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30 March
The signing of the Claim of Right
28 April
Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned
09 March
Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
28 September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
