1591 in Scotland

Events from the year 1591 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – James VI

Events

 * February – Brian O'Rourke, rebel lord of West Bréifne in Ireland, seeks right of asylum in Scotland
 * 3 April – Brian O'Rourke is arrested in Glasgow and delivered to the English
 * 27 December – Raid of Holyrood: The rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell breaks into Holyroodhouse
 * December – Newes from Scotland – declaring the damnable life and death of Dr. John Fian, likely compiled by James Carmichael, is published in London
 * Burgh of Cockenzie created by James VI
 * Canongate Tolbooth built in Edinburgh

Births

 * March – Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay, soldier (died 1649)
 * Adam Steuart, philosopher (died 1645 in Leiden)

Deaths

 * 28 January – Agnes Sampson, executed as a witch
 * 16 December – Dr. John Fian, executed as a sorcerer
 * John Erskine of Dun, religious reformer (born 1509)
 * Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree (born c.1521)