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25 January
Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire
31 March
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born
30 April
Ochil Hills are struck by an earthquake
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
28 September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
