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King James was born at Edinburgh Castle
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Crowned King James VI of Scotland aged 13 months, and was crowned at Stirling.
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The Millenary Petition is presented to James I. It expresses Puritan desires for reforms to the Church of 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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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.
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The Gunpowder plotters are hung
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Jamestown found in America by the Virginia company
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The King James Authorized Version of the Bible is published.
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Heretics are burned at the stake for the last time in England.
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Second Parliament of James I meets.
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Playwright William Shakespeare dies
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At Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire, aged 58 years, 9 months, and 7 days, he passes away.
