‘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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02 May

Hillman Imp rolls off production line in Linwood

27 July

Parliament authorises construction of the Caledonian Canal

11 November

Scottish spy James Bond is born