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24 January
Wall-building emperor Hadrian is born
25 January
Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire
23 August
William Wallace is brutally executed
30 April
Ochil Hills are struck by an earthquake
30 September
Rod Stewart opens the SSE Hydro