1590s in Scotland
# 1590s in Scotland

This article lists events from the 1590s in Scotland.

## Incumbents

Monarch of Scotland

* James VI (1567–1625)

Duke of Rothesay, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, etc.

* Henry Frederick Stuart (1594–1612)

## Events

### 1590

* Entry and coronation of Anne of Denmark.
* The North Berwick witch trials begin.

### 1592

* Margaret Vinstarr plans the escape of her lover John Wemyss of Logie from Dalkeith Palace.

### 1594

* The christening of Prince Henry is celebrated at Stirling Castle with a tournament, a feast, and a masque.

### 1597

* King James VI publishes his Daemonologie, detailing his reflections and studies on the matter of how to deal with witchcraft.

### 1598

* William Schaw issues the first of the Schaw Statutes of masonry, the Second Statute following in 1599.
