1562 in Scotland
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Events from 1562 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1562 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1562 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January â The poet Alexander Scott may have presented Ane New Yeir Gift to Quene Mary at Seton Palace.[1]
- 8 February â Agnes Keith marries James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray at St Giles, Edinburgh.[2]
- 1 April â A royal guard of archers is created.[3]
- April â James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran, talks of conspiracy theories and is confined as insane.[4]
- 9 September - Mary, Queen of Scots, on her first northern progress, besieges Inverness Castle.
- 28 October â Battle of Corrichie
Births
- December â Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell
- William Seton of Kylesmure, courtier and administrator
Deaths
- 20 February â Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, former governess of Mary, Queen of Scots
- 28 October â George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
- John Campbell of Lundy, lawyer and treasurer of Scotland
- William Murray of Tullibardine