Historical place archive

Linlithgow in History

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

9 records8 event labels6 people1313–1570

Historical events in Linlithgow

1313

1313
Siege of Linlithgow
Robert I the Bruce · England War

Captures Linlithgow Castle

1527

1527
Conversion
Patrick Hamilton · Protestant Church

Returns to Scotland & preaches Lutheranism at Linlithgow

1542

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

Is born at Linlithgow Palace to James V and Mary of Guise.

1543

21 July 1543
Guardian
David Beaton · Roman Catholic Church

Marches to Linlithgow to provide guardianship for Mary Queen of Scots

1545

28 September 1545
Parliament
Government of Scotland

Mary's third parliament opens at Linlithgow during the continuing crisis of the Rough Wooing.

1559

1559
Linlithgow Abbey
John Knox · Calvinism

Churches & Abbeys eg Perth, Scone, Stirling, Edinburgh & Linlithgow are destroyed

1570

1570
Assassination of James Stewart
Mary of Scots · House of Stewart

Moray is assassinated by James Hamilton of Bothwell by Mary Queen of Scots supporters

23 January 1570
Assassination of James Stewart
James Stewart · House of Stewart

Moray is shot dead in Linlithgow by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary

23 January 1570
Death of James Stewart
James Stewart · House of Stewart

Death of James Stewart of Moray, shot dead in Linlithgow by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Scotland and Linlithgow. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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