1585 in Scotland

Events from the year 1585 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents Monarch – James VI

Events Curators Act 1585 passed 30 April – First death in Edinburgh from plague.Steven J. Reid, The Early Life of James VI, A Long Apprenticeship (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2023), p. 259. 4 November – James VI surrenders Stirling Castle to the rebel lords.Alexander Courtney, James VI, Britannic Prince: King of Scots and Elizabeth's Heir, 1566–1603 (Routledge, 2024), p. 85.

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 (born 1531) March – Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld 3 June – John Grant of Freuchie. 1 September – Alexander Arbuthnot, printer 8 October – Andrew Hay, 8th Earl of Erroll 4 December – John Willock, reformer (born )

See also Timeline of Scottish history

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