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The City of Glasgow Bank collapses
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2nd October
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The Bank of Scotland is founded
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17th July
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Royal Bank of Scotland invents the overdraft
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31st May
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Cash machine is patented
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2nd May
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Founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland dies
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15th April
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Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
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9th March
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Sir Walter Scott’s first Malachai Malagrowther letter appears in print
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22nd February
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