Events from the year 2016 in Scotland.

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January

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February

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March

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April

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June

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July

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August

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  • 8 August – The Transocean Winner oil rig runs aground, at Dalmore beach, in Carloway, on the west side of Lewis. The oil rig was being towed from Norway to Malta, when it became detached from the tugboat.[17]

September

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October

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November

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December

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Deaths

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The arts

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  1. ^ "Declassified records reveal Scottish executive's early days". BBC News. BBC. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Drone shows historic castle teetering over flood water". BBC News. BBC. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Police Scotland: New chief constable Phil Gormley sworn in". BBC News. BBC. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  4. ^ "£1,500 grants for homes and businesses hit by floods". BBC News. BBC. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Typical Scottish worker's pay tops England for first time". BBC News. BBC. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Better Together fined by Electoral Commission over referendum spending". BBC News. BBC. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Total turns on gas from west of Shetland Laggan and Tormore fields". BBC News. BBC. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Longannet power station closes ending coal power use in Scotland". The Guardian. London. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Last surviving St Kilda native, Rachel Johnson, dies at 93". The Scotsman. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Two dead and one missing after fishing boat sinks". BBC News. BBC. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Appointment of Lord Justice Clerk". Scottish Courts and Tribunals. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  12. ^ McArdle, Helen (13 April 2016). "Scotland appoints first female Lord Justice Clerk". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Lord Beckett joins Scottish bench". Scottish Legal News. 17 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Alistair Clark QC made Senator of the College of Justice". Scottish Legal News. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Lord Ericht joins the bench". Scottish Legal News. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  16. ^ "Pringle of Stichill baronetcy battle won by accountant". BBC News. BBC. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Drilling rig blown ashore in storms off Western Isles". BBC News. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  18. ^ "City of Glasgow opens new campus in centre of city". BBC News. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  19. ^ "CalMac ferry runs aground in Lochmaddy harbour crash". BBC News. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  20. ^ "First US shale gas arrives at Ineos plant in Scotland". BBC News. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  21. ^ "INEOS completes construction of its new, state of the art Grangemouth Headquarters". Grangemouth: INEOS. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  22. ^ "Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Curling Championships". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  23. ^ "Frank Mulholland QC installed as Senator of the College of Justice" (Press release). Judiciary of Scotland. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  24. ^ "Exclusive: Frank Mulholland appointed temporary judge in advance of installation as Senator". Scottish Legal News. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  25. ^ Ross, David; Maclennan, Hugh Dan (9 February 2016). "Martin Macdonald". The Herald. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  26. ^ Hannan, Martin (19 February 2016). "Obituary: Walter McGowan, world champion boxer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  27. ^ "Lockerbie bombing judge Lord Coulsfield dies". BBC News.
  28. ^ "Obituary: Chris Mitchell, footballer". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  29. ^ "Obituary - Mike Towell, boxer". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  30. ^ "Author Benjamin Creme Has Passed Away". 28 October 2016.
  31. ^ "Glasgow's historic Kelvin Hall to open after £35m revamp". BBC News. 16 May 2016.
  32. ^ "Kelvin Hall transformation on target". Gla.ac.uk.
  33. ^ "Kelvin Hall". Kelvinhall.org.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2021.