1585 in Scotland

Events from the year 1585 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

← 1584 1583 1582 1581 1580 1585 in Scotland → 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590
Centuries:	14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
Decades:	1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s
See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1585 in: England • Elsewhere

Incumbents

• Monarch – James VI

Events

• Curators Act 1585 passed

Births

• 13 December – William Drummond of Hawthornden, poet (died 1649)
• date unknown –
  • William Forbes, first Bishop of Edinburgh (died 1634)
  • Sir John Scott of Scotstarvet, noble, known as a lawyer, statesman and author (died 1670)
  • James Wedderburn, Bishop of Dunblane (died 1639)

Deaths

• February – George Seton, 7th Lord Seton (born 1531)
• March – Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld
• 1 September – Alexander Arbuthnot, printer
• 4 December – John Willock, reformer (born c. 1515)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history