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31 March
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
30 March
The signing of the Claim of Right
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
04 December
First and last editions of comic The Dandy are published