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King James´ birth day
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James is crowned as the King of Scotland being just one year old.
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James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the death of Elizabeth I uniting the thrones of Scotland and England.
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Plot against James to set his cousin Arabella Stuart on the throne. Sir Walter Raleigh is implicated and imprisoned.
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One of James´ early taxes was related to health. James proclaims that smoking is harmful to the lungs and imposes a tax on tobacco.
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Guy Fawkes and other Catholic dissidents attempt to blow up King and Parliament in The Gunpowder Plot. They are betrayed and arrested. One year later, The Gunpowder plotters are executed. 120 colonists sail for America.
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The Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel end their rebellion against English rule of Ireland and flee to Europe; Ulster is colonized by Protestant settlers from Scotland and England.
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The King James Authorized Version of the Bible is published.
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Arabella Stuart secretly marries William Seymour. When James finds out Seymour is imprisoned but escapes with Arabella. They are captured on the way to France and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Arabella starves herself to death there in 1615.
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James' daughter Elizabeth marries Frederick V, Elector of Palatine. Their descendants in House of Hanover will eventually inherit the British Throne.
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Second Parliament of James I is created.
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Raleigh is released from prison to lead an expedition to Guiana in search of El Dorado.
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In his later years, James suffered increasingly from arthritis, gout and kidney stones. He also lost his teeth and drank heavily.
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King James died at 58 years old being one of the most known kings in history.James was buried in Westminster Abbey. The position of the tomb was lost for many years until his lead coffin was found in the Henry VII vault in the 19th century, during an excavation.
