1585_in_Scotland Knowpia

Centuries:	14th; 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th;
Decades:	1560s; 1570s; 1580s; 1590s; 1600s;
See also:	List of years in Scotland; Timeline of Scottish history; 1585 in: England • Elsewhere

Events from the year 1585 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents edit

13 December – William Drummond of Hawthornden, poet (died 1649)
date unknown –
- William Forbes, first Bishop of Edinburgh (died 1634)
- Sir John Scott of Scotstarvet, noble, known as a lawyer, statesman and author (died 1670)
- James Wedderburn, Bishop of Dunblane (died 1639)