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27 July
Parliament authorises construction of the Caledonian Canal
06 August
Publisher DC Thomson is born
23 October
Tyre inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies
07 September
Scottish Parliament building hosts its first debate
28 August
University of St Andrews is established by a Papal Bull