1592 in Scotland
# 1592 in Scotland

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.
* 28 June – the outlawed Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, attempts to capture Falkland Palace and the king.
* December – Spanish blanks plot discovered.
* James VI enacts the "Golden Act" recognising the power of Presbyterianism within the Scottish church.
* Mines and Metals Act grants Scottish landowners freedom to mine, subject to a levy to the Crown.

## Births

* Robert Burnet, Lord Crimond, advocate and judge (died 1661)
* George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (died 1649)

## Deaths

* 7 February – James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray (born c.1565)
* Patrick Adamson, Archbishop of St Andrews (born 1537)
* Alexander Erskine of Gogar, laird
* William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston
