1589 in Scotland
Events from the year 1589 in the Kingdom of Scotland.Incumbents
Monarch – James VIEvents
- 20 August – Anne of Denmark marries James VI by proxy at Kronborg
- 23 November – James VI and Anne of Denmark marry formally at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo
- Golf is played on Glasgow Green
Births
- 9 December – John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown
- William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
- James King, 1st Lord Eythin, soldier
- Probable – George Jamesone, portrait painter
Deaths
- February
- *James Halyburton, Protestant reformer
- *Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay, Confederate
- 7 September – Jane Kennedy, companion of Mary, Queen of Scots
- 28 December – George Douglas, Bishop of Moray