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11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
14 October
Hundreds drowned in the Eyemouth disaster
28 April
Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned
27 July
Parliament authorises construction of the Caledonian Canal
24 January
Wall-building emperor Hadrian is born
