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08 March
Oor Wullie makes his first appearance in print
25 January
Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire
31 March
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born
17 October
Ben Nevis observatory is established
01 May
Jenners opens on Princes Street