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.
• 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.

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.
• June – Marion Ogilvy at Melgund Castle.
• 11 November – Alexander Gordon (bishop of Galloway)
• Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home

References