1567

Events

The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. He replaces Margaret of Parma as Governor of the Netherlands. Prince William of Orange is outlawed, and Count Lamoral of Egmont imprisoned.
February 10 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary I of Scotland, is murdered at the Provost's House in Edinburgh.
May 15 - Mary I of Scotland marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.
June 15 - Mary I of Scotland is defeated at Carberry Hill by the Scottish nobles. She is imprisoned in Lochleven Castle.
July 24 - Mary I of Scotland abdicates the throne, succeeded by her son King James VI of Scotland.
July 29 - James VI is crowned at Stirling.
September 29 - Beginning of the Second War of Religion in France when the Prince of Cond� and Gaspard de Coligny fail in an attempt to capture King Charles IX and his mother at Meaux. The Huguenots do capture several cities (including Orleans), and march on Paris.
November 10 - Battle of Saint-Denis - Anne de Montmorency, with 16,000 Royalists falls on Cond�'s 3,500 Huguenots. The Huguenots suprisingly hold on for some hours before being driven off. Montmorency is mortally wounded.
King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway founds Fredrikstad in Norway.

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