1609 in Scotland

Events in the year 1609 in Scotland.

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Centuries:	15th 16th 17th 18th 19th
Decades:	1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s
See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1609 in: England • Elsewhere

Incumbents

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland

• Monarch – James VI

Events

• Establishment of the titles of Lord Dingwall and Lord Cranstoun, two titles in the Peerage of Scotland
• Passing of the Statutes of Iona

Births

• John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1679).

Deaths

James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran

• 8 April – Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, nobleman and politician (b. 1553)
• 2 September – Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton (b. 1567)
• 4 December – Alexander Hume, poet (born c.1560)

Full date missing

• Jean Fleming, noblewoman (b. 1553/34)
• Patrick Hume of Polwarth, courtier and makar (born c.1550)
• James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran (born c.1532)