‘mary queen of scots’

Event	Date
Mary of Guise, regent Queen of Scotland, is born	22nd November
Mary, Queen of Scots, marries her cousin	29th July
Queen Mary is forced to abdicate	24th July
Queen Mary’s husband escapes capture	15th June
James Douglas is beheaded by his own invention	2nd June
Cardinal David Beaton is assassinated at St Andrews	29th May
Conspirators assemble to murder Lord Darnley	9th February
Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed	8th February

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17 April

The Kelpies are unveiled

28 April

Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned

21 October

First release of Grand Theft Auto