1583 in Scotland
# 1583 in Scotland

Events from the year 1583 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – James VI

## Events

* June – James VI regains his freedom following the Raid of Ruthven.
* James VI signs a charter (dated 1582) creating the Tounis College, the modern-day University of Edinburgh.

## Births

* Elizabeth Woodford
* Approximate date –
   * David Dickson, theologian (died 1663)
   * Alexander Henderson, theologian (died 1646)

## Deaths

* 26 May – Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (born 1542)
* 13 December – Thomas Smeton, minister and academic (born 1536)
* December – James Balfour, Lord Pittendreich, lawyer (born c. 1525)
* Alexander Arbuthnot, minister, academic and poet (born 1538)
* John Cockburn of Ormiston, Protestant laird
