1591 in Scotland

Incumbents

Events

• February – Brian O'Rourke, rebel lord of West Bréifne in Ireland, seeks right of asylum in Scotland
• 3 April – Brian O'Rourke is arrested in Glasgow and delivered to the English
• December – James VI's Newes from Scotland – declaring the damnable life and death of Dr. John Fian is published in London
• Burgh of Cockenzie created by James VI
• Canongate Tolbooth built in Edinburgh

  Births

• March – Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay, soldier
• Adam Steuart, philosopher

  Deaths

• 28 January – Agnes Sampson, executed as a witch
• 16 December – Dr. John Fian, executed as a sorcerer
• John Erskine of Dun, religious reformer
• Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree