1597 in Scotland

Events from the year 1597 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – James VI

Events

 * 4 February – Battle of Logiebride, a skirmish between men of the Clan Mackenzie against those of the Clan Munro and the Bain family of Tulloch Castle.
 * March–October – The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597.
 * 14 July – poet Alexander Montgomerie is declared an outlaw after the collapse of a Catholic plot.
 * 23 July – Earthquake in the Highlands.
 * Lands of the Clan MacLeod are forfeit to the Crown.
 * Scottish Poor Laws make parishes rather than the church responsible for the administration of poor relief.
 * King James VI's Daemonologie is published.

Births

 * Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, soldier (murdered 1645)
 * Approximate date:
 * Robert Bethune (died 1660), 1st Laird of Bandon.
 * Lady Mary Erskine, Countess Marischal
 * Andrew Murray, 1st Lord Balvaird, minister (died 1644)

Deaths

 * 11 March – Henry Drummond, evangelical writer and lecturer
 * 27 May – James Tyrie, Jesuit theologian (born 1543)
 * Sir Thomas Maclellan of Bombie, Provost of Kirkcudbright