1575 in Scotland

Events from 1575 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents Monarch – James VI Regent Morton

Events 5 March – Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray returns the Great H of Scotland to Regent Morton.Jade Scott, "Mary Queen of Jewels", History Today, 70:10 (October 2024), pp. 59–60: HMC 6th Report & Appendix: Moray (London, 1877), p. 658 7 July – Raid of the Redeswire, near Carter Bar, a border incident. November – During Regent Morton's justice ayre at Dumfries, Lord John and Claud Hamilton hold a horse race against English borderers at Solway sands.George R. Hewitt, Scotland Under Morton, 1572–80 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1982), p. 131–132: Historie of King James the Sext (Edinburgh, 1825), p. 158.

Births 12 August – James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn David Calderwood, historian, at Dalkeith William Cunningham, 8th Earl of Glencairn

Deaths 22 January – James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault, at Hamilton Palace.Historie of King James the Sext (Edinburgh, 1825), p. 151. June – Marion Ogilvy at Melgund Castle.Margaret H. B. Sanderson, Mary Stewart's People (Edinburgh: James Thin, 1987), p. 19. 11 November – Alexander Gordon (bishop of Galloway) Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home

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