27 January – opening of Scottish Motor Exhibition in Edinburgh.[1]
March–April – eleven thousand workers at theSinger Manufacturing Co.sewing machine factory onClydebank go onstrike in solidarity with twelve female colleagues protesting against work process reorganisation; four hundred alleged ringleaders are dismissed.[2][3]
9 May – a fire at theEmpire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh kills eleven people, including illusionistSigmund 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 shipJutlandia at their Clydeholm yard, the first British-built oil-engined vessel designed for ocean service.[6]
Release ofRob Roy, the first British-made three-reelfeature film, shot by the Scottish company United Films Ltd in studios atRouken Glen on the edge ofGlasgow and on location inAberfoyle.[8]
Violet Jacob's historical novelFlemington is published.