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8th February 1587: Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

8th February 2019
Tagged as: Catholicism, Elizabeth I, England, Execution, Henry VIII, Mary, Monarchy, Politics, Protestantism, Queen of Scots, Scotland

On the 8^th February 1587 Mary Stuart, more commonly known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.

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8th February 1587: Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

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