Historical place archive

Linlithgow in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Linlithgow in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

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Historical events in Linlithgow

1542

8 December 1542
Birth of Mary Queen of Scots
Mary of Guise · House of Stewart

Gives birth at Linlithgow Palace to Mary, the future Queen of Scots and heir to the Scottish crown.

Provenance

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