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19 May
Lord Leverhulme buys the Isle of Lewis
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
17 October
Ben Nevis observatory is established
29 May
Cardinal David Beaton is assassinated at St Andrews
01 November
The Highlands and Islands Development Board opens