‘architecture’

Event	Date
Death of the man responsible for Dean Bridge	17th December
Cumbernauld is designated a New Town	9th December
Architect Basil Spence dies	19th November
Edinburgh Waverley Station granted Grade A listing	12th November
National Library of Scotland architect dies	27th October
The Balmoral Hotel opens for business	15th October
Start Point Lighthouse is an innovator	2nd October
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle	28th September
Foundation stone laid for the National Monument of Scotland	27th August
Architect William Henry Playfair is born	15th July
Proposals for building Glenrothes new town unveiled	20th June
Architectural designer Thomas S Tait is born	18th June
Visitors are trapped in the Glasgow Tower	29th January
Wall-building emperor Hadrian is born	24th January

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27 August

Foundation stone laid for the National Monument of Scotland

04 October

Death of engineer John Rennie the Elder

28 September

Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle

25 January

Launch of The Scotsman newspaper

04 July

The Higgs Boson is discovered