Marriage of the Dauphin, Francis, with Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots.
Battle of Gravelines; victory of the Spaniards, under Egmont, over the
French.
1559. A new act of supremacy passed in England, firmly establishing
Protestantism.
Treaty of peace (Cateau-Cambrecis) between England, France, and Spain.
Iconoclastic outbreaks in Scotland, due to the teachings of John Knox.
See "JOHN KNOX HEADS THE SCOTTISH REFORMERS," X, 21.
Institution of the papal _Index Librorum Prohibitorum_.
1560. Conspiracy of Amboise, by the Huguenots, for the overthrow of the
Guises, in France; death of Francis II, Charles IX succeeds; Catherine
de' Medici controls the government as regent. Arrest of Conde.
Queen Elizabeth of England and the Scottish Reformers conclude a pact
of alliance. Death of the Regent, Mary of Guise; Mary Stuart and her
husband, Francis II, arrange the treaty of Edinburgh with Elizabeth
and the Reformers. Passing by the Scotch Parliament of the Statutes of
Reformation.
1561. Queen Mary Stuart returns to Scotland. See "MARY STUART: HER REIGN
AND EXECUTION," X, 51.
Rebellion of Shane O'Neil in Ireland.
Edict against the Reformers, now called Huguenots; Conde and Coligny
prepare to take up arms.
1562. Submission and pardon of Shane O'Neil.
Edict of St.
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