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25 January
Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire
17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis
02 May
Hillman Imp rolls off production line in Linwood
03 February
Inventor of self-adhesive postage stamps is born
14 October
Hundreds drowned in the Eyemouth disaster