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31 May
Edinburgh’s trams carry their first passengers
08 February
Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed
17 October
Ben Nevis observatory is established
03 February
Inventor of self-adhesive postage stamps is born
04 October
Death of engineer John Rennie the Elder
