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1802
 
    
A steam tug designed by William Symington, the Charlotte Dundas, goes into service on the Forth and Clyde canal       
1807
 
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A Scottish clergyman, Alexander Forsyth, invents the percussion cap to help in his pursuit of wildfowl       
1810
 
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Walter Scott's poem Lady of the Lake brings tourists in unprecedented numbers to Scotland's Loch Katrine       
1812
 
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Britain's first primary school is established by Robert Owen at New Lanark in Scotland       
1815
 
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Scottish engineer John McAdam builds the first macadamized road, in the Bristol region of southwest England       
1819
 
    
Walter Scott publishes Ivanhoe, a tale of love, tournaments and sieges at the time of the crusades       
1822
 
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George IV wears a tartan kilt when visiting Edinburgh, and launches a new craze for Highland dress       
1822
 
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Walter Scott begins to transform Abbotsford into a romantic house that he refers to as his 'conundrum castle'       
Abbotsford House
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1826
 
     
Scottish engineer Thomas Telford completes two suspension bridges in Wales, at Conwy and over the Menai Strait        
1828
 
     
William Burke and William Hare murder 16 victims and sell their bodies to the Edinburgh Medical School for anatomical study        
Execution of William Burke
Wellcome Library, London