The following events occurred in the Kingdom of Scotland in the year 1591.
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 21 June - Wedding of Lilias Murray and John Grant of Freuchie at Tullibardine Castle.Michael Pearce, 'Anna of Denmark: Fashioning a Danish Court in Scotland', The Court Historian, 24:2 (2019), p. 149 27 December – Raid of Holyrood: The rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell breaks into Holyroodhouse.Edward Cowan, 'Darker vision of the Scottish renaissance', Renaissance & Reformation in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1983), pp. 132-134. December – Newes from Scotland – declaring the damnable life and death of Dr. John Fian, likely compiled by James Carmichael, 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 Timeline of Scottish history
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