Events for July 29

Mary, Queen of Scots, married Lord Darnley

July 29, 1565

Mary, Queen of Scots, married Lord Darnley

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.

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Patrick Sarsfield is mortally wounded  at the Battle of Landen

July 29, 1693

Patrick Sarsfield is mortally wounded at the Battle of Landen

1st Earl of Lucan Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan, Irish: Pádraig Sáirseál, circa 1655 to 21 August 1693, was an Irish soldier, and leading figure in the Jacobite army during the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland.

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King James VI crowned at the Church of the Holy Rude

July 29, 1567

King James VI crowned at the Church of the Holy Rude

James VI of Scots-James I of England and Ireland (Charles James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 ? March 27, 1625) was King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland and was the first to style himself King of Great Britain. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567. Then from the Union of the Crowns, in England and Ireland as James I, from 24 March 1603 until his death. He was the first monarch of England from the House of Stuart, succeeding the last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I, who died without issue.

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James Carey, member of the Invincibles, turns Queens evidence

July 29, 1883

James Carey, member of the Invincibles, turns Queens evidence

The Irish National Invincibles, usually known as the Invincibles, were a splinter group of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

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