1585 in Scotland
Events from the year 1585 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1585 in: England • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Incumbents
Monarch – James VI
Events
- Curators Act 1585 passed
Births
- 13 December – William Drummond of Hawthornden, poet (died 1649)
- date unknown –
- William Forbes, first Bishop of Edinburgh (died 1634)
- Sir John Scott of Scotstarvet, noble, known as a lawyer, statesman and author (died 1670)
- James Wedderburn, Bishop of Dunblane (died 1639)
Deaths
- February – George Seton, 7th Lord Seton[1] (born 1531)
- March – Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld
- 1 September – Alexander Arbuthnot, printer
- 4 December – John Willock, reformer (born c. 1515)
See also
References
- "Artworks - National Galleries of Scotland". www.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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