Battle Of Glasgow (1560)
The Battle of Glasgow may refer to: *Battle of Glasgow (1544), a clash on Glasgow Muir, Scotland, as part of the Rough Wooing *Battle of Glasgow (1560), a battle between French troops and forces of the Scottish Reformation *Battle of Glasgow, Missouri The Battle of Glasgow was fought on October 15, 1864, in and near Glasgow, Missouri, as part of Price's Missouri Expedition during the American Civil War. The battle resulted in the capture of needed weapons and improved Confederate morale, ...

Battle Of Glasgow (1544)
The Battle of Glasgow was fought on 16 March 1544, between Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox and the Scottish Regent James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, and their adherents, during the minority of Mary, Queen of Scots. There was a second battle at Glasgow Muir in May 1544, known as the Battle of the Butts, between Arran and the Earl of Glencairn. Prelude The Earl of Lennox and William Cunningham, Earl of Glencairn continued to show support for the marriage of Prince Edward to Mary, Queen of Scots after the Parliament of Scotland had rejected this English marriage proposal. The rejection, a breach of the Treaty of Greenwich, resulted in the declaration of war, the war now called the Rough Wooing. Lennox and Glencairn were thus caught offside and technically traitors. Lennox wrote to Mary of Guise on 7 March 1544 hoping to buy time by offering his innocence to be tried before a convention of his peers. He wrote that it was heavily murmured by the Governor and his council;"that I ...
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Battle Of Glasgow (1560)
The Battle of Glasgow may refer to: *Battle of Glasgow (1544), a clash on Glasgow Muir, Scotland, as part of the Rough Wooing *Battle of Glasgow (1560), a battle between French troops and forces of the Scottish Reformation *Battle of Glasgow, Missouri The Battle of Glasgow was fought on October 15, 1864, in and near Glasgow, Missouri, as part of Price's Missouri Expedition during the American Civil War. The battle resulted in the capture of needed weapons and improved Confederate morale, ...