Mary, Queen of Scots, defeated at Battle of Langside
On May 02, 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots escaped from Loch Leven and once again managed to raise a small army. After her armys defeat at the Battle of Langside on May 13, she fled to England three days later, where she was imprisoned by Elizabeths officers at Carlisle on May 19. During her imprisonment, she famously had the phrase En ma Fin gît mon Commencement (In my end is my beginning) embroidered on her cloth of estate.
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The Ulster chieftain, Shane O'Neill, takes refuge with the MacDonnells
Shane O’Neill, powerful and ambitious Ulster chieftain, is murdered by the MacDonnells after seeking refuge with them at Cushendun. His fall marks a pivotal moment in the Tudor conquest of Ireland. - He had previously opposed English authority and rival Gaelic lords. - His death ends a turbulent chapter of resistance in Ulster. - He is succeeded by his kinsman Turlough Luineach O’Neill.
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Mary Queen of Scots gives birth to the future King James VI of Scotland and I of England.
James VI of Scotland-James I of England and Ireland (Charles James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 ? March 27, 1625) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland and was the first to style himself King of Great Britain. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 until the death of Elizabeth I of England in 1603. Then from the Union of the Crowns, in England and Ireland as James I, from 24 March 1603 until his death. He was the first monarch of England from the House of Stuart, succeeding the last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I, who died without children.
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