1565 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – Mary, Queen of Scots

Events

• 3 April – Thomas Scott of Cambusmichael is executed using Edinburgh's Maiden (guillotine).
• 29 July – Wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh.
• August–October – Chaseabout Raid, an attempted rebellion by James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, against his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots.

Births

• John Spottiswoode
• Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray
• Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie

Deaths

• 2 May – Angus MacDonnell
• 5 July – James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg