1879

Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia

• An extreme barometric low pressure of 922,8 hPa at sealevel was reported from Shetland, which is still the "European record" until today
  
  
• Rev. George Low's unique account of his "Tour through Orkney and Schetland, 1774" was published for the first time.
  
  
• First publication of George Stewart's Shetland Fireside Tales
  
  
• Rev. Dr. James Ingram of Unst (b. April 4, 1776), Presbyterian minister, died at age 103.

September

• The Victoria, a packet boat, of Fladdabister, Cunningsburgh, wrecked at Fladdabister.

October

• 16th
  The Eleonore von Flotow, a wooden hulled vessel of Rostock, Germany, laden with a cargo of timber from Archangel, Russia to Bordeaux, France put in to Lerwick Harbour in a leaking condition, was condemned and purchased by Hay & Company for use as a store on the beach in Hay's Dock. The hulk was eventually broken up in the 1960's.

December

• 25th
  Christmas was observed on this date for the first time in Lerwick according to the 'new style' Gregorian Calendar.

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