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07 January
Glasgow University is founded
28 April
Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
16 April
Jacobites fight in the Battle of Culloden
27 September
The Queen Mother unveils the Commando Monument
