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28 September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
06 August
Publisher DC Thomson is born
04 May
Greyfriars Bobby is born
31 May
Edinburgh’s trams carry their first passengers
01 May
Jenners opens on Princes Street