| Timeline |
| 1542 |
8 December: Mary is born at Linlithgow Palace
14 December: James V dies, Mary succeeds to the throne |
| 1543 |
1 July: Treaty of Greenwich signed - Mary betrothed to Edward VI
9 September: Mary officially crowned Queen of Scotland
11 December: Treaty of Greenwich overturned |
| 1548 |
13 August: Mary arrives in France |
| 1548 |
7 July: Treaty of Haddington - Scotland is to become a protectorate of France, and marriage is arranged between Mary and the dauphin of France |
| 1558 |
24 April: Mary and François are married in Notre Dame Cathedral |
| 1559 |
10 July: Henri II dies, François and Mary are King and Queen of France |
| 1560 |
6 July: Treaty of Edinburgh - French and English troops withdraw from Scotland, Mary and François renounce claim to the English crown
5 December: François dies leaving Mary the throne. Catherine de Medici claims regency on behalf of Charles IX |
| 1561 |
14 August: Mary sets sail for England |
| 1565 |
22 May: Mary makes Darnley Earl of Ross
22 July: Mary marries Darnley at Holyrood Palace |
| 1566 |
19 June: James I is born at Edinburgh Castle |
| 1567 |
February: Darnley murdered
24 April: Mary taken to Dunbar by Bothwell
7 May: Bothwell divorced from wife
15 May: Bothwell and Mary marry
24 July: Mary abdicates
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