Editing 1545 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; King [[Francis I of France]]  issues the "Arrêt de Mérindol", to destroy the Protestant [[Waldensians]] of [[Provence]].
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista De Fornari]] begins a 2-year term as the [[Doge of Genoa]], succeeding [[Andrea Centurione Pietrasanta]]. 
* [[February 22]] &ndash; A [[firman]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] is issued for the dethronement of [[Radu Paisie]] as [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince of Wallachia]].
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ancrum Moor]]: The [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scots]] are victorious over numerically superior [[Kingdom of England|English]] forces.<ref name=CBH1545>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=147–150|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Mircea the Shepherd]] enters [[Bucharest]] as the new ruler of [[Wallachia]], now in [[Romania]].
* [[March 24]] &ndash; At a diet in Worms, Germany, summoned by [[Pope Paul III]], the German Protestant princes demand a national religious settlement for Germany. [[Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V]] refuses.