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1604
 
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James I commissions the Authorized version of the Bible, which is completed by forty-seven scholars in seven years       
1604
 
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Bushy Park has by now acquired its familiar name, from the thorn bushes planted to protect the sapling oaks from the deer See in Google maps   
1604
 
    
William Shakespeare's name appears among the actors in a list of the King's Men       
List of the King's Men in 1604, including Shakespeare
National Archives, Kew
1605
 
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Ben Jonson writes The Masque of Blackness, the first of his many masques for the court of James I        
1605
 
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On the death of Akbar, his son Jahangir succeeds to the Mughal throne       
1605
 
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Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes publishes the first part of his satirically romantic novel Don Quixote       
1605
 
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The Gunpowder Plot, attempting murder and treason, severely damages the Catholic cause in Britain     
Confession of Guy Fawkes in 1605
National Archives, Kew

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1606
 
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The satirical voice of the English playwright Ben Jonson is heard to powerful effect in Volpone       
Benjamin Jonson, by van Blyenberch, c.1617
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1607
 
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Claudio Monteverdi presents Orfeo, the first opera to win a lasting place in the international repertory       
1607
 
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The earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel sail from Ireland with their families, in the event known as the Flight of the Earls