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09 March
Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
13 February
The Massacre of Glencoe
25 March
Robert the Bruce is crowned King of the Scots
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
29 January
Visitors are trapped in the Glasgow Tower