1591 in Scotland
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1589 | 1590 | 1591 | 1592 | 1593 |
Events from 1591 in Scotland
Incumbents
Monarch - James VI
Events
- February - Brian O'Rourke, rebel lord of West Bréifne in Ireland, seeks right of asylum in Scotland
- 3 April - Brian O'Rourke is arrested in Glasgow and delivered to the English
- December - James VI's Newes from Scotland - declaring the damnable life and death of Dr. John Fian is published in London
- Burgh of Cockenzie created by James VI
- Canongate Tolbooth built in Edinburgh
Births
- March - Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay, soldier (died 1649)
- Adam Steuart, philosopher (died 1645 in Leiden)
Deaths
- 28 January - Agnes Sampson, executed as a witch
- 16 December - Dr. John Fian, executed as a sorcerer
- John Erskine of Dun, religious reformer (born 1509)
- Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree (born c.1521)
See also
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