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05 October
Ardnamurchan lighthouse lit for the first time
31 March
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born
20 August
Cartoonist Dudley D Watkins dies in Broughty Ferry
17 July
The Bank of Scotland is founded
17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis
