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1542 |
December 8 :Mary Stuart is born at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland the daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise |
1543 |
James IV dies and Mary Stuart is crowned Queen of Scots |
1548 |
The young Mary Stuart is sent to France in preparation for a French royal marriage |
1554 |
Mary of Guise is officially named Regent in Scotland |
1558 |
24 April 15 year old Mary Stuart marries fourteen-year-old Francis, dauphin of France and heir to the French throne |
1559 |
The old French King dies and Francis II and Mary Queen of Scots are crowned king and queen of France. Mary also lays claim to the throne of England |
1560 |
22 February: Treaty of Berwick between England and Scotland |
1561 |
August 19: Mary Stuart ( Mary Queen of Scots ) returns to Scotland |
1562 |
July 15: Elizabeth cancels a planned meeting with her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots because of Mary’s continued attacks of French Protestants. The two queens never meet |
1563 |
Claiming to the right of succession in England |
1565 |
Mary, aged 22, married her 19-year-old cousin Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. It quickly becomes apparent that Darnley is a drunkard and licentious |
1566 |
March 9: The Murder of David Rizzio, the secretary and confidante of Mary |
1567 |
February 10: Murder of Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots |
1568 |
May 13: Escape from captivity followed shortly after by defeat at Langside |
1569 |
October 1: Catholic Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk is imprisoned in the Tower for plotting to the captive queen of Scotland |
1578 |
April 14: Earl of Bothwell dies in a prison in Denmark |
1586 |
July 1: Treaty of Berwick between Queen Elizabeth and James VI of Scotland |
1587 |
February 8: The Execution by beheading of Mary Queen of Scots |
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