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06 August
Publisher DC Thomson is born
17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis
19 May
Lord Leverhulme buys the Isle of Lewis
24 January
Wall-building emperor Hadrian is born
16 June
Muirfield golf course designer Old Tom Morris is born