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King James Comes to the Throne
King James VI of Scotland ascends to the English throne, becoming James I of England and uniting the crowns - but not the parliaments - of the two kingdoms -
End of the Anglo-Spanish War
Among his achievements he ended the long war with Spain in 1604. -
Gunpowder Plot
A plot in which Guy Fawkes and other Catholic associates conspired to blow up King James I and the Parliament of England was uncovered. -
Jamestown
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King James Bible
King James I was also responsible for a new translation of the Bible, the King James Version. -
The Death of Prince Henry
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Death of Shakespeare
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Beginning of 30 Years War
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The Execution of Walter Raleigh
Raleigh was beheaded in the Old Palace Yard at the Palace of Westminster on 29 October 1618.Raleigh's head was embalmed and presented to his wife. His body was to be buried in the local church in Beddington, Surrey, the home of Lady Raleigh, but was finally laid to rest in St. Margaret's, Westminster, where his tomb may still be visited today. -
The King's Death
After about the age of fifty, James suffered increasingly from arthritis, gout and kidney stones.[145] He also lost his teeth, and drank heavily.[146] During the last year of James's life, with Buckingham consolidating his control of Charles to ensure his own future, the king was often seriously ill, leaving him an increasingly peripheral figure, rarely able to visit London.James finally died at Theobalds House on 27 March during a violent attack of dysentery, with Buckingham at his bedside. -
King Charles and Parliament
Charles I dissolves Parliament -
Archbishop William Laud
In 1629 William Laud was Bishop of London. He was strongly opposed to the Puritans and Charles supported him wholeheartedly. Laud was made Archbishop of Canterbury. Laud was determined to suppress the Puritans and he sent commissioners into almost every parish to make sure the local churches came into line. -
First Bishops' War
Bishops' Wars' were conflicts, both political and military, which occurred in 1639 and 1640 centred on the nature of the governance of the Church of Scotland, and the rights and powers of the Crown. -
First Civill War Begins
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Accession of Louis XIV of France
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Second Civil War
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Anglo-Dutch War
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Cromwell made Lord Protector
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Death of Cromwell
His son Richard made Protector -
Restoration of Charles II to Throne
