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05 October
Ardnamurchan lighthouse lit for the first time
09 December
Cumbernauld is designated a New Town
31 March
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born
08 September
John Porteous isn’t executed as he’s already dead
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
