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25 March
Robert the Bruce is crowned King of the Scots
01 July
Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
20 August
Cartoonist Dudley D Watkins dies in Broughty Ferry
07 January
Glasgow University is founded