TABLE OF EVENTS

Year Month Campbells of Glenorchy

JAMES IV'S REIGN

1473 Mar Birth of Prince James 1486 July Death of Queen Margaret 1488 June Battle of Sauchieburn. James IV crowned 1488 Oct Parliament explained James III's death Anglo- 1489 Apr Rebellion by Lennox. 1489 Dec End of siege of Dumbarton 1490 summer Council reshuffled. Burning of Monzievaird church 1491 Nov Angus agreement with Henry VII 1492 Jan Archbishopric of created 1492 Feb Anglo- 1492 Mar Auld Alliance renewed 1492 June Treaty with Denmark 1492 Aug Columbus set sail 1493 May Lordship of Isles forfeited. 1493 June Anglo- 1493 June Act of Revocation. 1493 Aug James at Dunstaffnage. 1494 autumn French invasion of Italy 1494 spring Heresy trial of Lollards of Kyle 1494 July Royal force sailed to Isles 1495 Feb Foundation of University of Aberdeen Charles VIII of France entered Naples 1495 Mar King assumed personal rule. 1495 May Start of expedition to the Isles. 1495 Nov Perkin Warbeck received. 1496 June Education Act 1496 Nov England declared war on Scotland 1497 Jan Death of Archbishop Scheves 1497 July Warbeck sent to Ireland. 1497 Sept Fall of Angus Anglo- 1498 March Act of General Revocation 1498 summer James in Kintyre 1499 Grey Colin [Campbell of Glenorchy] born 1499 July MacIain of Ardnamurchan sacked Finlaggan 1500 April Argyll made Lieutenant of Isles 1501 Aug Huntly made Lieutenant 1502 Feb Anglo- 1502 May Scottish force to Denmark 1503 Aug Wedding of James and Margaret 1504 Jan Death of Archbishop of St Andrews 1504 May Arran sent to Isles 1504 August James' expedition to Eskdale 1506 summer Huntly attacked Lewis 1507 Feb Birth of Prince James 1507 Apr Papal gifts of sword and hat 1507 Sept James' completed record-breaking ride to Tain 1507 Chepman & Millar printing press licenced 1508 Feb Death Prince James 1508 May Royal tournament started 1508 July Death of Archbishop Blackadder 1509 Apr Accession Henry VIII of England 1509 May Last Parliament before 1524 1509 Oct Birth of Prince Arthur 1509 Aberdeen Breviary printed 1510 June Death of Prince Arthur 1511 June Andrew Barton killed in sea fight 1511 Oct Launch of 'Great Michael' 1512 April Birth of Prince James 1512 July Renewal of French Treaty 1513 June Treaty with O'Donnell 1513 July Scots fleet sailed to France 1513 Sept Death of James IV

JAMES V'S MINORITY

1513 Sept Coronation of James V 1514 Aug Marriage of Margaret and Angus Anglo- 1514 Oct Death of Bishop Elphinstone 1515 Jan Accession of Francis I of France 1515 May Albany land at Dumbarton Anglo- 1515 July Albany acknowledged as Governor 1515 Aug Margaret surrendered custody of her sons. 1515 Sept French victory at Marignano (Italy) 1516 Jan Battle of Kittycrosshill Peace Charles V and Francis I 1516 Mar Arran & Angus return to Council 1516 Oct Execution of Lord Hume 1516 Nov Albany recognised as 2nd person in realm. 1517 June Albany left. Margaret returned 1517 Aug Franco- 1517 Sept De la Bastie murdered by Humes 1517 Oct Luther posted his 95 theses 1518 Nov Agreement between Margaret and Angus 1519 Jan Death HRE Maximilian. Charles V succeeded. 1519 Feb Angus returned to Council 1520 Apr '' in 1521 Mar Death of Archbishop Forman 1521 Nov Albany returned 1522 Oct Albany left for France Angus in exile 1522 winter Scots army not attack across Border English raid Borders. 1523 Oct Albany campaign in Borders with French troops 1524 May Albany returned to France for last time 1524 July Margaret's 2nd Regency 1525 Feb Angus readmitted to Council French defeat at Pavia. Francis I captured 1525 May Peasants' Revolt in HRE 1525 July Rota for keeping James 1525 Nov Angus refused to hand over King. 1526 Mar Marriage of Margaret to Henry Stewart 1526 June Bond between James and Lennox 1526 July Darnick raid by Scott of Buccleuch 1526 Sept Lennox killed 1527 May Charles V's troops sack Rome 1527 Aug Angus Chancellor. Cassillis murdered 1528 Apr Margaret's divorce decree arrived 1528 May James escaped from Douglases

JAMES V'S ADULT REIGN

1528 July Angus ordered into ward 1528 Nov Failure to capture Tantallon 1528 Dec Anglo- 1529 May Angus arrived in England 1529 Nov Justice ayres in Dumfries, Galloway & Ayrshire Start English Reformation Parliament 1530 July Execution of Johnnie Armstrong 1530 Apr Campaign against rebels in Isles 1531 Sept Papal agreed clerical taxation 1531 Nov MacLean & Macdonald submitted, Argyll lost Kintyre 1532 Apr Order of Golden Fleece for James 1532 May College of Justice erected 1532 Oct Moray made Lieutenant-General of army. Western chiefs to English raids attack in Ireland 1533 Sept Formal truce with England 1534 May Anglo- 1534 Nov Henry VIII Head of Church of England. 1535 June Act against Lutheran opinions 1536 Sept James sail for France Start of 'French holiday' (see Map) 1537 Jan Marriage in Paris of James & Madeleine 1537 May Return of James & Madeleine 1537 July Death of Madeleine. Trial of Lady Glamis 1538 June Wedding of James and Mary of Guise 1540 Feb Coronation of Mary of Guise 1540 May Birth of Prince James 1540 July James completed his circumnavigation of Scotland 1540 Aug Execution of Hamilton of Finnart 1541 Aug Henry VIII waited for James V in York 1541 Nov Death of Queen Margaret 1542 Aug Hadden Rig, skirmish with English 1542 Oct English raids 1542 Nov . 1542 Dec Birth of Princess Mary. Death of James.

MARY'S MINORITY

1543 Jan Arran proclaimed Governor 1543 Mar Act allowing Scripture in the vernacular 1543 July Anglo- Greenwich 1543 Sept Beaton released 1543 Oct Lennox returned 1543 Dec Parliament reaffirmed French alliance 1544 Jan Perth iconoclasts hanged 1544 July Frasers killed by Clanranald Lennox married Margaret Douglas 1544 summer Rough Wooings start English invaded Scotland 1544 Sept English capture 1545 Feb Scottish victory at Ancrum Moor 1545 Apr Castle Urquhart sacked 1545 Sept English attack Kelso English invaded Scotland 1545 Oct Last rebellion of Isles 1545 Dec First session of Council of Trent 1546 Mar Execution of Wishart 1546 May Murder of Cardinal Beaton 1546 June Anglo- 1547 Jan Death of Henry VIII 1547 Mar Death of Francis I 1547 July French capture St Andrews' castle 1547 Sept 1548 July Treaty of Haddington with French. Mary Queen of Scots arrived in France 1549 Aug Scottish Provincial Council 1550 Feb Recapture of Broughty Ferry 1550 Mar Anglo- 1550 July Grey Colin becomes 6th Laird of Glenorchy 1550 summer Execution of Wallace 1550 Sept Mary of Guise sails to France 'Triumph' at Rouen 1550 Dec Peace Charles V and Scots 1551 Jan Katherine Ruthven marries Grey Colin 1551 June Anglo- 1552 Aug Scottish Provincial Council, Hamilton' s Catechism 1553 July Mary Tudor seizes English throne 1553 Dec Parlement declared Mary Queen of Scots 'of age' 1554 Apr Mary of Guise installed as Regent 1554 July Mary Tudor married Philip of Spain 1555 Jan Tax of £20,000 1555 Feb Refoundation of St Mary's College, St Andrews 1555 Oct Peace of Augsburg in HRE 1556 Jan Charles V abdicated 1556 May Rejection of new tax system 1556 summer Regent's northern progress 1556 autumn Knox started preaching tour 1557 May Knox left for Geneva 1557 July England joined war against France 1557 Oct Scots army disbanded without crossing Border 1557 Dec First Band signed by Protestant nobles 1558 Jan Calais recaptured by French 1558 Apr Marriage of Mary to Dauphin 1558 Nov Crown matrimonial granted to Dauphin. Accession of Elizabeth I 1559 Jan Beggars' Summons 1559 March Provincial Church council 1559 Apr Treaty of Câteau Cambrésis 1559 May Knox's Perth sermon started Wars of Congregation 1559 June Congregation takes Edinburgh 1559 July Death Henry II of France 1559 Aug Congregation re-organised Arran escaped from France 1559 Oct Regent deposed 1559 Nov Regent regained Edinburgh 1560 Jan English fleet sent to Scotland 1560 Feb 1560 Apr English army besieged 1560 June Death of Mary of Guise 1560 July 'Concessions' to Scots Anglo- 1560 Aug Reformation Parliament. French & English troops withdrawn 1560 Dec 1st General Assembly Death of Francis II 1561 Jan 1st Book of Discipline not fully accepted

MARY'S PERSONAL REIGN

1561 Aug Mary returned 1561 Sept Protestant Lords confirmed in power 1562 Start of feud between MacGregors and Campbells of Glenorchy 1562 Jan Final session Council of Trent 1562 Mar Massacre of Huguenots at Vassy, France 1562 June Meeting of Queens in York cancelled 1562 July French religious wars started 1562 Aug Mary's northern progress 1562 Oct Huntly defeat at Corrichie 1563 Feb Duke of Guise assassinated 1563 May Gordons forfeited 1564 Mar Leicester marriage proposal 1564 Apr Anglo- 1564 summer MacGregors in Ireland 1564 Sept Lennox returned 1564 Dec Parliament restored Lennox 1565 Feb Darnley returned 1565 Mar Mary's decision to marry Darnley 1565 May MacDonalds heavily defeated in Antrim 1565 June Bayonne meeting, France & Spain 1565 July Mary married Darnley 1565 Aug Chase-about Raid 1566 Mar Murder of Riccio 1566 June Birth of Prince James 1566 Aug Iconoclastic fury and start Dutch Revolt 1566 Dec Craigmillar conference 1567 Feb Darnley murder 1567 Apr Bothwell acquitted of murder. 1567 May Mary married Bothwell 1567 June Carberry Field. Mary imprisoned at Lochleven. 1567 July Mary abdicated

JAMES VI 'S MINORITY

1567 July Coronation of James VI 1567 Aug Moray became Regent 1567 Aug Spanish army in Netherlands 1567 Dec '2nd Reformation' Parliament 1568 May Mary escaped. Battle of . Mary fled to England. 1568 Sept Truce between King's and Queen's Men 1568 Oct Mary's trial opened at York 1568 Dec Trial moved to Westminster and ended 1569 Feb Moray returned 1569 June Regent's northern progress 1569 Oct Scheme of Mary/ Norfolk marriage 1569 Nov Rebellion Northern earls 1569 Dec English earls arrived 1570 Jan Moray assassinated 1570 May English army arrived 1570 June MacGregors ambush Campbell of Glenlyon 1570 July 'Mischance' between Lennox proclaimed Regent troops of Atholl and Grey Colin 1570 Aug Executions at Brechin 1570 Dec/July Settlement of MacGregor /1 feud 1571 Apr Capture of Dumbarton, Archbishop Hamilton hanged. Dutch Se 1571 June Reidheugh-Murray dispute becomes feud 1571 Sept Regent Lennox killed. Mar appointed Regent 1571 Oct Victory over Turks at Lepanto 1572 Aug Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve 1572 Oct Death of Regent Mar 1572 Nov Morton became Regent 1573 Feb Pacification of Perth 1573 May Fall of . Accession of Henry III of France 1573 Nov Marriage Black Duncan and Jean, Atholl's daughter 1574 July Andrew Melville returned 1575 Feb Debasement of coinage. 1575 Mar Settlement with Argylls over royal jewels 1576 July Redeswyre incident, last Border 'battle' 1578 Mar Morton's 1st fall. James declared 'of age' 1578 Apr 2nd Book Discipline 1578 June Morton recovered power. 1579 Oct James' formal entry into Edinburgh 1579 Nov Forfeiture of Hamiltons 1580 Mar Ascendancy of Lennox 1580 summer Glenorchy-Menzies of Weem feud before Privy Council 1580 Dec Morton's 2nd fall. General Assembly condemned episcopacy. 1581 June Execution of Morton 1581 Jan King's or Negative Confession 1581 Aug Lennox created a duke. 1581 Oct Montgomerie appointed Archbishop of Glasgow 1582 Aug Ruthven Raid captured James 1583 Apr Death of Grey Colin, Black Duncan succeeds 1583 June James escaped. Arran regime. 1583 Oct Edinburgh's 'Tounis college' opened 1583 Oct/June Death of Katherine /4 Ruthven 1584 May 'Black' Acts. Gowrie executed 1585 Nov Arran overthrown. 1586 June Anglo- 1586 Oct Mary's trial 1587 Feb Mary's execution 1588 summer Defeat of the Spanish Armada