title: 1587 in Scotland
text: # 1587 in Scotland
  
  Events from the year 1587 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – James VI
  
  ## Events
  
  * 8 February – the captive Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England on the orders of her cousin Elizabeth I of England for being implicated in plots against her.
  
  ## Births
  
  * Approximate date – Thomas Young, Presbyterian minister (died 1655 in England)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 8 February – Mary, Queen of Scots (born 1542)
  * John Black, composer (born c.1520)
  