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16 June
Muirfield golf course designer Old Tom Morris is born
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
30 March
The signing of the Claim of Right
28 September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
03 February
Inventor of self-adhesive postage stamps is born