On 23 January 1570, James Stewart, Earl of Moray, regent for James VI, is assassinated in Linlithgow by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh who was armed with a rifled matchlock carbine. The killing is often incorrectly stated to be the first-ever assassination by firearm.
The Assassination of James Stewart, Earl of Moray
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