1583 in Scotland
Events from the year 1583 in the Kingdom of Scotland.Incumbents
Monarch – James VIEvents
- June – James VI regains his freedom following the Raid of Ruthven.
- James VI signs a charter creating the Tounis College, the modern-day University of Edinburgh.
Births
- Elizabeth Woodford
- Approximate date –
- *David Dickson, theologian
- *Alexander Henderson, theologian
Deaths
- 26 May – Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox
- 13 December – Thomas Smeton, minister and academic
- December – James Balfour, Lord Pittendreich, lawyer
- Alexander Arbuthnot, minister, academic and poet
- John Cockburn of Ormiston, Protestant laird