1597 in Scotland
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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
- Robert Bethune, Baron of Balfour
- Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, soldier (murdered 1645)
- Approximate date –
- 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