1609 in Scotland

Events in the year 1609 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – James VI

Events

 * Establishment of the titles of Lord Dingwall and Lord Cranstoun, two titles in the Peerage of Scotland
 * Passing of the Statutes of Iona

Births

 * John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1679).

Deaths



 * 8 April – Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, nobleman and politician (b. 1553)
 * 2 September – Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton (b. 1567)
 * 4 December – Alexander Hume, poet (born c.1560)

Full date missing

 * Jean Fleming, noblewoman (b. 1553/34)
 * Patrick Hume of Polwarth, courtier and makar (born c.1550)
 * James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran (born c.1532)