1588 in Scotland

Incumbents

Events

• 6 February – General Assembly of the Church of Scotland called to defend against the Spanish Armada.
• 12 August – the fleeing Spanish Armada sails past the Firth of Forth, and the English call off their pursuit. Much of the Spanish fleet is destroyed by storms as it sails for home around Scotland and Ireland. On 27 September, El Gran Grifón is wrecked on Fair Isle; and on 5 November the San Juan de Silicia is said to have been destroyed by explosion having sought shelter off Tobermory, Mull.
• date unknown – Hamilton Academy founded as a grammar school in Lanarkshire.

  Births

• 15 May – John Moore, planter in Ulster
• David Forrester, divine

  Deaths

• Between 1 April & 5 November – George Gordon, bishop of Galloway
• 16 July – Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray
• 4 August – Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus
• 4 November – Robert Mor Munro, 15th Baron of Foulis