Ireland

Nicholas Walsh, Bishop of Ossory,is murdered by James Dullard

Nicholas Walsh (died 1585) was Bishop of Ossory in the Church of Ireland, noted for having introduced prayer-books and catechisms printed in the Irish language. He began the work of translating the Bible into Irish but was not able to complete this before his murder in 1585.

James VI (aged, 8) escaped from Castle Ruthven.

Pope Gregory reforms the calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45BCE

On 15 October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII enacts a major reform of the Julian calendar, introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE.

James VI abducted and taken to the Castle of Ruthven by the Earls of Mar and Gowrie the so-called Ruthven Raid.

James Crichton of Eliock, Died

James Crichton, known as the Admirable Crichton (19 August 1560 – 3 July 1582), was a Scottish polymath noted for his extraordinary accomplishments in languages, the arts, and sciences before he was murdered at the age of 21.

University of Edinburgh founded.

Pope Gregory XIII announces the new Gregorian calendar, replacing the Julian calendar

George Buchan, humanist, poet, historian and tutor of King James VI, died.

James Douglas, Scottish inventor of the guillotine (the Maiden), guillotined.

James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1525 - June 02, 1581), was the last, and arguably the most successful, of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI. However he met an unfortunate end: during his time as regent he introduced the maiden, a primitive guillotine, to Scotland, and he was eventually executed by it himself. He was executed by the maiden–a guillotine he had himself brought from England–on the 2nd of June 1581. He is buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh

James Douglas,, 4th Earl of Morton, beheaded in Edinburgh Grassmarket, accused of the murder of Lord Darnley.