Events from the year 1560 in the

Kingdom of Scotland The Kingdom of Scotland was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a Anglo-Sc ...

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Mary I Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She made vigorous a ...

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* 7 January – French troops commanded by Henri Cleutin and Captain Corbeyran de Cardaillac Sarlabous sail across the

Firth of Forth The Firth of Forth () is a firth in Scotland, an inlet of the North Sea that separates Fife to its north and Lothian to its south. Further inland, it becomes the estuary of the River Forth and several other rivers. Name ''Firth'' is a cognate ...

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Leith Leith (; ) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith and is home to the Port of Leith. The earliest surviving historical references are in the royal charter authorising the construction of ...

, which they are occupying, and fight with the Lords of the Congregation at Pettycur Bay near Kinghorn. * 27 February – Treaty of Berwick: Terms are agreed upon with the Lords of the Congregation in Scotland for forces of the

Kingdom of England The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the late 9th century, when it was unified from various Heptarchy, Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland to f ...

to enter Scotland, to expel French troops defending the Regency of Mary of Guise. * 18 March – Battle of Glasgow: Scottish troops are cut to pieces by the French. * 7 May - English troops at the siege of Leith attempting to storm the fortified town held by French troops suffer a heavy defeat. * 6 July – The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed between Scotland, France and England, ending the Siege of Leith. The French withdraw from Scotland, largely ending the '' Auld Alliance'' between the two countries, and also ending the wars between England and its northern neighbour. * 17 August – Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560: The Scottish Reformation Parliament rejects papal authority, beginning the

Scottish Reformation The Scottish Reformation was the process whereby Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland broke away from the Catholic Church, and established the Protestant Church of Scotland. It forms part of the wider European 16th-century Protestant Reformation. Fr ...

and disestablishing Roman Catholicism in Scotland. * 27 August – The Scottish Reformation Parliament adopts the

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

Scots Confession of faith.

Births

* 19 August – James Crichton, polymath (k. 1582)

Deaths

* 11 June – Mary of Guise, queen consort of James V and regent of Scotland (dropsy) (b. 1515)

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{{Years in Scotland 1560 in Scotland Years of the 16th century in Scotland

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