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James VI of Scotland inherits peacefully the crown of his English cousin Elizabeth, and becomes James I of England
The accession of James I and VI to the throne of England brings the union of the crowns of England and Scotland
The British king James I launches a blistering attack on the smoking of tobacco, which he considers a loathsome custom
The first false Dmitry marches into Russia with a Polish army to claim the throne
Annibale Carracci completes an influential ceiling fresco in the Farnese palace in Rome
James I commissions the Authorized version of the Bible, which is completed by forty-seven scholars in seven years
Bushy Park has by now acquired its familiar name, from the thorn bushes planted to protect the sapling oaks from the deer
William Shakespeare's name appears among the actors in a list of the King's Men
Ben Jonson writes The Masque of Blackness, the first of his many masques for the court of James I
On the death of Akbar, his son Jahangir succeeds to the Mughal throne
Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes publishes the first part of his satirically romantic novel Don Quixote
The Gunpowder Plot, attempting murder and treason, severely damages the Catholic cause in Britain
The satirical voice of the English playwright Ben Jonson is heard to powerful effect in Volpone
Claudio Monteverdi presents Orfeo, the first opera to win a lasting place in the international repertory
The earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel sail from Ireland with their families, in the event known as the Flight of the Earls
Colonists establish the first lasting British settlement in the new world, at Jamestown
The Jamestown settlers meet an unfriendly reception from the local Powhatan Indians, having to use their muskets to beat off an attack within two weeks of their arrival
The Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens completes an altarpiece in Rome which is an early masterpiece of the baroque
A lucky accident reveals the principle of the telescope to a spectacle maker, Hans Lippershey. In the Dutch town of Middelburg
A second false Dmitry marches on Moscow, to be followed by a third in 1612
Quebec is founded by Samuel de Champlain as a centre for the French fur trade
Rubens returns from Italy to Antwerp, where he soon establishes Europe's most successful and prolific studio
A shipload of Puritans, among them some of the future Pilgrim Fathers, sail from Boston in Lincolnshire to seek religious freedom in Holland
John Smith claims (many years later) that when captured by Indians he was saved from execution by Pocahontas, daughter of the chief
Henry Hudson reaches the inlet of New York Bay and explores the river now known by his name
