1888 in Scotland

none thumb | right | Date stone on the west gable of Coatbridge Sunnyside station January 2016 January 2016 1888 Events from the year 1888 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – The Marquess of Lothian Law officers Lord Advocate – John Macdonald until October; then James Robertson Solicitor General for Scotland – James Robertson; then Moir Tod Stormonth Darling Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff, then Lord Kingsburgh Events 9 January – Crofters War: Aignish riot – Dispossessed crofters on Lewis face armed troops.Land Struggle 2: Aignish https://thecroft.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/land-struggle-2-aignish/ The Croft 2008-06-27 2014-05-18 15 March – transatlantic liner City of New York is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard at Clydebank. 8 May–November – International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.Kinghorn Jonathon Glasgow's International Exhibition, 1888 Glasgow Museums & Art Galleries 1988 978-0-902752-36-8 July–August – first "Race to the North": Operators of the West and East Coast Main Line railways accelerate their services between London and Edinburgh. 28 May – Celtic Football Club play their first official match, beating Rangers 5–2 in Glasgow. 25 August – first Scottish Labour Party founded.W. R. Kermack 19 Centuries of Scotland Edinburgh Johnston 1944 90 24 September – Stock exchange opened at Greenock.The Opening of Greenock Stock Exchange Glasgow Herald 1888-09-25 3 15 October – Dundee Institute of Technology, predecessor of Abertay University, opens. c. December – completion of first stage of Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art. Lancashire textile machinery manufacturer John Bullough purchases the isle of Rùm. Opening of Carstairs House Tramway, a private railway powered by hydroelectricity and the first permanent electric railway in Scotland. Births 3 January – James Bridie (O. H. Mavor), playwright (died 1951) 13 February – Andrew Dewar Gibb, lawyer and Scottish National Party politician (died 1974) 8 March – John Nicholson, footballer (died 1970 in England) 19 April – Walter Elliot, Unionist politician (died 1958) 6 June – Scottie Wilson, né Louis Freeman, artist (died 1972 in England) 7 June – Hilda Matheson, pioneering radio talks producer, born in London (died 1940 in England) 7 July – Edith Hughes, née Burnet, architect (died 1971) 14 August – John Logie Baird, engineer and inventor (died 1946)https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/baird_logie.shtml John Logie Baird (1888–1946) BBC 2013-06-02 5 September – Jack Miles, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Australia (died 1969 in Australia) 7 October – Cecil Coles, composer (killed in action 1918) Approximate date – Alexander MacRae, clothing manufacturer (died 1938 in Australia) Deaths 10 January – James Campbell Walker, Scottish architect (born 1821) May – James Salmon, architect (born 1805) 30 May – William Hay, architect (born 1818) 4 August – Lord Douglas Gordon, Liberal MP (born 1851) Art J. M. Barrie's Auld Licht Idylls is published. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1888 in Ireland References 1888 Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1880s in Scotland Scotland