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25 January
Launch of The Scotsman newspaper
28 April
Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned
27 July
Parliament authorises construction of the Caledonian Canal
17 April
The Kelpies are unveiled
03 February
Inventor of self-adhesive postage stamps is born