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23 October
Tyre inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies
06 March
Scott Monument architect drowns in the Union Canal
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
01 July
Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee
01 November
The Highlands and Islands Development Board opens
