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21 October
First release of Grand Theft Auto
08 September
John Porteous isn’t executed as he’s already dead
27 July
Parliament authorises construction of the Caledonian Canal
12 October
John Muir Trust is founded
17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis
