Queen Victoria 1862: Dr Henry Littlejohn becomes the city's first medical officer 1865: Dr Edward William Pritchard is the last person to be publicly hanged in the city, for poisoning his wife and mother-in-law 1866: The last outbreak of Cholera in the city occurs; the City Improvement Trust clears slums and constructs new roads and buildings 1867: Queen's Park F.C. is founded 1868-1870: The University of Glasgow buildings at Gilmorehill are built to designs by George Gilbert Scott 1872: Rangers F.C. is founded; Glasgow's first tram line is established, running from St. George's Cross to Eglinton Toll 1876: Partick Thistle F.C. is founded 1877: Mitchell Library opens 1883: The Boys' Brigade is founded 1887: Celtic F.C. is founded; Glasgow Botanic Gardens management taken over by town council 1888: International Exhibition (1888) 1891: City of Glasgow Act extends city boundaries and transfers ownership of the Botanic Gardens to the Corporation 1895: First cremation in Scotland's first crematorium, at the Western Necropolis 1896: Opening of the Glasgow Subway 1900–1999 1901: Glasgow International Exhibition 1902: 25 football fans die and 587 injured in the first Ibrox disaster; magistrates attempt to prohibit young women from serving in bars 1903: Charles Rennie Mackintosh designs Miss Cranston's Willow Tearooms 1904: A fire at the North British Railway kills firefighter William Rae 1904: The Kings' and Pavilion Theatres open 1905: Theatre Royal opens 1905–1907: The Caledonian Railway extends the Central Hotel 1906–1911: New buildings for the Mitchell Library are constructed 1909: Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art opens 1911: International Exposition (Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry) at Kelvingrove; Glasgow's population is 785,000 1914: Emigration leads to 20,000 housing vacancies in Glasgow 1914: Tramcars cover wide routes around Glasgow 1919: Large strike for a 40-hour week, demonstration turns into riot known as the Battle of George Square, Sheriff of Lanarkshire requests military assistance, troops sent from elsewhere in Scotland and from England, Glasgow soldiers are confined to barracks 1921: Sinn Féiners murder policeman 1923: Grouping of virtually all British railway companies: the Caledonian and Glasgow and South Western Railways are merged into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS); and the North British into the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) 1925: There are approximately of tramlines and 1100 trams in and around the city 1926: Violence during General Strike 1929: Hogmanay cinema fire causes stampede which kills 69 children in Glen Cinema; Glasgow