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08 February
Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed
29 May
Cardinal David Beaton is assassinated at St Andrews
06 March
Scott Monument architect drowns in the Union Canal
16 April
Jacobites fight in the Battle of Culloden
23 July
The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow
