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23 July
The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow
28 August
University of St Andrews is established by a Papal Bull
28 September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
14 July
The Scottish National War Memorial is opened
30 March
The signing of the Claim of Right
