1583 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1583 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents[]
- Monarch – James VI
Events[]
- June – James VI regains his freedom following the Raid of Ruthven.
- James VI signs a charter (dated 1582) creating the Tounis College, the modern-day University of Edinburgh.
Births[]
- Elizabeth Woodford[1]
- Approximate date –
- David Dickson, theologian (died 1663)
- Alexander Henderson, theologian (died )[2]
Deaths[]
- 26 May – Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (born )
- 13 December – Thomas Smeton, minister and academic (born )
- December – James Balfour, Lord Pittendreich, lawyer (born c. 1525)
- Alexander Arbuthnot, minister, academic and poet (born )
- John Cockburn of Ormiston, Protestant laird
See also[]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[]
- ^ "Access forbidden". www.stanford.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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