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16 June
Muirfield golf course designer Old Tom Morris is born
14 November
Dounreay fast breeder reactor goes online
28 September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
23 July
The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow
16 April
Jacobites fight in the Battle of Culloden
