1905 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1905 Events from the year 1905 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Andrew Murray until 2 February; then The Marquess of Linlithgow until 4 December; then John Sinclair Law officers Lord Advocate – Charles Dickson until December; then Thomas Shaw Solicitor General for Scotland – David Dundas; then Edward Theodore Salvesen; then James Avon Clyde; then Alexander Ure Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Blair Balfour until 22 January; then from 4 February Lord Dunedin Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh Events January – Strathaven Academy opens. 28 September – Talla Reservoir officially opened to serve the Edinburgh district after 10 years of construction (supply begins May). 31 October – Perth Corporation Tramways commence electric operation. 18 November – First rugby match between New Zealand and Scotland, played at Murrayfield. 19 November – 39 men are killed in a fire at a model lodging house in Watson Street, Glasgow.0-9528575-8-8 William Cross Death in a Lodging House 2005BBC Radio 4 - The Long View, Grenfell Tower and Watson Street fire tragedies https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08y24f5 BBC 1 June 2021 St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, raised to cathedral status in the Episcopal Church. David Couper Thomson sets up the Dundee publisher D. C. Thomson & Co. Scottish Motor Traction is set up in Edinburgh as a motor bus operator. Victoria Bridge, Mar Lodge Estate, erected. Approximate date – the earliest Rolls-Royce 10 hp car to survive into the 21st century is acquired by Kenneth Gillies of Tain; it remains in Scotland until the time of World War I.Stewart Skilbeck 1904 10hp 20154: U44: The world's oldest surviving Rolls-Royce http://www.rrec.org.uk/Cars/The_Early_Cars_1904-1906/1904_10hp_20154.php Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club 2007 2016-02-04 Births 6 April – Johnny Ramensky, career criminal, employed as a commando for his safe-cracking abilities (died 1972) 19 April – Jim Mollison, aviator (died 1959) 12 May – Alex Jackson, international footballer (died 1946) 12 July – John Maxwell, landscape painter (died 1962) 19 July – Robert Hurd, influential conservation architect (died 1963) 20 August – Duncan Macrae, actor (died 1967) 6 September – William McEwan Younger, brewer and Unionist politician (died 1992 in England) 4 October – Leslie Mitchell, announcer (died 1985 in London) 9 December – Janet Adam Smith, writer and mountaineer (died 1999) Norman Cameron, poet (born in Bombay; died 1953 in London) Fred Hartley, light music composer and conductor (died 1980) Deaths 21 January – Robert Brough, painter, died in a railway disaster (born 1872) 5 August – Alexander Asher, Liberal politician and Solicitor General for Scotland (born 1834) 16 August – Jamie Anderson, golfer (born 1842) 22 August – David Binning Monro, Homeric scholar (born 1836) 18 September – George MacDonald, author, poet and Christian minister (born 1844) 8 October – Allan MacDonald, Roman Catholic priest, poet, folklore collector and activist (born 1859) 27 October – Ralph Copeland, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (born 1837 in England) 7 November – Lady Florence Caroline Dixie, traveller, war correspondent, writer and feminist (born 1855) 12 December – William Sharp, poet and literary biographer (born 1855) The arts 16 January – Neil Munro begins publishing his Vital Spark stories in the Glasgow Evening News. Harry Lauder writes the popular song "I Love a Lassie". See also Timeline of Scottish history 1905 in Ireland References Scotland Category:1900s in Scotland Scotland