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28 August
University of St Andrews is established by a Papal Bull
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
04 December
First and last editions of comic The Dandy are published
18 August
The Tay Road Bridge opens to traffic
14 July
The Scottish National War Memorial is opened
