1580 in Scotland

Events from the year 1580 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

Monarch – James VI

Births

12 January – Alexander Ruthven, master of Ruthven
14 September – Robert Gordon of Straloch, cartographer, poet, musician, mathematician and antiquary
Prince William Caudle
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, soldier
Approximate date – George Sinclair, mercenary

Deaths

6 January – James Hamilton, bishop of Argyll
– William MacDowall, priest and Master of Works
27 October – Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, knight
Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, chronicler