Scotland

James Stewart, the Regent Moray, murdered

James Stewart, known as the Regent Moray, was a significant figure in the turbulent history of Scotland during the 16th century. He served as Regent of Scotland from 1567 to 1570 and played a central role in the political and religious conflicts of the time.

King James VI crowned at the Church of the Holy Rude

James VI of Scots-James I of England and Ireland (Charles James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 ? March 27, 1625) was King of England, King of Scots, 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. 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 issue.

Mary Queen of Scots abdicated

Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart or Stewart) (December 8, 1542 – February 08, 1587), better known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was the ruler of Scotland from December 14, 1542 – July 24, 1567. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life. Mary Queen of Scots is the most intriguing, most studied, and most famous of all Scottish monarchs: probably because she showed herself to be the most human. Though styled Queen of Scots she was briefly also Queen of France, and could all so easily also have become what she was seen by many: the rightful Queen of England.

Mary Queen of Scots last night in Edinburgh prior to her imprisonment

Mary Queen of Scots last night in Edinburgh, at the house of Sir Simon Preston, the Lord Provost, on the Royal Mile, prior to her imprisonment

First printed book ever published in Gaelic.

It was Forms of Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Catechism of the Christian Faith, translated from English by Bishop John Carsewell of the Isles.

Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, assassinated

Lord Darnley, also known as Henry Stuart, was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was not assassinated but rather murdered. The murder of Lord Darnley is one of the most infamous events in Scottish history.

David Rizzio, Italian singer, murdered by Ruthven in the Palace of Holyrood

David Rizzio (c. 1533 – 9 March 1566) or Riccio was an Italian courtier, born in Pancalieri close to Turin, a descendant of an ancient and noble family still living in Piedmont, the Riccio Counts di San Paolo e Solbrito, who rose to become the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Mary, Queen of Scots, married Lord Darnley

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.

Mary Queen of Scots meets Lord Darnley for the first time

Treaty of Edinburgh

The Treaty of Edinburgh (also known as the Treaty of Leith) was a treaty drawn up on 5 July 1560 between the Commissioners of Queen Elizabeth I of England with the assent of the Scottish Lords of the Congregation, and the French representatives of King Francis II of France (husband of Mary Queen of Scots) to formally conclude the siege of Leith and replace the Auld Alliance with France with a new Anglo-Scottish accord, while maintaining the peace between England and France agreed by the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis.