27 January – opening of Scottish Motor Exhibition in Edinburgh.[1]
March–April – eleven thousand workers at the
Singer Manufacturing Co.sewing machine factory on
Clydebank go on
strike in solidarity with twelve female colleagues protesting against work process reorganisation; four hundred alleged ringleaders are dismissed.[2][3]
9 May – a fire at the
Empire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh kills eleven people, including illusionist
Sigmund Neuberger ("The Great Lafayette") and also his lion and horse; he is buried in Piershill Cemetery with his dog Beauty.[1]
11 November –
Barclay Curle launch cargo ship Jutlandia at their Clydeholm yard, the first British-built oil-engined vessel designed for ocean service.[6]
Release of Rob Roy, the first British-made three-reel
feature film, shot by the Scottish company United Films Ltd in studios at
Rouken Glen on the edge of
Glasgow and on location in
Aberfoyle.[8]
Violet Jacob's historical novel Flemington is published.