1581 in Scotland

Events from the year 1581 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents Monarch – James VI

Events January – James Stewart marries Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray, celebrated with masques and running at the ring. James VI takes part.Steven J. Reid, The Early Life of James VI, A Long Apprenticeship (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2023), p. 174: Michael Pearce, "Maskerye Claythis for James VI and Anna of Denmark", Medieval English Theatre, 43 (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2022), pp. 112–113.

Births Thomas Sydserf, a merchant James Stuart, 3rd Earl of Moray

Deaths 2 June – James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton executed.George R. Hewitt, Scotland Under Morton, 1572–80 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1982), p. 202.

See also Timeline of Scottish history

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