1573 in Scotland

Events from 1573 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents Monarch – James VI Regent Morton

Events 1 January – William Kirkcaldy of Grange bombards Edinburgh's markets from the Castle, blowing fish into the air.Clare Jackson, The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of James VI and I (Allen Lane, 2025), p. 44. 23 February – The "Pacification of Perth" was a step to ending the Marian Civil War.George R. Hewitt, Scotland Under Morton, 1572–80 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1982), pp. 25–26. 28 May – Edinburgh Castle surrenders to William Drury.Allan Kennedy, Scottish History at a Glance: The Marian Civil War, University of Dundee

Births Henrietta Stewart Jean Guild Thomas Hope of Craighall

Deaths 30 January – George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll February – William Lauder (poet) 9 June – William Maitland of Lethington 3 August – William Kirkcaldy of Grange, James Mosman, and James Cockie hanged in Edinburgh.Harry Potter, Edinburgh Under Siege, 1571–1573 (Stroud: Tempus, 2003), p. 147: George R. Hewitt, Scotland Under Morton, 1572–80 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1982), p. 30. 12 September – Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll.George R. Hewitt, Scotland Under Morton, 1572–80 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1982), p. 41. 14 December – James Ormiston hanged in Edinburgh for his part in the murder of Lord Darnley.Alison Weir, Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley (Jonathan Cape, 2003), pp. 176–177.

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