1578 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1578 Events from the year 1578 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – James VI Regent Morton Events Battle of the Spoiling Dyke at Trumpan on the Isle of Skye: the Clan MacLeod are victorious over the MacDonalds of Uist in a feud.Alexander John Haddow The History and Structure of Ceol Mor: A Guide to Piobaireachd, the Classical Music of the Great Highland Bagpipe: a Collection of Critical and Historical Essays https://books.google.com/books?id=Zk8UAQAAIAAJ 1982 M.R.S. Haddow 67 Births Robert Boyd, Principal of the University of Glasgow (died 1627) William Welwod, jurist (died 1622) Gilbert Jack, philosopher (died 1628) Deaths February – Archibald Ruthven.Thomas Alfred Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 62. 7 March – Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox 17 March – John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis.David Reid, History of the House of Angus, vol. 1 (Edinburgh: STS, 2005), pp. 242–3. 14 April – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, in Denmark (born 1534)James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, c 1535–1578, Third husband of Mary Queen of Scots − Artists A–Z − Online Collection − Collection − National Galleries of Scotland National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/U/5600/artist_name/Unknown/record_id/2917 https://web.archive.org/web/20130201214848/http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/U/5600/artist_name/Unknown/record_id/2917 1 February 2013 live 2013-06-16 dmy May/September – Robert Richardson, lord treasurer September/October – Alexander Hepburn, Bishop of Ross James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig, baron See also Timeline of Scottish history References 1578 Scotland