1582 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1582 Events from the year 1582 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – James VI Events 22 August – Raid of Ruthven: a political conspiracy of Presbyterian nobles abduct the King. George Buchanan's History of Scotland (Rerum Scoticarum Historia) is first published, in Edinburgh. Donald Monro's Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (1549) is first published. Births 28 January – John Barclay, writer, satirist and poet (died 1621 in Rome) 7 August – William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland (died 1648) William Lithgow, traveller, writer and alleged spy (died 1645) Deaths 3 July – James Crichton, polymath (born 1560) (fatally stabbed in Mantua) 28 September – George Buchanan, Scottish historian (born 1506)http://www.rampantscotland.com/famous/blfambuchanan.htm Famous Scots - George Buchanan www.rampantscotland.comGeorge Buchanan (1506-1582) http://www.clanscotland.org.uk/index.php/resources/great-scots4/21-resources/140-george-buchanan-1506-1582 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074502/http://www.clanscotland.org.uk/index.php/resources/great-scots4/21-resources/140-george-buchanan-1506-1582 4 March 2016 11 June 2013 dmy-all Mary Livingston, noble and courtier (born 1541)Tudor Marys - Tudors Dynasty http://www.tudorsdynasty.com/tudor-marys/ Tudors Dynasty 2 April 2018 23 May 2016 See also Timeline of Scottish history References 1582 Scotland