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24 January
Wall-building emperor Hadrian is born
16 June
Muirfield golf course designer Old Tom Morris is born
18 August
The Tay Road Bridge opens to traffic
23 October
Tyre inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies
09 March
Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations