1557 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1557 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Mary, Queen of Scots
- Mary of Guise rules as Regent
Events
[edit]- 13 June – An English force commanded by Sir John Clere is defeated at Kirkwall with many casualties.[1]
- October – Mary of Guise at Hume Castle sends an army towards England. Instructed to attack Wark Castle, the Scottish lords hold their own council at Eckford and return home.[2]
Births
[edit]- 11 April – John Wemyss (landowner)
Deaths
[edit]- 22 January – Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
- February – Lady Agnes Stewart
- 6 December – John Macalpine
- James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose
See also
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