1583 in Scotland
1583 in Scotland |
Years |
1581 | 1582 | 1583 | 1584 | 1585 |
Events from 1583 in Scotland
Incumbents
Monarch - James VI
Events
- June - James VI regains his freedom following the Raid of Ruthven.
- James VI signs a charter (dated 1582) creating the Tounis College, the modern-day University of Edinburgh.
Births
- Elizabeth Woodford[1]
- Approximate date
- David Dickson, theologian (died 1663)
- Alexander Henderson, theologian (died 1646)[2]
Deaths
- 26 May - Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (born 1542)
- 13 December - Thomas Smeton, minister and academic (born 1536)
- December - James Balfour, Lord Pittendreich, lawyer (born c.1525)
- Alexander Arbuthnot, minister, academic and poet (born 1538)
- John Cockburn of Ormiston, Protestant laird
See also
References
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