1609 in Scotland
# 1609 in Scotland

Events in the year 1609 in Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – James VI

## Events

* Establishment of the titles of Lord Dingwall and Lord Cranstoun, two titles in the Peerage of Scotland
* Passing of the Statutes of Iona

## Births

* John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1679).

## Deaths

* 8 April – Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, nobleman and politician (b. 1553)
* 2 September – Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton (b. 1567)
* 4 December – Alexander Hume, poet (born c.1560)

### Full date missing

* Jean Fleming, noblewoman (b. 1553/34)
* Patrick Hume of Polwarth, courtier and makar (born c.1550)
* James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran (born c.1532)
