1585 in Scotland
# 1585 in Scotland

Events from the year 1585 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – James VI

## Events

* Curators Act 1585 passed

## Births

* 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)

## Deaths

* February – George Seton, 7th Lord Seton (born 1531)
* March – Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld
* 1 September – Alexander Arbuthnot, printer
* 4 December – John Willock, reformer (born c. 1515)
