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28 August
University of St Andrews is established by a Papal Bull
25 January
Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire
06 August
Publisher DC Thomson is born
14 July
The Scottish National War Memorial is opened
25 March
Robert the Bruce is crowned King of the Scots