1513 in Scotland

Events from the year 1513 in Scotland.

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Centuries:	14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
Decades:	1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s
See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1513 in: England • Elsewhere

Incumbents

• Monarch – James IV (until 9 September), then James V

Events

• 9 September – Battle of Flodden in Northumberland: heavy defeat of the Scottish army by the English; King James IV and many nobles are killed in battle.
• Kilberry castle is destroyed by an English pirate.

Births

• unknown date – Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie, nobleman (died 1570)

Deaths

• 9 September:
  • James IV of Scotland, monarch, killed at Battle of Flodden (born 1473)
  • George Douglas, Master of Angus, killed at Battle of Flodden (born 1469)
  • William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness, killed at Battle of Flodden (born 1459)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history