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Event	Date
Ben Nevis observatory is established	17th October
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway	11th August
Trains start running to Fort William	7th August
Parliament authorises construction of the Caledonian Canal	27th July
Doomed paddle steamer PS Comet is launched	24th July

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01 May

Jenners opens on Princes Street

01 November

The Highlands and Islands Development Board opens

24 February

Caledonian Sleeper carries its first passengers

29 May

Cardinal David Beaton is assassinated at St Andrews

25 January

Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire

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