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| 0863 | Donald I |  |
| Scone Assassinated by the Picts |
| 0872 | Constantine I | |
| Betrays the exiled Stratchclyde King to the Vikings who kill him |
| 0876 | Constantine I | |
| Scotia The Danes ravage Pictland & kill Constantine I |
| 0995 | Constantine III | |
| Scotia Responsible for the murder of his predecessor, Kenneth II |
| 0997 | Constantine III | |
| Scotia Assassinated by Kenneth III |
| 0997 | Kenneth III | |
| Scotia Assassinates his predecessor, Constantine III |
| 1005 | Kenneth III | |
| Scotia Killed by his successor Malcolm II, his cousin |
| 1005 | Malcolm II | |
| Scotia Assassinates Kenneth III & then succeeds him |
| 1040 | Macbeth | |
| Aug Pitgaveny Macbeth kills Duncan I because Duncan's father had killed Macbeth's wife's grandfather |
| 1057 | Malcolm III | |
| 15th Aug Kills Macbeth for the throne |
| 1058 | Lulach | |
| 17th Mar Strathbogie Killed by Malcolm III, after only a few months rule, Scotland loses its Gaelic inheritance |
| 1058 | Malcolm III | |
| Aug Strathbogie King Lulach is assassinated & Malcolm III becomes heir to the throne |
| 1094 | Duncan II | |
| Monthecin Duncan II is killed by his stepbrother Edmund & Donald II Ban |
| 1306 | Comyn, John | |
| 10th Feb Dumfries Stabbed by Robert Bruce at a Church in Dumfries , Comyn is John Balliol's heir |
| 1306 | Robert I the Bruce | |
| 10th Feb Dumfries Robert Bruce and a small party of his followers kill John Comyn, also known as the Red Comyn, before the high altar of the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries |
| 10th Feb Dumfries Stabs John Comyn, heir to John Balliol, to death at a Church in Dumfries |
| 10th Feb Dumfries Stabs John Comyn to death when he refuses to abandon support for King John |
| 1306 | Wishart, William | |
| Mar Greyfriars William Wishart grants absolution to Robert Bruce for his assassination of John Comyn |
| 1353 | Douglas, William | |
| Ettrick Forest Kills his uncle Sir William Douglas of Liddesdale, a knight, in Ettrick Forest |
| 1402 | Douglas, Archibald | |
| Allied with the Duke of Albany & involved in the assassination of the Duke of Rothesay |
| 1437 | Graham, Robert | |
| 20th Feb Perth Graham assasinates James I, hired by the King's Chamberlain Robert Stewart |
| 1437 | James I | |
| 20th Feb Perth Assassinated by Robert Graham hired by the King's Chamberlain Robert Stewart |
| 1437 | Stewart, Robert | |
| 20th Feb Perth Graham assasinates James I, hired by the King's Chamberlain Robert Stewart |
| 1449 | Douglas, William | |
| Stirling Castle Assassinated by James II after demanding he give up his clan confederacy |
| 1449 | James II | |
| Stirling Castle Stabs Earl Douglas to death after demanding he give up his clan confederacy |
| 1488 | James III | |
| 11th June Sauchieburn Assassinated during the battle of Sauchieburn |
| 1546 | Beaton, David | |
| 29th May St Andrews Revenge for having the preacher of the reformation George Wishart burnt at the stake |
| 1566 | Douglas, Archibald | |
| Jan Whittingham A conference takes place between Bothwell, Morton, Archibald Douglas & Maitland |
| 1566 | Douglas, James | |
| Mar Edinburgh Heads an armed force which takes possession of Holyrood palace to effect the assassination of Rizzio |
| Mar Edinburgh Sends a message to obtain Queen Mary's signature to the "bond of security" after the assassination of Rizzio |
| 1566 | Hepburn, James | |
| Holyrood At Holyrood on the night of Rizzio's assassination but denies knowledge of it |
| Jan Whittingham A conference takes place between Bothwell, Morton, Archibald Douglas & Maitland |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Mary & Bothwell visit Darnley at Kirk o'Field who is killed by an explosion |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Mary & Bothwell visit Darnley who is killed by an explosion |
| 1566 | Maitland | |
| Craigmillar Signs a bond at Craigmillar with other nobles to rid Mary of Darnley |
| Jan Whittington A conference takes place between Bothwell, Morton, Archibald Douglas & Maitland |
| 1566 | Mary of Scots | |
| Offers a reward of œ2,000 for information about the assassination of Darnley |
| 20th Jan Glasgow Sets off to Glasgow to collect a sick Darnley & take him to Edinburgh |
| 20th Jan Writes a letter to Beaton expressing her contempt for Darnley |
| 31st Jan Glasgow Moves the sick Darnley from Glasgow to Kirk o' Field |
| 10th Feb Kirk O'Field Darnley is assassinated at Kirk-o'-Field |
| 10th Feb Kirk O'Field Victim of a plot for the "crown matrimonial" & helping Mary's enemies |
| 9th Mar Holyrood Darnley says it is because of an affair between Rizzio & Mary |
| 9th Mar Holyrood Rizzio is assassinated by Darnley & Ruthven in Mary's presence |
| 1566 | Stewart, Henry | |
| Holyrood A plot between Darnley & Protestant Lords after Darnley is refused the crown |
| Holyrood Queen Mary of Scots, possibly pregnant with Rizzio's son |
| 9th Mar Holyrood Breaks into Mary's supper room & has David Rizzio killed with 56 dagger strokes |
| 1567 | Campbell, Archibald | |
| Co-conspirator in the assassination of Lord Darnley |
| 1567 | Hepburn, James | |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Blows up Darnley's house |
| 1567 | Mary of Scots | |
| Kirk O'Field Darnley is found strangled in suspicious circumstances |
| Kirk O'Field Darnley is found strangled, suspects include Mary & the Earl of Bothwell |
| Kirk O'Field Suspects include Mary & Bothwell |
| 1567 | Stewart, Henry | |
| Jan Kirk O'Field Contracts syphilis & is brought to a house at Kirk o'Field in Edinburgh by Queen Mary |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Assassinated in a plot believed to have been led by Bothwell |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Assassinated in a plot led by James Bothwell, Mary Queen of Scots' 3rd husband |
| 1568 | Mary of Scots | |
| Nov Westminster The Casket Letters indicate Mary raped by Bothwell & plotted Darnley's death |
| 1570 | Mary of Scots | |
| Linlithgow Moray is assassinated by James Hamilton of Bothwell by Mary Queen of Scots' supporters |
| 1570 | Stewart, James | |
| 23rd Jan Linlithgow Moray is shot dead in Linlithgow by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary |
| 1600 | James VI | |
| 5th Aug Gowrie & Ruthven conspire to kill James VI but are killed in the attempt |
| 1666 | Ruthven, John | |
| 9th Mar Holyrood Heads a group of armed Lords at the assassination of David Rizzio |
