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24 August 1560
Scottish Reformation

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The Scottish parliament defies Mary of Guise by abolishing the Mass and breaking with Rome. This amounts to turning Scotland into a Protestant country, a reformation triggered by John Knox, a preacher who went into exile during the reign of Mary I.

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