‘inverness’

Event	Date
The Highlands and Islands Development Board opens	1st November
Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy dies	1st June
Inventor and astronomer James Ferguson is born	25th April
Jacobites fight in the Battle of Culloden	16th April
Freight train derails at Carrbridge	4th January

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17 April

The Kelpies are unveiled

05 October

Ardnamurchan lighthouse lit for the first time

17 November

Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis

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