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King James I ( 1603 - 1625 )
1603 - James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England, Scotland, a n d I r eland after the death of Elizabeth I uniting the thrones of Scotla n d a n d England.
1603 - The Millenary Petition is presented to James I. It expresses Pur i t a n desires for reforms to the Church of England.
1603 - Plot against James to set his cousin Arabella Stuart on the thro n e . S ir Walter Raleigh is implicated and imprisoned.
1604 - The Somerset House Peace Conference results in peace between Eng l a n d and Spain.
1604 - The Hampton Court Conference fails to settle the doctrinal diffe r e n ces between the Anglican Church and its Puritan critics.
1604 - James proclaims that smoking is harmful to the lungs and imposes a t a x o n t obacco
1605 - Guy Fawkes and other Catholic dissidents attempt to blow up King a n d P a rliament in The Gunpowder Plot. They are betrayed and arrested.
1606 - The Gunpowder plotters are executed. 120 colonists sail for Amer i c a .
1607 - The Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel end their rebellion against En g l i sh rule of Ireland and flee to Europe; Ulster is colonized by Protes t a n t settlers from Scotland and England.
1607 - The English Parliament rejects Union with Scotland.
1607 - Common citizenship of English and Scottish persons is granted to t h o s e born after the accession of James VI of Scotland to the English th r o n e.
1607 - Jamestown found in America by the Virginia company
1609 - Scottish and English Protestants are encouraged to settle in Uls t e r
1609 - Shakespeare completes the Sonnets.
1611 - The King James Authorized Version of the Bible is published.
1611 - Dissolution of the first Parliament of James I.
1611 - Arabella Stuart secretly marries William Seymour. When James fin d s o u t Seymour is imprisoned but escapes with Arabella. They are captur e d o n t he way to France and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Arabella s t a r ves herself to death there in 1615.
1612 - Henry, Prince of Wales, dies of typhoid. His younger brother, Ch a r l es, becomes heir to the throne.
1612 - Heretics are burned at the stake for the last time in England.
1613 - James' daughter Elizabeth marries Frederick V, Elector of Palati n e . T heir descendants in House of Hanover will eventually inherit the B r i t ish Throne.
1613 - The Globe Theatre in London burns during a performance of Henry V I I I
1614 - Second Parliament of James I meets.
1614 - Scottish mathematician John Napier publishes his theory of logar i t h ms simplifying calculations for navigators.
1615 - George Villiers becomes James’s favourite.
1616 - Playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1616 - Raleigh is released from prison to lead an expedition to Guiana i n s e a rch of El Dorado
1617 - George Villiers becomes the Earl of Buckingham.
1618 - Raleigh fails in his expedition and on his return is executed fo r a l l eged treason at Westminster.
1620 - The Pilgrim Fathers set sail for America in the Mayflower. They l a n d a t Cape Cod and found New Plymouth.
1625 - Death of James I, aged 58.
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1566 - 1625 (58 years)
