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28 August
University of St Andrews is established by a Papal Bull
01 May
Jenners opens on Princes Street
14 October
Hundreds drowned in the Eyemouth disaster
09 March
Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
23 July
The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow