Copyright (c) 1998
Royal Stuarts
All Rights Reserved
Royal Stuarts
All Rights Reserved
Links to:
Events in Scottish
history,
English history,
French history,
Stewarts
history
or battles
| 1500 | ||
| 1501 | ||
|
1502 | Prince Arthur of England died, Henry VIII became heir apparent |
|
1503 | King James IV and Margaret Tudor married |
|
11 March, John Stewart, Earl of Mar died | |
|
1504 | 12 January, James Stewart, Duke of Ross died |
| 1505 | ||
| 1506 | ||
|
1507 | The Sword of State was gifted to James IV by Pope Julius II |
|
21 February, James, Duke of Rothesay born | |
|
1508 | 27 February, James, Duke of Rothesay died |
|
1509 | 21 April, Henry VII died |
|
11 June, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon married | |
|
20 October, Arthur, Duke of Rothesay born | |
|
1510 | 14 July, Arthur, Duke of Rothesay died |
| 1511 | ||
|
1512 | James V born, Linlithgow |
|
1513 | 9 September, Battle of Flodden; James IV died |
|
1514 | 30 April, Alexander, Duke of Ross, born |
|
4 August, Margaret Tudor married Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus | |
|
1515 | 22 November, Marie d'Guise born |
|
18 December, Alexander, Duke of Ross, died | |
| 1516 | ||
| 1517 | ||
| 1518 | ||
| 1519 | ||
| 1520 | ||
| 1521 | ||
| 1522 | ||
| 1523 | ||
| 1524 | ||
| 1525 | ||
| 1526 | ||
|
1527 | Henry VIII moved for a divorce of Catherine |
|
1528 | 3 March, Margaret Tudor married Henry Methven |
| 1529 | ||
| 1530 | ||
| 1531 | ||
| 1532 | ||
| 1533 | ||
| 1534 | ||
| 1535 | ||
|
1536 | John, Duke of Albany dies, title reverts to the crown |
|
1537 | 1 January, James V married Madeleine of France |
|
Lady Glamis burned as a witch by the kings order | |
|
7 July, Madeleine of France died | |
|
1538 | 4 August, James V married Marie d'Guise |
| 1539 | ||
|
1540 | James V ordered the crown remodelled. |
|
1541 | 18 October, Margaret Tudor died, Methven Castle |
|
1542 | Solway Moss - the Scots are routed by English Border Reivers |
|
8 December, Mary Stuart born, Linlithgow | |
|
17 December, King James V died, Falkland | |
|
1543 | Mary Stuart betrothed to Edward (son to Henry VIII) |
|
1544 | 19 January, Francis Valois born, Fontainebleau, France |
|
George Wishart returns from France | |
|
1545 | 17 February, Battle of Ancrum Moor |
|
8 December, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley born, | |
|
1546 | 28 February, George Wishart tried for heracy |
|
1 March, George Wishart burned for heracy | |
|
29 May, St Andrews attacked; Cardinal Beaton killed | |
|
1547 | 28 January, Henry VIII died |
|
10 September, Battle of Pinkie Cleuch | |
|
30 July, St Andrews retaken and Knox set to the galleys | |
|
1548 | July, Parliament accepted terms of marriage between Francis and Mary |
|
7 August, Mary sails for France | |
|
1549 | Concubines for the clergy is condemned by the church |
|
1550 | Treaty of Boulogne between England and France |
| 1551 | ||
| 1552 | ||
| 1553 | ||
|
1554 | 12 April, Arran removed as Regent; Marie d'Guise appointed |
|
1555 | Knox returns to Scotland |
| 1556 | ||
|
1557 | Signing of the First Covenant creating the Lords of the Congregation |
|
"The First Blast of the Trumpet" | |
|
1558 | 19 April, formal betrothal of Mary and Francis |
|
24 April, Married Francis at Notre Dame | |
|
17 November, Mary Tudor, Queen of England, died | |
|
1559 | July 10th, Henri II of France died - Francis became King |
|
John Knox ordained as minister in the Church of Scotland | |
|
1560 | 27 February, Treaty of Berwick between England and Scotland |
|
11 June, Marie d'Guise died | |
|
6 July, Treaty of Edinburgh concluded the Anglo/Scottish pact | |
|
11 August, Latin Mass was prohibited in Scotland | |
|
5 December, Francis II died | |
|
1561 | 19 August, Mary returned to Scotland, landing at Leith |
|
1562 | February, James half-brother to Queen is given Earl of Moray |
|
Don Carlos of Spain sought as a husband for Mary | |
|
October, the battle of Corrichie | |
|
1563 | Queen Elizabeth I suggests Dudley as a husband for Mary |
|
1564 | 22 February, Chatelard executed for hiding in the Queen's Chamber |
|
1565 | 14 February, Mary meets Darnley |
|
29 July, Mary weds Darnley, Duke of Albany, King of Scots | |
|
Autumn, The Chaseabout Raids | |
|
1566 | 12 March, Riccio murdered by Ruthven |
|
19 June, James VI born, Edinburgh | |
|
1567 | 10 February, Darnley is murdered at Kirk of the Field |
|
24 February, Mary kidnapped by Bothwell | |
|
15 May, Mary married to Bothwell | |
|
Battle of Carbury Hill | |
|
10 June, Mary imprisoned in Loch Leven | |
|
25 July, Mary abdicated the throne | |
|
1568 | 2 May, Mary escaped Loch Leven |
|
13 May, Battle of Langside | |
|
16 August, Paris hanged for Darnley's Murder | |
|
1569 | William Steward hung for witchcraft |
|
1570 | 23 January, Regent Moray assassinated |
|
England attacks the supporters of Mary | |
|
12 July, Lennox named regent | |
|
1571 | 2 April, Siege of Castle Dumbarton |
|
7 April, John Hamilton hanged for Darnley's Murder | |
|
4 September, Lennox shot | |
|
6 September, Mar named regent | |
|
1572 | 24 November, Regent Mar died |
|
24 November, Morton named regent | |
|
1573 | 1 January, Morton lays siege to Edinburgh |
|
1574 | 14 October, Anne of Denmark born, Skanderborg, Castle |
| 1575 | ||
|
1576 | Alexander Innes executed for murder |
|
Besse of Lyne burned for witchcraft | |
| 1577 | ||
| 1578 | ||
| 1579 | ||
|
1580 | 31 Dec Morton accused of murdering Darnley |
|
1581 | 2 June, Morton executed for involvement with Darnley's murder |
|
1582 | 9 June, Robert Montgomery excommunicated |
|
2 July, Montgomery made Bishop of Glasgow; Excommunication nullified | |
|
22 July, The Ruthven Raid | |
|
1583 | 27 June, James VI escaped captivity |
|
1584 | 17 April, Mar and Angus storm Stirling in an attempt to seize Gowrie |
|
28 April, Gowrie charged with Treason | |
|
1585 | 2 November, Earl of Arran control over the king brought to an end |
|
1586 | 10 May, General Assembly attacks the Archbishop of St Andrews |
|
25 October, Queen Mary convicted of Treason against England | |
|
22 November, England's Parliament pronounced the Death Sentence for Mary | |
|
1587 | 8 February, Mary Stewart beheaded by Queen Elizabeth of England |
|
1588 | Alison Pearson burned for witchcraft |
|
1589 | 23 November, James VI married Anne of Denmark, Oslo, Norway |
|
1590 | Lady Foullis charged with using charms on Lady Balnagowen |
|
1591 | 12 May, Patrick Adamson recanted his crimes against the Presbytery |
|
1592 | Richard Graham burned as the North Berwick Witch |
|
1593 | 18 July, King James VI taken prison by Bothwell at Holyrood |
|
10 August, Bothwell tried for witchcraft; aquitted | |
|
29 October, Trial of the popish nobles | |
|
1594 | 13 January, Elizabeth of England rebuked James for leniency toward the popish nobles |
|
19 February, Henry Frederick Stewart, Prince of Wales born | |
|
3 April, Bothwell attacked at Niddry; escaped to England | |
|
24 April, Hume subscribed to the Confession of Faith | |
|
King James VI rebuked Elizabeth for harboring Bothwell | |
|
1595 | Balfour family tortured for witchcraft |
|
1596 | 23 People lost their lives in Aberdeen on charges of witchcraft |
|
1597 | 24 witches burned in Aberdeen |
| 1598 | ||
| 1599 |