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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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Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned

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