1591 in Scotland

Events from the year 1591 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

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See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1591 in: England • Elsewhere

Incumbents

• Monarch – James VI

Events

• February – Brian O'Rourke, rebel lord of West Bréifne in Ireland, seeks right of asylum in Scotland
• 3 April – Brian O'Rourke is arrested in Glasgow and delivered to the English
• 27 December – Raid of Holyrood: The rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell breaks into Holyroodhouse
• December – Newes from Scotland – declaring the damnable life and death of Dr. John Fian, likely compiled by James Carmichael, is published in London
• Burgh of Cockenzie created by James VI
• Canongate Tolbooth built in Edinburgh

Births

• March – Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay, soldier (died 1649)
• Adam Steuart, philosopher (died 1645 in Leiden)

Deaths

• 28 January – Agnes Sampson, executed as a witch
• 16 December – Dr. John Fian, executed as a sorcerer
• John Erskine of Dun, religious reformer (born 1509)
• Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree (born c.1521)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history