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08 September
John Porteous isn’t executed as he’s already dead
15 September
V&A Dundee opens its doors
28 April
Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned
19 May
Lord Leverhulme buys the Isle of Lewis
18 August
The Tay Road Bridge opens to traffic