Permanent historical factsheet

Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

Scotland · House / House of Stewart. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1586–1587Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1586

Mary of Scots25 October 1586

House / House of Stewart

Sentenced to death by the court of star Chamber

1587

Mary of Scots8 February 1587

Fotheringay · House / House of Stewart

Elizabeth I has Mary Queen of Scots executed after exposure of the Babbington plot

Names involved

Mary of Scots

Provenance

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