Events from the year 2015 in Scotland.
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December
- 1 December – Report of discovery of fossilised dinosaur footprints on Skye.[24]
- 2 December – Despite the fact Scottish MPs vote by 57 to 2 against UK air strikes in Syria,[25] the UK Parliament overall votes by 397 to 223 in favour of air strikes.[26]
- 4 December – The Forth Road Bridge is closed due to structural defects, and the Scottish Transport Minister, Derek Mackay, declares that it will not be reopened until January 2016.[27]
- 5–6 December – Peak of Storm Desmond, with heavy rain and strong winds, causing flooding across southern Scotland.[28]
- 9 December – Election Court decides that although Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael had told a "blatant lie" in a TV interview, it had not been proven beyond reasonable doubt that he had committed an "illegal practice" that would invalidate his election as the Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland.[29]
- 22 December – It is announced that the Forth Road Bridge will reopen for all vehicles except HGVs on Wednesday 23 December, ahead of schedule.[30]
- 30 December – A section of the A93 west of Ballater collapses due to flooding caused by Storm Frank.[31]
- 31 December – More than 1,700 same-sex couples have married in the first year after Scotland became the seventeenth country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.[32]
- 17 February – George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie, Liberal Democrat peer and politician (born 1919).
- 2 March – Dave Mackay, football manager (born 1934).
- 10 March – John Howard Wilson, rugby union player (born 1930).
- 19 April – Tom McCabe, Labour politician (born 1954).
- 2 May – Ryan McHenry, film director and social media personality (born 1987).
- 15 May – Flora MacNeil, singer in Scottish Gaelic (born 1928).[33]
- 1 June – Charles Kennedy, Liberal Democrat politician and former party leader (born 1959).[34]
- 11 June – Ian McKechnie, footballer (Hull City) (born 1941).[35]
- 21 June – Jim Rowan, footballer (born 1934).[36]
- 22 June – James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, nobleman (born 1929).[37]
- 23 June – Jack Asher, shinty player and referee (born 1927).[38]
- 5 July – Joseph McKenzie, photographer (born 1929).
- 17 July – John McCluskey, boxer (born 1944).
- 29 August – Graham Leggat, footballer (born 1934).
- 8 October – Jim Diamond, singer and songwriter (born 1951).
- 21 October
- 5 December
bbc.co.uk, 31 December 2015