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17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis
09 March
Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
29 January
Visitors are trapped in the Glasgow Tower
04 May
Greyfriars Bobby is born
04 December
First and last editions of comic The Dandy are published
