1546 in Scotland

1546 Events from the year 1546 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – Mary I Regent Arran Events 1 March – Scottish Protestant reformer George Wishart, arrested on 19 January, is burned at the stake at St Andrews on orders of Cardinal David Beaton of the Roman Catholic church, after being found guilty of heresy.Rogers Charles Life of George Wishart, the Scottish martyr, with his translation of the Helvetian Confession and a genealogical history of the family of Wishart 1876 William Paterson London https://archive.org/details/lifeofgeorgewish00gram/page/n4 28 July 2019 Cardinal Beaton is assassinated less than three months later. 29 May – David Beaton, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews and the only Scottish cardinal, is assassinated at St Andrews Castle by William Kirkcaldy and Norman Leslie in retaliation for the 28 March execution of Wishart.http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1995/issue46/murdercomestothearchbishop.html Lamont, Stewart. "Murder comes to the Archbishop", Christian History and Biography, 1 July 2008 16 November 2013 29 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035659/http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1995/issue46/murdercomestothearchbishop.html dead 8 July – The Earl of Arran, Regent of Scotland for Mary, Queen of Scots, recaptures Dumbarton Castle from England after a 20-day siege. 14 August – The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Treaty of Ardres.Thomson, Thomas, ed., Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, vol.2 (Edinburgh, 1814), pp. 473-4: Cameron, Annie I., ed., Scottish Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine (SHS, Edinburgh, 1927), pp. 169-173. October – Siege of St Andrews Castle: the Regent Arran lays siege to the "Catilians", a group of Protestants who have been holding the castle since their 29 May assassination of Cardinal Beaton there. 18 December – Siege of St Andrews Castle: A truce is agreed to between the Kingdom of Scotland (led by the Regent Arran) and the "Catilians". With England's king Henry VIII threatening an invasion to protect the Castilians, the parties agree that no action will be taken until the Pope can consider whether to absolve the Protestants of murder, and that if the Pope grants the absolution, the Protestants will be allowed to surrender on good terms.State Papers Henry VIII, vol. 5 (London, 1836), 578–579, 25 December 1546. Births Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell, noblewoman (died 1629) Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, king consort (assassinated 1567) Deaths 1 March – George Wishart, religious reformer (executeded) (born 1513) 29 May – David Beaton, cardinal (assassinated) (born c. 1494) 9 July – Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell, statesman (born c. 1493) See also Timeline of Scottish history 1546 in England 1546 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 16th century in Scotland Scotland