1585 in Scotland
1585 in Scotland |
Years |
1583 | 1584 | 1585 | 1586 | 1587 |
Events from 1585 in Scotland
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
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