1578 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1578 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1578 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1578 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- Battle of the Spoiling Dyke at Trumpan on the Isle of Skye: the Clan MacLeod are victorious over the MacDonalds of Uist in a feud.[1]
Births
- Robert Boyd, Principal of the University of Glasgow (died 1627)
- William Welwod, jurist (died 1622)
- Gilbert Jack, philosopher (died 1628)
Deaths
- February â Archibald Ruthven.[2]
- 7 March â Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
- 17 March â John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis.[3]
- 14 April â James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, in Denmark (born c.â1534)[4]
- May/September â Robert Richardson, lord treasurer
- September/October â Alexander Hepburn, Bishop of Ross
- James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig, baron
