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01 July
Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee
28 December
The Tay Bridge disaster
19 May
Lord Leverhulme buys the Isle of Lewis
04 March
The Forth Bridge is opened
16 April
Jacobites fight in the Battle of Culloden