1585 in Scotland

Events from the year 1585 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – James VI

Events

 * Curators Act 1585 passed

Births

 * 13 December – William Drummond of Hawthornden, poet (died 1649)
 * date unknown –
 * William Forbes, first Bishop of Edinburgh (died 1634)
 * Sir John Scott of Scotstarvet, noble, known as a lawyer, statesman and author (died 1670)
 * James Wedderburn, Bishop of Dunblane (died 1639)

Deaths

 * February – George Seton, 7th Lord Seton (born 1531)
 * March – Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld
 * 1 September – Alexander Arbuthnot, printer
 * 4 December – John Willock, reformer (born c. 1515)