Race to the North
The Race to the North was the name given by the press to occasions in two summers of the late 19th century when British passenger trains belonging to different companies would literally race each other from London to Edinburgh over the two principal rail trunk routes connecting the English capital city to Scotland – the West Coast Main Line which runs from London Euston via Crewe and Carlisle and the East Coast Main Line route from London King’s Cross via York and Newcastle.
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Scotlands first cremation at Glasgow's Western Necropolis.
Western Necropolis is a cemetery complex in Glasgow, Scotland located to the north of the city centre. As well as the actual Western Necropolis cemetery established in 1882, it is bordered by Lambhill Cemetery which opened in 1881, St Kentigern’s Cemetery (Roman Catholic) that opened in 1882, and Glasgow (Garnethill) Hebrew Burial Ground founded in 1989.
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Coldest temperature ever recorded in Scotland, -27.2C at Braemar
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Scotland was -27.2°C (-16.96°F), measured at Braemar in Aberdeenshire on January 10, 1982. Braemar is known for its cold temperatures, particularly during the winter months, due to its location in the Scottish Highlands. This record low temperature at Braemar demonstrates the extreme cold that can occur in Scotland, especially in the mountainous regions of the Highlands.
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Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author died
Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish author, passed away on December 3, 1894, in Vailima, Samoa. He was born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Stevenson was a highly regarded novelist, poet, and travel writer, best known for his classic works of fiction.
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Keir Hardie founded Independent Labour Party
James Keir Hardie, a prominent British socialist and labor leader, indeed played a significant role in the founding of the Independent Labour Party (ILP). The ILP was established in 1893 as a political party in the United Kingdom and was closely aligned with the broader labor and socialist movements of the time.
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James Keir Hardie wins Seat in Parliment
James Keir Hardie, a pioneering Scottish socialist and trade unionist, won a seat in the British Parliament on July 6, 1892. He became the first independent Labour MP, representing the constituency of West Ham South. This victory marked a significant milestone in the history of the British labor movement and the rise of the Labour Party.
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Author Neil M Gunn, born in Caithness Scotland
Author Neil M Gunn born in Caithness. Neil Miller Gunn (8 November 1891 – 15 January 1973) was a prolific novelist, critic and dramatist who emerged as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s.
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An Comunn Gaidhealach was formally instituted to preserve the Gaelic language
Scottish Gaelic, also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names
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Forth Rail Bridge opened by Prince of Wales.
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of central Edinburgh. Completed in 1890, it is considered a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland’s greatest man-made wonder in 2016), and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, born
John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC (20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971), was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
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