1877 in Scotland

none June 2014 July 2026 1877 Events from the year 1877 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – William Watson Solicitor General for Scotland – John Macdonald Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff Events 24 April – six Scotch whisky distilleries combine to form Distillers Company.1877 The People's Chronology Everett, Jason M. Thomson Gale 2006 16 October – the Abertay light vessel is moored on station off Dundee, Scotland's first lightvessel.http://www.ninetradesofdundee.co.uk/2013-10-30/Mariners%20&%20Seamen/Historic%20extracts/1876-1900.pdf Mariners and Seamen The Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee 2011 2014-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080557/http://www.ninetradesofdundee.co.uk/2013-10-30/Mariners%20%26%20Seamen/Historic%20extracts/1876-1900.pdf 29 April 2014 dead 22 October – Blantyre mining disaster: Scotland's worst-ever mining accident kills over 200.http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/55.html Blantyre Disaster 22nd October 1877 Scottish Mining Website 2014-04-28 3 December – the original Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute is burned down. Ex-President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant tours his ancestral Scotland.Stars and gripes: When US President Ulysses S Grant came to Scotland Andrew Thomson https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-44399859 2018-06-10 2018-06-11 BBC The rebuilt Ardverikie House in Badenoch, designed by John Rhind, is completed.History http://www.ardverikie.com/history.htm Ardverikie Estate Limited 2014-07-05 20 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140720025702/http://www.ardverikie.com/history.htm dead Cluny Harbour at Buckie is built. Wick Harbour breakwater is washed away in a storm for a second time. Mitchell Library established in Glasgow. Manufacture of linoleum at Kirkcaldy begins.Smith Alexander 1952 The Third Statistical Account of Scotland: County of Fife Oliver and Boyd Edinburgh 41800432 287–8 Separate U.K. Ayrshire cattle and Galloway cattle societies established and herd books set up.http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/ayrshire-cattle-heritage-livestock-zeylaf.aspx Ayrshire Cattle: Heritage Livestock Breeds 2016-03-01 Mother Earth News June 2010 Janet Vorwald Dohner A breed register for the Clydesdale horse is established. Births 25 February – John Tait Robertson, international footballer (died 1935) 12 May – William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir, industrialist and politician (died 1959) 7 August – Leslie Hunter, born George Hunter, painter (died 1931) 9 November – Helen Crawfurd, suffragette and communist activist (died 1954) 26 November – Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Fingask, whisky distiller (suicide 1924) Deaths 2 January – Alexander Bain, inventor (born 1810) 3 February – James Merry, ironmaster, race-horse breeder and Liberal MP (1859–74) (born 1805) 14 April – Margaret Macpherson Grant, heiress and philanthropist (born 1834) The arts William McGonagall discovers himself to be a poet (according to his own account).Hunt, Chris William McGonagall: Collected Poems Edinburgh Birlinn 2006 9781841584775 vi Robert Louis Stevenson's first published works of fiction appear in magazines. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1877 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1870s in Scotland Scotland