1578 in Scotland
# 1578 in Scotland

Events from the year 1578 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – James VI

## Events

* Battle of the Spoiling Dyke at Trumpan on the Isle of Skye: the Clan MacLeod are victorious over the MacDonalds of Uist in a feud.

## Births

* Robert Boyd, Principal of the University of Glasgow (died 1627)
* William Welwod, jurist (died 1622)
* Gilbert Jack, philosopher (died 1628)

## Deaths

* 14 April – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, in Denmark (born c. 1534)
* May/September – Robert Richardson, lord treasurer
* September/October – Alexander Hepburn, Bishop of Ross
* James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig, baron
