1566 in Scotland

none 1566 Events from 1566 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – Mary, Queen of ScotsMary [Mary Stewart] (1542–1587), queen of Scots https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-18248 2004 26 June 2022 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/18248 978-0-19-861412-8 Events 24 February – Wedding of Jean Gordon and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.Rosalind K. Marshall, Queen Mary's Women: Female Relatives, Servants, Friends, and Enemies of Mary, Queen of Scots (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2006), p. 130. 9 March – David Rizzio is murdered in front of Mary, Queen of Scots at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh by a group of nobles led by Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven with the support of Mary's husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.David Rizzio: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/r/davidrizzio.html www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk 26 June 2022 11 March – Mary escapes to Dunbar Castle after convincing Lord Darnley to help her. 18 March – Mary returns to Edinburgh with an army raised by James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.Undiscovered Scotland: Timeline of Scottish History: 1550 to 1600 https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/timeline/to1600.html www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk 26 June 2022 3 April – Thomas Scott of Cambusmichael is executed for his part in the murder of David Rizzio using Edinburgh's Maiden (guillotine).Laura I. Doak, "The Life of the Lockman", Allan Kennedy and Susanne Weston, Life at the Margins in Early Modern Scotland (Boydell, 2024), p. 116: W. T. McCulloch, 'The Maiden', PSAS, (1866-7), p. 549. April – Mary takes up residence at Edinburgh Castle in preparation to give birth. 19 June – Mary gives birth to her son James at Edinburgh Castle. 15 November – Mary, Queen of Scots visits Halidon Hill in England with John Forster, Marshal of Berwick.Retha Warnicke, Mary Queen of Scots (Routledge, 2006), p. 130. 17 December – James is baptised at Stirling Castle. Births Thomas Erskine, 1st Earl of Kellie John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (1566–1603) 19 June – James VI and I, King of Scotland from 1567 and King of England and Ireland from 1603 (died 1625 in England)BBC - History - James I and VI https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/james_i_vi.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 26 June 2022 James Sempill, courtier and poet (died 1626)Sir James Sempill Scottish poet Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-James-Sempill-of-Beltrees www.britannica.com 26 June 2022 en Deaths Robert Carnegie, Lord Kinnaird 9 March – David Rizzio, Italian courtier (born 1533 in the Duchy of Savoy) 26 March – Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant 13 June – Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven References Category:1566 in Scotland Scotland