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Events from the year 1591 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
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[1]
 - 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)
 
See also
References
- ↑ Edward Cowan, 'Darker vision of the Scottish renaissance', Renaissance & Reformation in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1983), pp. 132-134.
 
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