Events from the year 1582 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
- 22 August – Raid of Ruthven: a political conspiracy of Presbyterian nobles abduct the King.
- George Buchanan's History of Scotland (Rerum Scoticarum Historia) is first published, in Edinburgh.
- Donald Monro's Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (1549) is first published.
Births edit
- 28 January – John Barclay, writer, satirist and poet (died 1621 in Rome)
- 7 August – William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland (died 1648)
- William Lithgow, traveller, writer and alleged spy (died 1645)
Deaths edit
- 3 July – James Crichton, polymath (born 1560) (fatally stabbed in Mantua)
- 28 September – George Buchanan, Scottish historian (born 1506)[1][2]
- Mary Livingston, noble and courtier (born c. 1541)[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Famous Scots - George Buchanan". www.rampantscotland.com.
- ^ "George Buchanan (1506-1582)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ "Tudor Marys - Tudors Dynasty". Tudors Dynasty. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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