1570 in Scotland

none 1570 Events from 1570 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – James VI Regent Moray, followed by Regent Lennox. Events 14 February – Funeral of Regent Moray at St Giles' Cathedral.David Laing, "Notice respecting the monument of Regent Murray", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 6 (1865), p. 49. 10.9750/PSAS.006.49.55 April – Nageir the Moor, a courtier, leaves Scotland.David Laing, "Notice respecting the monument of Regent Murray", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 6 (1865), pp. 52–53. 10.9750/PSAS.006.49.55 12 July – Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox is elected and proclaimed Regent of Scotland at the Tolbooth of Edinburgh. Battle of Bun Garbhain Births 13 April – Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat Deaths 23 January – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland, assassinated by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh at Linlithgow. February – Henry Balnaves, lawyer and Protestant reformer. 15 April – John Wood, assassinated.Jane Dawson, "Mary, Queen of Scots, Three Noblewomen and a Fife 'Murder Mystery", Gender in Scotland: Place, Faith, and Politics (Edinburgh, 2024), p. 13. 7 September – Euphemia Leslie, Prioress of Elcho. Buildings Mar's Wark at Stirling has datestones of 1570 and 1572.Aonghus MacKechnie, "Early Post Reformation Scots Houses", Ian Gow & Alistair Rowan, Scottish Country Houses (Edinburgh, 1995), p. 26. Publications Ane Prettie Mirrour, or Conference betuix the faithful Protestant and the Dissemblit false Hypocreit, by William Lauder, printed by Robert Lekpreuik in Edinburgh. The Regentis Tragedie, by Robert Sempill the elder, printed by Robert Lekpreuik in Edinburgh and John Awdely in London. References Category:1570 in Scotland Scotland