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| Abdication Elizabeth I |  |
| 24th July Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate & name James her succesor
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| Abdication Mary of Scots |  |
| July Imprisoned in Edinburgh, sent to Loch Leven then forced to abdicate in July
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| 30th July Imprisoned in Edinburgh, sent to Loch Leven then forced to abdicate in July
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| 30th July Loch Leven Abdicates in favor of her infant son James
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| Abdication Stewart, James | |
| July Appointed Regent of Scotland after the abdication of Queen Mary at Loch Leven
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| Aid to Mary Queen of Scots Elizabeth I | |
| 16th Dec Mary seeks aid from Elizabeth & France
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| Alliance Elizabeth I | |
| 16th Dec Elizabeth supports Mary if France does not intervene
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| Arrest Cecil, William | |
| Urges Elizabeth I to keep Mary Queen of Scots under arrest in England
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| Arrest Elizabeth I | |
| 16th May Mary Queen of Scots arrives in England & spends the rest of her life under arrest
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| Arrest Douglas, Margaret | |
| Tower of London Released after the murder of her son Lord Darnley
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| Arrest Erskine, John | |
| Secures James VI from Bothwell
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| Arrest Hepburn, James | |
| Spends the remainder of his days in a Danish cell
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| 24th April Dunbar Castle Intercepts Mary with 800 men & takes her to Dunbar Castle informing her of a rebellion
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| 24th April River Almond Intercepts Mary with 800 men & takes her to Dunbar Castle informing her of a rebellion
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| Arrest Mary of Scots | |
| Edinburgh Mary is taken to Edinburgh from Carberry Hill, a mob demands that she is burnt
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| Loch Leven A mob attacks Marr, the committee of public safety sends her to Loch Leven
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| Loch Leven Mary escapes to Hamilton & rallies her supporters
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| 16th May Mary Queen of Scots arrives in England & spends the rest of her life under arrest
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| 15th June The Lords of the Council try to arrest Bothwell but Mary surrenders & Bothwell escapes
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| 16th June Loch Leven Mary is sent into captivity in Loch Leven Castle, while her Protestant half-brother, James Stewart, Earl of Moray is appointed Regent on behalf of his nephew
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| July Edinburgh Imprisoned in Edinburgh, sent to Loch Leven then forced to abdicate in July
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| Arrest Stewart, James | |
| 15th June Carberry Hill Leads a force to Carberry Hill & demands Bothwell's surrender from Mary
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| Assassination Elizabeth I | |
| 10th Feb Edinburgh Asassination of Lord Darnley
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| 24th Feb Writes a letter to Mary saying Darnley's assassins should be arrested & punished
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| Assassination Campbell, Archibald | |
| Co-conspirator in the assassination of Lord Darnley
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| Assassination Hepburn, James | |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Blows up Darnley's house
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| Assassination Mary of Scots | |
| Kirk O'Field Darnley is found strangled in suspicious circumstances
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| Kirk O'Field Darnley is found strangled, suspects include Mary & the Earl of Bothwell
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| Kirk O'Field Suspects include Mary & Bothwell
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| Assassination Stewart, Henry | |
| Jan Kirk O'Field Contracts syphilis & is brought to a house at Kirk o'Field in Edinburgh by Queen Mary
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| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Assassinated in a plot believed to have been led by Bothwell
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| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Assassinated in a plot led by James Bothwell, Mary Queen of Scots' 3rd husband
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| Battle of Carberry Hill Elizabeth I | |
| 15th June Carberry Hill Mary Queen of Scots & Bothwell are defeated & Mary arrested
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| Battle of Carberry Hill Hepburn, James | |
| 15th June Carberry Hill Morton leads a force out of Edinburgh, confronts Mary & demands Bothwell's surrender
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| Battle of Carberry Hill Mary of Scots | |
| 15th June Carberry Hill Defeated without a fight
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| 15th June Carberry Hill Mary's half brother, James, Earl of Moray, becomes Regent for her infant son, James VI
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| 15th June Carberry Hill Mary's supporters are defeated, she is imprisoned & forced to abdicate
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| 15th June Carberry Hill Taken back to Edinburgh by the Lords of Congregation
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| Battle of Dewnis Louis I de Bourbon |  |
| Dewnis Defeated for a 2nd time in an attempt to capture Paris
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| Battle of Langside Elizabeth I | |
| Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by Moray & seeks refuge in England
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| Battle of Langside Mary of Scots | |
| Langside Mary cannot escape to France & is forced to seek refuge in England
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| Langside Mary is defeated by the Earl of Moray
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| Battle of Oosterweel Blois de Treslong |  |
| 13th Mar The Calvinists are defeated
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| Battle of Oosterweel Margaret of Parma |  |
| 13th Mar The Calvinists are defeated
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| Battle of Oosterweel Philip II | |
| 13th Mar Oosterweel The Calvinists are defeated
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| Burial Jiajing |  |
| Shisanling Buried in a tomb at Yongling, Shisanling, Hebei
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| Casket Letters Mary of Scots | |
| The majority of scholarly opinion is that the letters were forgeries concocted after the fact in order to lend some small justification for Mary's imprisonment and trial, both of which were illegal under English Law
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| Conference of Carberry Hill Douglas, James | |
| Carberry Hill Present at the conference at Carberry Hill
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| Constitution Sigismund II Augustus |  |
| 4th July Lublin Sigismund II Augustus signs the Act of Lublin
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| Coronation James VI | |
| 24th July Stirling Crowned in accordance with Protestant rites in Holyrood Church
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| 24th July Stirling Scotland's 1st Protestant coronation
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| 24th July Stirling Scotland's 1st Protestant coronation, the "mother tongue" of Scotland is used
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| Coronation Knox, John | |
| 29th July Preaches the sermon at the first Protestant coronation in Scotland's history
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| Coronation Mary of Scots | |
| 29th July Stirling Castle Mary's son James VI is crowned in Holyood, Stirling
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| 29th July Stirling Mary's son James VI is crowned in Holyood, Stirling
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| Council Blood Alba | |
| Forms a tribunal nicknamed the Council of Blood which executes or banishes 1,100
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| Council of State Carlos | |
| Appointed President of the Council of State by Phillip II
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| Council Troubles Alba | |
| Sentences 3,000 to death
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| Death Jiajing | |
| Death of Jiajing
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| Death Stewart, Henry | |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Death of Henry Stewart, Earl of Darnley, assassinated
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| Demonstrations Mary of Scots | |
| Edinburgh Mary is taken to Edinburgh from Carberry Hill, a mob demands that she is burnt
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| Diplomacy Elizabeth I | |
| 27th July Requests Ambassador Throckmorton threaten the Scots with war if Mary is not released
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| Diplomacy Mary of Scots | |
| Hamilton Seeks aid from Elizabeth I & France, Elizabeth agrees if France does not intervene
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| Discovery of Solomon Islands Mendana de Neira, Alvaro de | |
| Solomon Islands Discovers the Solomon Islands
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| Exile William I the Silent | |
| Outlawed by Spain, flees to Germany & begins a feud with Phillip II of Spain
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| Exile of Stewart Stewart, James | |
| Appointed Regent after being recalled from France
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| Returns to France after the assassination of Darnley
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| Exile Douglas, James | |
| Having been pardoned, Morton returns to Scotland and with 600 men appears before Borthwick Castle, where the Queen after her marriage with Bothwell had taken refuge
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| Exile Hepburn, James | |
| 16th June Orkney Flees to Orkney, Shetland & then to Norway
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| Exile Stewart, James | |
| Returns to France after the assassination of Darnley
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| Governor Alba | |
| Appointed Governor of the United Provinces
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| Invasion of Holland Alba | |
| To "make all the states into one kingdom with Brussels as its capital"
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| Invasion of Holland Philip II | |
| Sends an Army led by the Duke of Alba into The Netherlands
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| Legislation Stewart, James | |
| Dec Makes Parliament re-enact reformist religious Legislation
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| Dec Make the Confession of Faith a test for every office holder of the crown
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| Lord Privy Seal Maitland | |
| Appointed Lord Privy Seal
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| Marriage Hepburn, James | |
| 19th April 28 Lords & prelates sign a docuement supporting Bothwell's marriage to Mary
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| 7th May Divorces Lady Jean
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| 7th May Mary authorizes Bothwell's divorce from his wife, a week later they are married
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| 15th May Holyrood Marries Queen Mary after allegedly raping her at Dunbar & forcing her consent
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| Marriage Mary of Scots | |
| Raped by Bothwell in Dunbar Castle so she is forced to marry him
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| 24th April Edinburgh Intercepted by Bothwell with 800 men on her return to Edinburgh
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| 24th April Escorted by Bothwell to Dunbar Castle believing there may be a rebellion in Edinburgh
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| 7th May Authorizes Bothwell's divorce from Lady Jean Gordon & a week later marries him
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| 15th May Holyrood Marries the Earl of Bothwell at the Great Hall of Holyrood
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| Marshal Montmorency | |
| Appointed Marshal
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| Oath Blois de Treslong | |
| Blois de Treslong demands religious toleration but is refused
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| Oath William I the Silent | |
| Refuses to take the oath of allegiance to Phillip II
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| Oath Margaret of Parma | |
| Blois de Treslong demands religious toleration but is refused
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| Governess Margaret of Parma demands the Dutch nobles to swear an oath of allegiance
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| Oath Philip II | |
| Governess Margaret of Parma demands the Dutch nobles to swear an oath of allegiance
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| Parliament Elizabeth I | |
| 2nd Jan London Attends the closing session of Parliament
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| Peerage Hepburn, James | |
| Orkney Created Duke of Orkney after marrying Mary Queen of Scots
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| Shetland Created Earl of Shetland after marrying Mary Queen of Scots
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| Plot Hepburn, James | |
| 20th June Treasonable letters are taken from 1 of Bothwell's servants
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| 20th June Written by Mary to Bothwell
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| Plot Mary of Scots | |
| The "casket letters" are used against Mary but only their transcripts have been found
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| Jan Stirling Castle Moves Prince James from Glasgow to Stirling Castle
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| Jan Stirling Moves Prince James from Glasgow to Stirling Castle
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| 14th Jan Holyrood Moves James from Stirling to Holyrood amid rumours Lennox plans to make Darnley Regent
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| Plot Walker, William | |
| Jan Stirling Informs Mary of a suspected plot by Darnley to seize James & control the Government
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| Rebellion Gilbert, Humphrey | |
| Sent by Elizabeth I to suppress a rebellion in Ireland, 1567-70
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| Rebellion Hepburn, James | |
| The Lords rebel & forces Bothwell's escape to Denmark
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| Rebellion Philip II | |
| Brussells The war begins after religious persecution & centralization of Government in Brussels
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| Reform Stewart, James | |
| Dec Makes Parliament re-enact reformist religious Legislation
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| Dec Make the Confession of Faith a test for every office holder of the crown
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| Regency Stewart, James | |
| Appointed Regent after Mary's abdication
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| Rule of Kiev Sigismund II Augustus | |
| Kiev Orders the incorporation of southern Lithuanian-controlled lands of Podlachia, Volhynia, Podolia & Kiev regions
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| Rule of Podlachia Sigismund II Augustus | |
| Podlachia Orders the incorporation of southern Lithuanian-controlled lands of Podlachia, Volhynia, Podolia & Kiev regions
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| Rule of Podolia Sigismund II Augustus | |
| Podolia Orders the incorporation of southern Lithuanian-controlled lands of Podlachia, Volhynia, Podolia & Kiev regions
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| Rule of Volhynia Sigismund II Augustus | |
| Volhynia Orders the incorporation of southern Lithuanian-controlled lands of Podlachia, Volhynia, Podolia & Kiev regions
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| Siege of Borthwick Mary of Scots | |
| Borthwick Mary & Bothwell are besieged by Protestant reformers but escape & raise an army
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| Siege of Tournai Philip II | |
| Aug Tournai Tournai surreders to the Spanish, the ringleaders are executed
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| Siege of Valenciennes Philip II | |
| Aug Valenciennes Valenciennes surreders to the Spanish, the ringleaders are executed
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| Surrender Mary of Scots | |
| 15th June Carberry Hill Surrenders to the Earl of Moray at Carberry Hill
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| Trial Elizabeth I | |
| Nov London Summons six Earls to London to listen to Murray's charges against Queen Mary
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| 16th Dec Hampton Court Mary is tried at a tribunal as the Queen of Scotland
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| 16th Dec Hampton Court Mary's trial is moved to Hampton Court
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| Trial Hepburn, James | |
| 12th April Brought to trial for the assassination of Lord Darnley & acquitted
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| Trial Mary of Scots | |
| Nov Elizabeth summons 6 Earls to hear Murray's accusations against Queen Mary,
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| Nov Mary does not attend as she wishes to be heard directly by Elizabeth
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| Unification Sigismund II Augustus | |
| Lublin Orders the incorporation of southern Lithuanian-controlled lands of Podlachia, Volhynia, Podolia & Kiev regions
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| 4th July Lublin Sigismund II Augustus signs the Act of Lublin
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| Union Lublin Sigismund II Augustus | |
| 4th July Lublin Sigismund II Augustus signs the Act of Lublin
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