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19 May
Lord Leverhulme buys the Isle of Lewis
27 October
National Library of Scotland architect dies
20 August
Cartoonist Dudley D Watkins dies in Broughty Ferry
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
12 November
Edinburgh Waverley Station granted Grade A listing