1589 in Scotland
# 1589 in Scotland

Events from the year 1589 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – James VI

## Events

* 20 August – Anne of Denmark marries James VI by proxy at Kronborg
* 23 November – James VI and Anne of Denmark marry formally at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo
* Golf is played on Glasgow Green

## Births

* 9 December – John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown (died 1650)
* William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas (died 1660)
* James King, 1st Lord Eythin, soldier (died 1652 in Sweden)
* Probable – George Jamesone, portrait painter (died 1644)

## Deaths

* February
   * James Halyburton, Protestant reformer (born 1518)
   * Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay, Confederate (born 1521)
* 7 September – Jane Kennedy, companion of Mary, Queen of Scots (drowned while making ferry crossing across the Forth to greet the new queen, Anne of Denmark)
* 28 December – George Douglas, Bishop of Moray
