1913 in Scotland

none May 2014 January 2016 July 2026 1913 Events from the year 1913 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Thomas McKinnon Wood Law officers Lord Advocate – Alexander Ure; then Robert Munro Solicitor General for Scotland – Andrew Anderson; then Thomas Brash Morison Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Dunedin until 14 October; then Lord Strathclyde Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Kennedy Events thumb|Aquitania shortly before her launch 26 February – the Royal Flying Corps establishes the first operational military airfield for fixed-wing aircraft in the United Kingdom at Montrose.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21549636 Montrose air station, the UK's first airfield, marks centenary BBC News 2013-02-23 2013-02-23 21 April – the Cunard ocean liner Aquitania, built by John Brown & Company, is launched on the River Clyde. 27 May – Lieutenant Desmond Arthur dies when his Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 biplane, 205, collapses without warning while flying over Montrose, Scotland's first fatal aircraft accident. 6 June – Stoneyetts Hospital is opened at East Muckcroft (later part of Moodiesburn, North Lanarkshire), originally for the treatment of people with epilepsy.https://www.pdf-archive.com/2016/10/05/stoneyetts-history/stoneyetts-history.pdf NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Archives: Stoneyetts Hospital – History Dow Derek A. August 1985 University of Glasgow 18 October 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161005193706/https://www.pdf-archive.com/2016/10/05/stoneyetts-history/stoneyetts-history.pdf 5 October 2016 22 July – Edinburgh Zoo opens. 3 August – 22 men are killed by fire at Cadder colliery near Bishopbriggs.Cadder 3 August 1913 Scottish Mining Website http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/21.html 2014-09-09 Dollar, Clackmannanshire, becomes the first Scottish town to appoint a Lady Provost, Lavinia Malcolm. Arrol-Johnston have a purpose-built car factory erected near Dumfries. Alexanders' Motor Services, predecessor of W. Alexander & Sons, begins running 'omnibus' services in the Falkirk area from a base in Camelon.Walter Alexander http://www.falkirk-wheel.com/features/people-of-the-falkirk-area/48-walter-alexander https://web.archive.org/web/20110710221743/http://www.falkirk-wheel.com/features/people-of-the-falkirk-area/48-walter-alexander 10 July 2011 dead Falkirk Wheel The Highlands and Islands Medical Service is established in the crofting counties on a non-contributory basis.The National Health Service in Scotland: Origins and ideals, 1900-1950 Morrice McCrae 2003 East Linton Tuckwell Press 1-86232-216-3 Temperance (Scotland) Act 1913 permits local communities to hold polls (from 1920) on whether prohibition should apply in their districts. William Crawford bakes biscuits at Leith. The Neolithic site at Skara Brae on Mainland, Orkney, is plundered. Coal mining production in Scotland peaks at 43.2 million tonnes, employing over 140,000 men and women, who, with their families, make up 10% of the Scottish population.Scottish Coal Collections STICK http://www.stickssn.org/site/pages/who-is-involved/scottish-coal-collections.php 2014-09-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200121/http://www.stickssn.org/site/pages/who-is-involved/scottish-coal-collections.php 10 September 2014 dead Births 17 February – Alastair Borthwick, broadcaster and mountaineer (died 2003) 6 March – Ella Logan, born Georgina Allan, musical theatre performer (died 1969 in the United States) 18 March – W. H. Murray, mountaineer and writer (died 1996) 2 April Ronald Center, composer (died 1973) Benny Lynch, flyweight boxer (died 1946) 11 April – Winifred Drinkwater, aviator, first woman to hold a commercial pilot's license (died 1996 in New Zealand) 13 April – Gordon Donaldson, historian (died 1993) 10 May – Alan Gemmell, plant biologist (died 1986) 5 June Sam Black, war artist and teacher (died 1997 in Canada) Douglas Young, classicist, poet and Scottish National Party leader (died 1973 in the United States) 25 July – John Cairncross, public servant, spy for the Soviet Union, academic and writer (died 1995 in England) 29 July – William George Nicholson Geddes, civil engineer (died 1993) 29 July – Jo Grimond, Liberal Party (UK) party leader (died 1993) 11 August – Andy Beattie, footballer and manager, first manager of the Scotland men's national football team (died 1983) 2 September – Bill Shankly, international footballer and manager (died 1981) 5 December – Robert MacBryde, still-life and figure painter, and theatre set designer (died 1966 in Dublin) 15 December – Robert McIntyre, Scottish National Party leader (died 1998) Deaths 18 January – George Alexander Gibson, physician and geologist (born 1854) 9 February – Sir George Reid, artist (born 1841) 20 February – Sir William Arrol, civil engineering contractor (born 1839) 12 May – William McEwan, Liberal Party MP (1886–1900) and brewer (born 1827) 6 September – James Orr, Presbyterian minister, and professor of church history and of theology (born 1844) 23 September – James Campbell Noble, painter (born 1832) 21 November – James Howden, mechanical engineer (born 1846) Arts and literature 26 May – Campbeltown Picture House (cinema) opens.The Oldest Running Cinema In Scotland Terry MacEwen https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Oldest-Running-Cinema-In-Scotland/ Historic UK 2021-02-11 See also Timeline of Scottish history 1913 in the United Kingdom References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1910s in Scotland Scotland