1562 in Scotland
Events from 1562 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January – The poet Alexander Scott may have presented Ane New Yeir Gift to Quene Mary at Seton Palace.
- 8 February – Agnes Keith marries James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray at St Giles, Edinburgh.
- 1 April – A royal guard of archers is created.
- April – James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran, talks of conspiracy theories and is confined as insane.
- 9 September - Mary, Queen of Scots, besieges Inverness Castle.
- 28 October – Battle of Corrichie
Births
- December – Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell
- William Seton of Kylesmure, courtier and administrator
Deaths
- 20 February – Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, former governess of Mary, Queen of Scots
- 28 October – George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
- John Campbell of Lundy, lawyer and treasurer of Scotland
- William Murray of Tullibardine