1580 in Scotland
# 1580 in Scotland

Events from the year 1580 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – James VI

## Births

* 12 January – Alexander Ruthven, master of Ruthven (killed 1600)
* 14 September – Robert Gordon of Straloch, cartographer, poet, musician, mathematician and antiquary (died 1661)
* Prince William Caudle
* Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, soldier (died 1661)
* Approximate date – George Sinclair, mercenary (killed at Battle of Kringen 1612)

## Deaths

* 6 January – James Hamilton, bishop of Argyll
* c. January – William MacDowall, priest and Master of Works
* 27 October – Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, knight (born 1545)
* Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, chronicler (born c. 1532)
