Located just off the A1, in Northamptonshire, is the tiny village of Fotheringhay, of which the historian John Nicholls wrote ...

Fotheringhay Castle was once the seat of power of the Dukes of York, but now it's a pile of bricks on the site where the ...

on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England on February 8, 1587. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On February 8, 1587, the ...

On February 8, 1971, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (Nasdaq) opened. In 1960, the Hollywood Walk of Fame was established. In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was behead ...

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Alton's worst fire erupted at Russell Milling Co., causing $1.5 million in damage and injuring six firefighters.

Also on this date: In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. In 1693, a charter was ...

A LETTER penned by Mary Queen of Scots six hours before her death is to go on display in Perth. The Scottish monarch wrote the handwritten letter at 2am in Fotheringhay Castle, England, in 1587 as she ...