title: 1585 in Scotland
text: # 1585 in Scotland
  
  Events from the year 1585 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – James VI
  
  ## Events
  
  * Curators Act 1585 passed
  
  ## Births
  
  * 13 December – William Drummond of Hawthornden, poet (died 1649)
  * date unknown –
     * William Forbes, first Bishop of Edinburgh (died 1634)
     * Sir John Scott of Scotstarvet, noble, known as a lawyer, statesman and author (died 1670)
     * James Wedderburn, Bishop of Dunblane (died 1639)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * February – George Seton, 7th Lord Seton (born 1531)
  * March – Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld
  * 1 September – Alexander Arbuthnot, printer
  * 4 December – John Willock, reformer (born c. 1515)
  