1592 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1592 Events from the year 1592 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – James VI Events 7 February – George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, sets fire to Donibristle Castle and murders James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray. 5 June – Parliament of Scotland meets. June – James VI enacts the "Golden Act" recognising the power of Presbyterianism within the Scottish church.https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zs6yvcw/revision/4 James VI - monarch and Kirk BBC Bitesize BBC 24 October 2018 June – The Mines and Metals Act grants Scottish landowners freedom to mine, subject to a levy to the Crown.http://old.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=892580&sid=141e64d6d524b4508a326552b94b59fa QI Talk Forum | View topic – Mines and Metals Act 1592 (Scotland) Old.qi.com 2013-07-14Mines and Metals Act 1592 Lord Menmuir was made Master of Metals in June.David Ross Stewart, A Treatise on the Law Relating to Mines, Quarries, and Minerals in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1894), pp. 20-22: Lives of the Lindsays, Or a Memoir of the Houses of Crawford, vol. 1 (London, 1849), pp. 353–4. 28 June – the outlawed Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, attempts to capture Falkland Palace and the king, accompanied by Walter Scott of Harden and James Scott of Balwearie, with the English border reivers Richie Graham of Brackenhill and Thomas Musgrave of Bewcastle, and others.Joseph Bain, Calendar of Border Papers: 1560-1594, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1894), p. 516 August – Margaret Vinstarr helps her lover John Wemyss of Logie escape from Dalkeith Palace.Gareth Russell, Queen James: The Lives and Loves of Britain's First King (London: William Collins, 2025), p. 160. December – Spanish blanks plot discovered. Births Robert Burnet, Lord Crimond, advocate and judge (died 1661) George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (died 1649)http://www.geni.com/people/George-Gordon/6000000005255726296 George 2nd Marquess Huntly Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (1592–1648) – Genealogy Geni 2013-03-17 2013-07-14 Deaths 7 February – James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray (born c.1565)http://www.geni.com/people/James-Stewart-2nd-Earl-of-Moray/6000000003162583837 James Stuart (Stewart), 2nd Lord Doune, 2nd Earl of Moray (c.1565–1592) – Genealogy Geni 2013-04-08 2013-07-14 Patrick Adamson, Archbishop of St Andrews (born 1537)http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/U/5600/artist_name/Unknown/record_id/23764 Patrick Adamson, 1537–1592. Prelate and statesman − Unknown − U − Artists A–Z − Online Collection − Collection − National Galleries of Scotland Nationalgalleries.org 2013-07-14 2 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130202050114/http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/U/5600/artist_name/Unknown/record_id/23764 dead Alexander Erskine of Gogar, laird William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston Buildings Burntisland Parish Church See also Timeline of Scottish history References 1592 Scotland