1589 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1589 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1589 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1589 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- 20 August â Anne of Denmark marries James VI by proxy at Kronborg Castle. James's proxy George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal made speeches and gave her a jewel.[1]
- 22 October â James VI sails from Leith in the James Royal to meet Anne of Denmark in Norway.[2]
- 23 November â James VI and Anne of Denmark marry formally at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo
- Golf is played on Glasgow Green
Births
- 9 December â John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown (died 1650)
- William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas (died 1660)
- James King, 1st Lord Eythin, soldier (died 1652 in Sweden)
- Probable â George Jamesone, portrait painter (died 1644)[3]
Deaths
- February
- James Halyburton, Protestant reformer (born 1518)
- Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay, Confederate (born 1521)
- 7 September â Jane Kennedy, companion of Mary, Queen of Scots (drowned while making ferry crossing across the Forth to greet the new queen, Anne of Denmark)[4]
- 28 December â George Douglas, Bishop of Moray