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04 December
First and last editions of comic The Dandy are published
05 May
Construction begins at Sutherland Spaceport
16 April
Jacobites fight in the Battle of Culloden
27 August
Foundation stone laid for the National Monument of Scotland
18 August
The Tay Road Bridge opens to traffic