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 3, 1776), Presbyterian minister, died at age 103.
January
- 4th
Hugh Findlay, the first Mormon missionary in Shetland arrives.
March
- 31st
Hugh Findlay baptises two Shetlanders into the Mormon faith, they are the first Mormons in Shetland. (Although other Shetlanders such as John Sutherland had converted earlier elsewhere.)
May
- 30th
The Monchgut, a wooden hulled, three masted schooner, laden with a cargo of timber and tar, of Stralsund, Germany, from Gothenburg, Sweden, for Torshavn, Faroe, wrecked on Cubbie Skerry, Fair Isle. All of the crew were saved.
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.
November
- 4th
Election of the Lerwick Town Council. - 12th
Fishing vessel Alpha LK 119, lost with all hands.
December
- 25th
Christmas was observed on this date for the first time in Lerwick according to the 'new style' Gregorian Calendar.
