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01 July
Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee
25 January
Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire
04 October
Death of engineer John Rennie the Elder
29 January
Visitors are trapped in the Glasgow Tower
01 November
The Highlands and Islands Development Board opens