1542 Birth of Mary Stuart
1542 Death of James V
1543 Treaty of Greenwich
1543 Mary Stuart crowned Queen, 9 September
1544 Beginning of Rough Wooing
1547 Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, 10 September
1548 Mary Queen of Scots sails to France
1554 Marie de Guise appointed Regent in Scotland
1558 Marriage to Dauphin Francis, 24 April
1558 Death of Queen Mary I of England
1558 Elizabeth crowned Queen of England
1559 Death of King Henri II of France
1559 Mary becomes Queen Consort of France
1560 Death of Marie de Guise
1560 Treaty of Edinburgh
1560 Death of King Francis II of France
1561 Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland
1565 Marriage to Lord Darnley, 29 July
1566 Murder of David Rizzio, 9 March
1566 Birth of James VI, 19 June
1567 Murder of Lord Darnley, 10 February
1567 Ainslie Tavern Bond
1567 Marriage to the Earl of Bothwell, 15 May
1567 Mary surrenders to the Lords of the Congregation at Carberry Hill, 15 June
1567 Mary imprisoned in Lochleven Castle
1567 Mary forced to abdicate
1568 Mary escapes Lochleven Castle, 2 May
1568 Battle of Langside, 13 May
1568 Mary arrives in England, 16 May
1569 Conference of York-Westminster concludes its inquiry
1586 Babington Plot
1586 Trial of Mary Queen of Scots
1586 Sentenced to death, 25 October
1587 Queen Elizabeth I signs Mary’s death warrant, 1 February
1587 Mary Queen of Scots executed, 8 February
