1932 Birthday Antonia Fraser, biographer, Mary Queen of Scots 1928 Birthday Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer, Mary Queen of Scots 1900 Event Boer general De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns 1892 Birthday Hugh MacDiarmid, Scotland, writer, Scots Unbound 1750 Birthday Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet, Scots poems 1746 Event Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats and massacres Scots 1745 Event Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots 1745 Event Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots 1647 Event Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 40 pounds 1641 Event Catholic uprising in Ulster: 1000s English and Scots killed 1587 Death Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed 1587 Death Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 1587 Death Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 1587 Death Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty 1586 Event Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth 1568 Event Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside 1567 Event Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate and 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland 1567 Event Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland 1567 Event Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell 1567 Death Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered 1565 Event Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 1561 Event Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France 1547 Event Battle at Pinkie, Midlothian: English beat the Scots 1547 Event English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5 1542 Birthday Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty 1298 Event English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk 1138 Event English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard
