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17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis
26 May
Scotland’s first commercial railway signed off
27 September
The Queen Mother unveils the Commando Monument
25 January
Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire
04 December
First and last editions of comic The Dandy are published
