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8th Dec 1542 Mary Queen of Scots is born. |
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14th Dec 1542 James V dies. Mary becomes Queen of Scotland. |
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1st July 1543 the Treaty of Greenwich signed. Mary will marry Henry VIII's son, Edward. |
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1544 the 'Rough Wooing' begins. Henry VIII's troops raid the Borders to enforce the Treaty of Greenwich. |
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7th July 1548 the Treaty of Haddington.signed. Mary is to marry the French Dauphin, Francis. |
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7th Aug 1548 Mary is sent to live in France. |
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1557 Protestant noblemen form The Band of the Lords of the Congregation. |
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24th April 1558 Mary marries the French prince, Francis. |
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1559 Knox returns to Scotland. Protestant mobs in Perth attack the Friaries and churches. |
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11th June 1560 Mary of Guise dies. |
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6th July 1560 the Treaty of Edinburgh signed. English and French soldiers withdraw from Scotland. |
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Aug 1560 the Reformation Parliament meets. Scotland is now a Protestant country. |
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19th Aug 1561 Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Scotland. |
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29th July 1565 Mary marries Darnley by Roman Catholic rites. |
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March 1566 Riccio is murdered. Mary is held prisoner. She later escapes to Dunbar. |
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10th Feb 1567 Darnley is murdered. Bothwell is chief suspect. |
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15th May 1567 Mary marries Bothwell in a Protestant ceremony. |
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June 1567 the Battle of Carberry Hill. Mary is captured and sent to Loch Leven Castle. |
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24th July Mary is forced to abdicate in favour of her son, James. |
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13th May the Battle of Langside. Mary's army is defeated. |
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16th May 1568 Mary flees across Solway Firth to England. |
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October 1568 Mary is put on trial to investigate Darnley's murder. No verdict is given. |
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1571 the Ridolfi Plot to murder Elizabeth and make Mary Queen of England is exposed. |
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1583 the Throckmorton Plot - another plan to assassinate Elizabeth. |
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1585 the Parry Plot. Yet another plot to assassinate Elizabeth. |
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July 1586 the Babington Plot to murder Elizabeth implicates Mary. |
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15th Oct 1586 Mary's is put on trial. |
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8th February 1587 Mary is executed at Fotheringhay Castle. She was 44 years old and had been a captive in England for 19 years. |
