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30 October
Tay Bridge designer dies of anxiety
27 August
Foundation stone laid for the National Monument of Scotland
16 April
Jacobites fight in the Battle of Culloden
09 December
Cumbernauld is designated a New Town
25 January
Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire
