The Declaration of Arbroath was signed in Scotland to reaffirm the country’s independence.
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The world's first black international football player, Andrew Watson, played his first of three matches in Scotland.
Scottish geologist James Hutton publicly read his theory on uniformitarianism for the first time at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The first-ever color photo was taken.
Mary Queen of Scots married Francis Dauphin of France.
The first cloned animal from an adult animal cell was announced.
