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1566 in Scotland

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Events from 1566 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

  • Monarch – Mary, Queen of Scots

  • 24 February – Wedding of Jean Gordon and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 17 December – James is baptised at Stirling Castle.

  • 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)

  • James Sempill, courtier and poet (died 1626)

  • 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

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