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01 July
Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee
04 December
First and last editions of comic The Dandy are published
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
20 August
Cartoonist Dudley D Watkins dies in Broughty Ferry
09 March
Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations