1580 in Scotland

Events from the year 1580 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – James VI

Births

 * 12 January – Alexander Ruthven, master of Ruthven (killed 1600)
 * 14 September – Robert Gordon of Straloch, cartographer, poet, musician, mathematician and antiquary (died 1661)
 * Prince William Caudle
 * Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, soldier (died 1661)
 * Approximate date – George Sinclair, mercenary (killed at Battle of Kringen 1612)

Deaths

 * 6 January – James Hamilton, bishop of Argyll
 * c. January – William MacDowall, priest and Master of Works
 * 27 October – Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, knight (born 1545)
 * Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, chronicler (born c. 1532)