1589 in Scotland

Events from the year 1589 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – James VI

Events

 * 20 August – Anne of Denmark marries James VI by proxy at Kronborg
 * 23 November – 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 – 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 – George Jamesone, portrait painter (died 1644)

Deaths

 * February
 * James Halyburton, Protestant reformer (born 1518)
 * Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay, Confederate (born 1521)
 * 7 September – Jane Kennedy, companion of Mary, Queen of Scots (drowned while making ferry crossing across the Forth to greet the new queen, Anne of Denmark)
 * 28 December – George Douglas, Bishop of Moray