1580 in Scotland

Events from the year 1580 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

← 1579 1578 1577 1576 1575 1580 in Scotland → 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585
Centuries:	14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
Decades:	1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s
See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1580 in: England • Elsewhere

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
• c. January – William MacDowall, priest and Master of Works
• 27 October – Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, knight (born 1545)
• Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, chronicler (born c. 1532)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history