1582 in Scotland
Events from the year 1582 in the Kingdom of Scotland.Incumbents
Monarch – James VIEvents
- 22 August – Raid of Ruthven: a political conspiracy of Presbyterian nobles abduct the King.
- George Buchanan's History of Scotland is first published, in Edinburgh.
- Donald Monro's Description of the Western Isles of Scotland is first published.
Births
- 28 January – John Barclay, writer, satirist and poet
- 7 August – William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
- Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, soldier
- William Lithgow, traveller, writer and alleged spy
Deaths
- 3 July – James Crichton, polymath
- 28 September – George Buchanan, Scottish historian
