1888 in Scotland

←

1888
in
Scotland

→

Centuries:

Decades:

Incumbents

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.^[1]
15 March – transatlantic liner SS City of New York is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard at Clydebank.
May–November – International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.^[2]
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.^[3]
24 September – Stock exchange opened at Greenock.^[4]
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)^[5]
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.

References

^ "Land Struggle 2: Aignish". The Croft. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
^ Kinghorn, Jonathon (1988). Glasgow's International Exhibition, 1888. Glasgow Museums & Art Galleries. ISBN 978-0-902752-36-8.
^ Kermack, W. R. (1944). 19 Centuries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Johnston. p. 90.
^ "The Opening of Greenock Stock Exchange". Glasgow Herald. 25 September 1888. p. 3.
^ "John Logie Baird (1888–1946)". BBC. Retrieved 2 June 2013.

v t e Years in Scotland (843–present)
11th century	1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100
12th century	1101 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1136 1137 1138 1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152 1153 1154 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 1180 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199 1200
13th century	1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s
14th century	1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 1310 1311 1312 1313 1314 1315 1316 1317 1318 1319 1320 1321 1322 1323 1324 1325 1326 1327 1328 1329 1330 1331 1332 1333 1334 1335 1336 1337 1338 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 1346 1347 1348 1349 1350 1351 1352 1353 1354 1355 1356 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 1362 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367 1368 1369 1370 1371 1372 1373 1374 1375 1376 1377 1378 1379 1380 1381 1382 1383 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 1389 1390 1391 1392 1393 1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399 1400
15th century	1401 1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409 1410 1411 1412 1413 1414 1415 1416 1417 1418 1419 1420 1421 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 1441 1442 1443 1444 1445 1446 1447 1448 1449 1450 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 1500
16th century	1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519 1520 1521 1522 1523 1524 1525 1526 1527 1528 1529 1530 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 1540 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552 1553 1554 1555 1556 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569 1570 1571 1572 1573 1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600
17th century	1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 1700
18th century	1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800
19th century	1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e 1888 in Europe
Sovereign states	Andorra Austria-Hungary Baden Belgium Bulgaria Denmark France Germany Greece Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Ottoman Empire Portugal Prussia Romania Russia San Marino Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Cyprus Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta

Read other articles:

الجماعة الإسلامية المغربية المقاتلة

الجماعة الإسلامية المغربية المقاتلة مشارك في الحرب على الإرهاب الجماعة الإسلامية المغربية المقاتلة سنوات النشاط عقد 1990–الوقت الحاضر الأيديولوجيا سلفية جهادية منطقة العمليات المغرب الجزائر موريتانيا إسبانيا أفغانستان العراق سوريا كندا ...

ABT-239

Chemical compound ABT-239Identifiers IUPAC name 4-(2-{2-[(2R)-2-Methylpyrrolidin-1-yl]ethyl}-benzofuran-5-yl)benzonitrile CAS Number460746-46-7 460746-51-4 (racemic)460749-29-5 (S-isomer)PubChem CID9818903IUPHAR/BPS1218ChemSpider7994652 YUNII86H6B395PIChEMBLChEMBL351231 YCompTox Dashboard (EPA)DTXSID00196710 Chemical and physical dataFormulaC22H22N2OMolar mass330.431 g·mol−13D model (JSmol)Interactive image SMILES N#CC1=CC=C(C2=CC3=C(C=C2)OC(CCN4[C@@H](CCC4)C)=C3)C=C1 InChI ...

1934 Maine gubernatorial election

1934 Maine gubernatorial election ← 1932 September 10, 1934 1936 → Nominee Louis J. Brann Alfred K. Ames Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 156,917 133,414 Percentage 53.99% 45.90% County results Brann: 50–60% 70–80%Ames: 50–60% Governor before election Louis J. Brann Democratic Elected Governor Louis J. Brann Democratic The 1934 Maine gubernatorial election...

Georges Sarre

Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sarre. Ne doit pas être confondu avec Georges de Sarre. Georges Sarre Georges Sarre en 2005. Fonctions 2e premier secrétaire du Mouvement républicain et citoyen 28 novembre 2004 – 22 juin 2008(3 ans, 6 mois et 25 jours) Prédécesseur Jean-Luc Laurent Successeur Jean-Pierre Chevènement(comme Président du Mouvement républicain et citoyen) 2e président du Mouvement des citoyens 9 juin 2001 – 12 mai 2002(11 mois et 3 jou...

Guido Knopp

German journalist and author (born 1948) Guido Knopp Guido Knopp (born 29 January 1948 in Treysa, Hesse) is a German journalist and author. He is well known in Germany, mainly because he has produced a great number of TV documentaries, predominantly about the Third Reich and National Socialism, but also about other topics, such as Stalinism. Life and work After earning his doctoral degree in history and political science, Knopp worked as a newspaper editor at the Welt am Sonntag and the Frank...

سان فرناندو دي هيناريس

San Fernando de Henares علم شعار الاسم الرسمي (بالإسبانية: San Fernando de Henares)‏[1] موقع San Fernando de Henares الإحداثيات 40°25′32″N 3°32′07″W / 40.425555555556°N 3.5352777777778°W / 40.425555555556; -3.5352777777778 [2] سبب التسمية وادي الحجارة تقسيم إداري البلد إسبانيا منطقة حكم ذاتي إس�...

Logica fuzzy

La logica fuzzy (o logica sfumata o logica sfocata) è una logica in cui si può attribuire a ciascuna proposizione un grado di verità diverso da 0 e 1 e compreso tra di loro. È una logica polivalente, ossia un'estensione della logica booleana. È legata alla teoria degli insiemi sfocati. Già intuita da Cartesio, Bertrand Russell, Albert Einstein, Werner Karl Heisenberg, Jan Łukasiewicz e Max Black, fu concretizzata da Lotfi Zadeh. Con grado di verità o valore di appartenenza si intende ...

Harrison Allen

American physician and anatomist (1841-1897) For the Union Army brevet brigadier general, see Harrison Allen (general). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Harrison Allen – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Harrison Allen (April 17...

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemAtas: North American (NTSC) Super NES (c. 1991)Dasar: Super Famicom Jepeng (Super NES Eropa (PAL) memiliki desain yang sama.) Variasi lain digambarkan di bawah Selubung di bawah.PengembangNintendo R&D2PembuatNintendoJenisKonsol permainan video rumahGenerasiKeempatTanggal rilisJP: 21 November 1990[1]NA: 23 Agustus 1991[a]UK/IRL: 11 April 1992[2]EU: Juni 1992[3]CHL: 8 Juni 1992[4]AU: 3 Juli 1992[2]KOR:...

LeRoy Percy

American politician (1860–1929) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (August 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please hel...

Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino

Nama ini menggunakan cara penamaan Spanyol: nama keluarga pertama atau paternalnya adalah Urosa dan nama keluarga kedua atau maternalnya adalah Savino. Yang MuliaJorge Urosa SavinoKardinalUskup Agung Emeritus Caracas Keuskupan agungCaracasKeuskupanCaracasPenunjukan19 September 2005Awal masa jabatan5 November 2005Masa jabatan berakhir9 Juli 2018PendahuluIgnacio Velasco S.D.B.Jabatan lainKardinal-Imam Santa Maria al Monti (2006-21)ImamatTahbisan imam15 Agustus 1967oleh José Humberto ...

大字 (数字)

この項目には、一部のコンピュータや閲覧ソフトで表示できない文字が含まれています（詳細）。数字の大字（だいじ）は、漢数字の一種。通常用いる単純な字形の漢数字（小字）の代わりに同じ音の別の漢字を用いるものである。概要壱万円日本銀行券（「壱」が大字）弐千円日本銀行券（「弐」が大字）漢数字には「一」「二」「三」と続く小字と、「壱」「�...

Meezaan Jafri

Artikel ini sebatang kara, artinya tidak ada artikel lain yang memiliki pranala balik ke halaman ini.Bantulah menambah pranala ke artikel ini dari artikel yang berhubungan atau coba peralatan pencari pranala.Tag ini diberikan pada Desember 2023. Meezaan JafriJafri pada tahun 2019Lahir9 Mei 1995 (umur 29)Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaKebangsaanIndiaNama lainSyed Meezaan Ahmed JaffreyPekerjaanAktorAsisten sutradaraTahun aktif2019–sekarangDikenal atasHungama 2, Yaariyan 2Orang tuaJa...

Chef d'État

Si ce bandeau n'est plus pertinent, retirez-le. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus. Cet article présente des problèmes graves. Vous pouvez aider à l'améliorer ou bien discuter des problèmes sur sa page de discussion. Le fond est à vérifier. Si vous venez d’apposer le bandeau, merci d’indiquer ici les points à vérifier. (Marqué depuis décembre 2021) Si ce bandeau n'est plus pertinent, retirez-le. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus. Cet article présente des problèmes à corriger. Vou...

Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder

The Lord TedderTedder di pantai Italia pada Desember 1943.Lahir(1890-07-11)11 Juli 1890Glengoyne, SkotlandiaMeninggal3 Juni 1967(1967-06-03) (umur 76)Banstead, InggrisPengabdianInggris RayaDinas/cabangAngkatan Bersenjata Inggris (1913–18)Angkatan Udara Kerajaan (1918–50)Lama dinas1913–1951PangkatMarsekal BesarPerang/pertempuranPerang Dunia Pertama Perang Front Barat Palagan Timur Tengah dalam Perang Dunia I Perang Dunia Kedua Kampanye Afrika Utara Invasi Sekutu ke Sisilia Oper...

Sastra Korea

Sastra Korea (한국 문학) adalah jenis sastra yang ditulis dan berkembang di Korea. Periode kesusastraan Korea dibagi menjadi 2 periode, klasik dan modern. Tradisi tulis awal dimulai dari zaman purba dengan didapatnya bukti-bukti epigraf yang diukir di dinding-dinding makam kuno. Pada Zaman Tiga Kerajaan (37 SM-985 M), dikarenakan pengaruh budaya Tionghoa, orang Korea mulai menulis dengan aksara Tionghoa dan membuat kertas. Maka mulai saat itu teks-teks ditulis di atas kertas atau potongan...

Heinrich IV. (HRR)

Aus einem Evangeliar aus St. Emmeram, nach 1106: In der oberen Reihe Kaiser Heinrich IV. (Heinricus imperator) zwischen seinen Söhnen. Ihm zur Linken Konrad (Chuonradus), der 1101 in Opposition zu seinem Vater verstorben war, und zu seiner Rechten Heinrich V. (Heinricus rex) mit dem für ihn typischen Schnurrbart. In der unteren Reihe die drei Äbte Hl. Ramwold (974–1000), Eberhard (1060–1068) und Rupert (1068–1095) des Klosters St. Emmeram in Regensburg. Zum Ausdruck gebracht wird der...

Wolfowitz Doctrine

U.S. foreign policy doctrine Paul Wolfowitz, sponsor of the doctrine. Wolfowitz Doctrine is an unofficial name given to the initial version of the Defense Planning Guidance for the 1994–1999 fiscal years (dated February 18, 1992) published by U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Paul Wolfowitz and his deputy Scooter Libby. Not intended for public release, it was leaked to the New York Times on March 7, 1992,[1] and sparked a public controversy about U.S. foreign and defense po...

Jizang

Tang Dynasty philosopher Jizang, Todaiji 13th century Part of a series onBuddhism Glossary Index Outline History Timeline The Buddha Pre-sectarian Buddhism Councils Silk Road transmission of Buddhism Decline in the Indian subcontinent Later Buddhists Buddhist modernism DharmaConcepts Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path Dharma wheel Five Aggregates Impermanence Suffering Not-self Dependent Origination Middle Way Emptiness Morality Karma Rebirth Saṃsāra Cosmology Buddhist texts Buddhavaca...

Bakewell

Market town in Derbyshire, England This article is about the town in Derbyshire, England. For other uses, see Bakewell (disambiguation). Human settlement in EnglandBakewellBakewell town centreBakewell parish highlighted within DerbyshirePopulation3,949 [1]OS grid referenceSK2168Civil parishBakewellDistrictDerbyshire DalesShire countyDerbyshireRegionEast MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBAKEWELLPostcode districtDE45Dialling ...

Міський стадіон (Вроцлав)

Neglasari, Tangerang

Yish'i

Kementerian Keuangan Republik Indonesia

Ci Letuh

Bathippus elaphus

Akou Roushi

Aliyuddin I dari Banten