Scotland's Pages - Scotland's Written History

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1554
Mary of Guise, mother of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes Regent.

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1553 Accession of Mary Tudor in England: Catholicism re-established as State religion.

1558
'The Monstrous Regiment of Women'.

1558
Mary Queen of Scots marries heir to French throne.

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1558 Elizabeth I of England crowned: Protestantism re-established by State.

1560
Latin Mass prohibited in Scotland.

1561
Mary returns to Scotland after nearly 13 years in France.

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1562 Outbreak of French wars of religion.

1565
Mary marries Henry, Lord Darnley.

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1564 Birth of William Shakespeare.
1565 The pencil is invented!

1566
King James IV born

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1566 Death of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificant.

1567
Mary deposed. James VI crowned in Stirling.

1568
Mary flees to England.

1568
Bannatyne Manuscript.

1568
First Scottish medical book.

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1568 Beginning of Dutch revolt against Spain.

1570
First Map of Scotland.

1576
First New Testament printed in Scotland by Bassandyne.

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1577 Sir Francis Drake sets out around the world.

1582
Edinburgh University founded.

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1582 Gregorian Calendar first instituted: still used today.

1587
The last letter of Mary Queen of Scots.

1587
Mary Queen of Scots beheaded.

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1588 Spanish Armada.

1590
North Berwick witch-hunt.

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1590 Toyotomi Hideyoshi unifies Japan.

1600
King Charles I born in Dunfermline.

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1598 Edict of Nantes grants limited religious tolerance to French Protestants.