1587
ID: 5171
Ferdinando I de' Medici becomes Grand Duke - leaves cardinalate, marries, restores Medici prosperity
ID: 5171
1587
ID: 3512
February 8, 1587
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay - Protestant-raised James VI learns of Catholic mother's beheading - Creates lifelong pattern: outward Protestant conformity masking deep anxieties
ID: 3512