Short answers, pulled from the story.
Mary Queen of Scots was born on the 8th of December 1542 at Linlithgow Palace. James Hamilton Earl of Arran served as the first regent from the start of her reign until 1554.
Mary Queen of Scots lived at the French court for thirteen years starting in 1548. She mastered French, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Greek while learning to play the lute and virginals.
An explosion devastated a house belonging to James Balfour's brother at Kirk o Field in the early hours of the morning on the 10th of February 1567. Darnley was found dead in the garden apparently smothered with no visible marks of strangulation.
Mary Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate on the 24th of July 1567 after being imprisoned in Lochleven Castle following a miscarriage of twins. She escaped from Lochleven Castle on the 2nd of May 1568 with George Douglas aid.
Mary Queen of Scots was convicted on the 25th of October and sentenced to death with only Lord Zouche dissenting. William Davison received the signed death warrant from Elizabeth on the 1st of February 1587.