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1566
 
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Mary Queen of Scots' secretary, David Rizzio, is dragged from her presence and stabbed to death       
1566
 
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Mary Queen of Scots' husband Darnley is treacherously involved in the murder of her secretary, Rizzio        
1567
 
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Darnley is murdered, almost certainly at the instigation of Mary Queen of Scots' lover, Bothwell, whom she marries just three months later        
1567
 
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A casket of letters seems to incriminate Mary Queen of Scots herself in the murder of her husband, Darnley        
1567
 
  
The events of this year give the Protestant nobility the occasion and opportunity of deposing Mary Queen of Scots     
1567
 
   
On the removal of Mary from the Scottish throne, her one-year-old son succeeds her as James VI      
1568
 
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Mary Queen of Scots flees across the border to seek the help of her English cousin, Elizabeth, but finds herself kept under close guard       
1569
 
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A rebellion in the north of England aims to put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne      
1571
 
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Roberto di Ridolfi, a Florentine banker, coordinates a scheme to win the English throne for Mary Queen of Scots       
1586
 
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Anthony Babington is involved in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth and place Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne