1585 in Scotland
Events from the year 1585 in the Kingdom of Scotland.Incumbents
Monarch – James VIEvents
- Curators Act 1585 passed
Births
- 13 December – William Drummond of Hawthornden, poet
- date unknown –
- *William Forbes, first Bishop of Edinburgh
- *Sir John Scott of Scotstarvet, noble, known as a lawyer, statesman and author
- *James Wedderburn, Bishop of Dunblane
Deaths
- February – George Seton, 7th Lord Seton
- March – Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld
- 1 September – Alexander Arbuthnot, printer
- 4 December – John Willock, reformer
