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05 May
Construction begins at Sutherland Spaceport
14 July
The Scottish National War Memorial is opened
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
28 April
Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned
09 March
Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations