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28 April
Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned
07 January
Glasgow University is founded
19 May
Lord Leverhulme buys the Isle of Lewis
17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis
08 February
Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed
