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| 1605 |
| | | The Gunpowder Plot, attempting murder and treason, severely damages the Catholic cause in Britain | |
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| 1606 |
| | | The satirical voice of the English playwright Ben Jonson is heard to powerful effect in Volpone | |
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| 1607 |
| | | The earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel sail from Ireland with their families, in the event known as the Flight of the Earls | |
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| 1608 |
| | | A shipload of Puritans, among them some of the future Pilgrim Fathers, sail from Boston in Lincolnshire to seek religious freedom in Holland | |
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| 1609 |
| | | Shakespeare's sonnets, written ten years previously, are published | |
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| c. 1611 |
| | | Shakespeare's last completed play, The Tempest, is performed | |
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| 1612 |
| | | The establishment of a Baptist church in London is a defining moment for the Baptist sect within Christianity | |
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| 1613 |
| | | The Globe catches fire during a performance of Shakespeare's last play, Henry VIII | |
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| 1616 |
| | | Pocahontas fascinates Londoners when she arrives with her husband to publicize Jamestown | |
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| 1616 |
| | | John Smith publishes A Description of New England, an account of his exploration of the region in 1614 | |
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