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24 July 1567
Abdication of Mary Queen of Scots
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Protestant nobles in Scotland force Mary
Queen of Scots to abdicate after she marries James Hepburn, the 4th
earl of Bothwell, chief suspect in the murder of her husband. She has
been queen for only six weeks. Four regents are nominated to look after
her one-year-old son, now James VI. In May 1568, Mary escapes to England,
where she is held prisoner by her Protestant cousin Elizabeth
I, who is worried that she might try and seize the English throne.
Mary's arrival results in plots and the Northern
Rebellion of 1569.
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