1568 in Scotland
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Events from 1568 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1568 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1568 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
- Monarch â James VI
- Regent: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
Events
- 2 May â The deposed Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Lochleven Castle.
- 13 May â Marian civil war: Battle of Langside â The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, her half-brother.[1]
- 16 May â Mary, Queen of Scots, flees across the Solway Firth from Scotland to England[2] but on May 19 is placed in custody in Carlisle Castle on the orders of Queen Elizabeth I of England, her cousin.
- 10 June â Regent Moray musters forces at Biggar for a march on Dumfries.
- 16 June â Kenmure Castle, the home of John Gordon of Lochinvar, is destroyed by Moray's army.
- October â Regent Moray shows Mary's "casket letters" at a conference in York headed by the Duke of Norfolk, and again at Westminster Palace on 7 December
Arts and literature
- Edinburgh merchant George Bannatyne begins compiling the Bannatyne Manuscript while confined to his home due to plague.[3]
Births
- John Row, ecclesiastical historian and Reformer (died 1646)
- William Couper (bishop)
- Approximate date â John Welsh of Ayr, Presbyterian leader (died 1622 in England)[4]
Deaths
- 6 June â Kenneth Mackenzie, 10th of Kintail
- William Baillie of Lamington, landowner