1580 in Scotland

Events from the year 1580 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents Monarch – James VI

Births 12 January – Alexander Ruthven, master of Ruthven (killed 1600) 14 September – Robert Gordon of Straloch, cartographer, poet, musician, mathematician and antiquary (died 1661) Prince William Caudle Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, soldier (died 1661) Approximate date – George Sinclair, mercenary (killed at Battle of Kringen 1612)

Deaths 6 January – James Hamilton, bishop of Argyll – William MacDowall, priest and Master of Works 27 October – Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, knight (born 1545) Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, chronicler (born )

See also Timeline of Scottish history

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