1570 in Scotland
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Events from 1570 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1570 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1570 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
- Monarch â James VI
- Regent Moray, followed by Regent Lennox.
Events
- 14 February â Funeral of Regent Moray at St Giles' Cathedral.[1]
- April â Nageir the Moor, a courtier, leaves Scotland.[2]
- 12 July â Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox is elected and proclaimed Regent of Scotland at the Tolbooth of Edinburgh.
- Battle of Bun Garbhain
Births
- 13 April â Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat
Deaths
- 23 January â James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland, assassinated by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh at Linlithgow.
- February â Henry Balnaves, lawyer and Protestant reformer.
- 15 April â John Wood, assassinated.[3]
- 7 September â Euphemia Leslie, Prioress of Elcho.
Buildings
- Mar's Wark at Stirling has datestones of 1570 and 1572.[4]
Publications
- Ane Prettie Mirrour, or Conference betuix the faithful Protestant and the Dissemblit false Hypocreit, by William Lauder, printed by Robert Lekpreuik in Edinburgh.
- The Regentis Tragedie, by Robert Sempill the elder, printed by Robert Lekpreuik in Edinburgh and John Awdely in London.