow Green, a goalless draw against Callander John Kibble's conservatory is dismantled at Coulport for re-erection in Glasgow Botanic Gardens 9 July – Tradeston Flour Mills explosion in Glasgow kills 18Fearful Explosion and Great Fire in Tradeston - Great Loss of Life The Glasgow Herald 10 July 1872 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18720710/006/0004 British Newspaper Archive subscriptionThe Explosion and Fire in Tradeston The Glasgow Herald 12 July 1872 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18720712/011/0004 British Newspaper Archive subscriptionhttps://archive.org/details/peopleshistoryof02mdow/page/36 The People's History of Glasgow 1899 John K. McDowall Hay Nisbet & Co. 10 August – First Education (Scotland) Act passed, providing compulsory English-language education for all aged 5–13Chronology of Scottish History A Timeline of Scottish History Rampant Scotland http://www.rampantscotland.com/timeline/1899.htm 2014-02-28 19 August – First horse trams in Glasgow, running from St George's Cross to Eglinton Tollhttps://www.glasgowhistory.com/glasgow-trams-through-the-years-part-1.html Glasgow Trams through the Years Chris Jones Glasgow History 2019-10-12 2022-07-17 2 October – Kirtlebridge rail crash at Kirtlebridge station on the Caledonian Railway in Dumfries and Galloway: 12 killed in a collisionRolt L. T. C. L. T. C. Rolt Kichenside Geoffrey Red for Danger 4th 1982 1955 David & Charles Newton Abbot 0-7153-8362-0 63–64 30 November – Scotland v England, the first FIFA-recognized international football match, takes place at Hamilton Crescent in Glasgow; the result is a goalless drawhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0012/ The First International Football Match BBC 2013-06-08 12 December – Third Lanark A.C. is established as the Association football team of the Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers December – Wick Harbour breakwater is washed away in a storm Dhu Heartach lighthouse is first lit David Colville & Sons open their Dalzell Steel and Iron Works at Motherwell Guard Bridge paper mills established near Leuchars The Egyptian Halls, a pioneering iron-framed commercial building in Glasgow designed by Alexander Thomson, is completed The last Thurso Castle is built Clydebank High School established First hospital built on the site at Govan (Glasgow) that will become Queen Elizabeth University Hospital The Northern Psalter and Hymn Tune Book edited by William Carnie is published in Aberdeen containing Jessie Seymour Irvine's setting of Psalm 23, "Crimond"Ronald Johnson How far is it to Crimond? Hymn Society Bulletin 176 July 1988 38 The Scottish Gaelic magazine Féillire is first published as Almanac Gàilig air son 1872 in InvernessFerguson Mary Ann Matheson Scottish Gaelic Union Catalogue https://archive.org/details/scottishgaelicun0000ferg registration National Library of Scotland Edinburgh 1984 0902220608 The Shetland Times is first published in Lerwick Other Association football clubs established this year include Ayr Thistle, Clydesdale, Dumbarton and Renton Births 12 February – Alexander Gibb, civil engineer (died 1958) 5 May – Norman Smith, philosopher (died 1958) 13 June – Chrystal Macmillan, mathematician, suffragist, politician, barrister and pacifist (died 1937) 2 October – Thomas Hunter, Unionist Party MP for Perth (1935–45) (died 1953) Deaths 14 January – Greyfriars Bobby, faithful Skye Terrier dog 27 February – John McLeod Campbell, minister and theologian (born 1800) 16 June – Norman Macleod, Church of Scotland minister (born 1812) 20 August – William Miller, poet (born 1810) 28 November – Mary Somerville, scientist (born 1780) 24 December – William John Macquorn Rankine, pioneer of thermodynamics (born 1820) See also Timeline of Scottish history 1872 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1870s in Scotland Scotland