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28 September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
29 May
Cardinal David Beaton is assassinated at St Andrews
08 September
John Porteous isn’t executed as he’s already dead
28 December
The Tay Bridge disaster
27 July
Parliament authorises construction of the Caledonian Canal
