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1904 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1904 in Scotland.
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Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Andrew Murray
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Lord Advocate – Charles Dickson
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Solicitor General for Scotland – David Dundas
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Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Blair Balfour
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Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh
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28 June – the Danish liner SS Norge is wrecked off Rockall with the loss of 635 lives.
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1 August – a judgement on appeal to the House of Lords in the case of Bannatyne v Overtoun (in which the minority Free Church of Scotland challenged the new United Free Church of Scotland) is delivered.
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17 September – new St Columba Church of Scotland, Glasgow, opened.
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31 December – Glasgow-registered cargo steamers Stromboli and Kathleen collide and sink at Garvel Point, Greenock.
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Hyskeir Lighthouse completed.
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The Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art is renamed as the Royal Scottish Museum.
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Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh, founded.
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First West Highland White Terrier breed club set up.
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4 January – Erik Chisholm, composer (died 1965 in South Africa)
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26 April – Jimmy McGrory, international footballer and manager (died 1982)
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28 May – Anne Gillespie Shaw, engineer and businesswoman (died 1982)
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25 June – Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, historian and biographer (died 1976)
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14 August – Lindley Fraser, academic economist and broadcaster (died 1963 in London)
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23 August – William Primrose, violist (died in Provo, Utah 1982)
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20 October – Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan and pioneer of medicare (died 1986 in Canada)
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3 November – Jennie Lee, politician (died 1988)
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20 November – John MacCormick, lawyer and advocate of Home Rule for Scotland (died 1961)
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Edward Baird, painter (died 1949)
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Margaret MacDonald, royal servant (died 1993)
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Alex Moffat, miner, trade unionist and communist activist (died 1967)
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16 April – Samuel Smiles, author and reformer (born 1812)
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25 May – David Sime Cargill, industrialist (born 1826)
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19 June – Mungo Park, golfer (born 1836)
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7 October – Isabella Bird, traveller (born 1831 in Yorkshire)
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12 November – George Lennox Watson, naval architect (born 1851)
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25 December – James Brown, poet and essayist, known as J. B. Selkirk (born 1832)
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29 February – the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, opens as a music hall.
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12 September – the King's Theatre, Glasgow, opens.
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27 December – J. M. Barrie's stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up premières at the Duke of York's Theatre in London.
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Hill House, Helensburgh, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is completed.
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Timeline of Scottish history
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