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04 October
Death of engineer John Rennie the Elder
05 May
Construction begins at Sutherland Spaceport
09 December
Cumbernauld is designated a New Town
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
19 May
Lord Leverhulme buys the Isle of Lewis