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17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis
04 December
First and last editions of comic The Dandy are published
05 October
Ardnamurchan lighthouse lit for the first time
31 March
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born
26 May
Scotland’s first commercial railway signed off
