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12 October
John Muir Trust is founded
23 August
William Wallace is brutally executed
28 September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
31 March
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
