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  June 19, 1566 at Edinburgh Castle
 Father: Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley Mother: Mary Queen of Scots
 http://www.britroyals.com/stuart.asp?id=james1
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  King James VI (aged 13 months) is crowned at the Church of the Holy Rude, beside Stirling Castle
 http://www.britroyals.com/scots.asp?id=james1
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  Ruthven Raid, the Protestant earls of Gowrie and Angus lured James into Ruthven Castle, imprisoned him, and forced Lennox to leave Scotland.
 http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/king-james-i-of-englands-life-on-a-line
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  Mary is beheaded by the order of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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  Married: Anne of Denmark
 http://www.britroyals.com/scots.asp?id=james1
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  (Month and day are not accurate)
 After death of Elizabeth
 http://www.britroyals.com/stuart.asp?id=james1
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  Date is not accurate-year is.
 The Millenary Petition is presented to James
 http://www.britroyals.com/stuart.asp?id=james1
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  James proclaims that smoking is harmful to the lungs and imposes a tax on tobacco!
 http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/king-james-i-of-englands-life-on-a-line
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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.
 http://www.britroyals.com/stuart.asp?id=james1
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  Date is not accurate.
 http://www.britroyals.com/stuart.asp?id=james1
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  The Globe Theatre in London burns during a performance of Henry VIII
 http://www.britroyals.com/stuart.asp?id=james1
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  Playwright William Shakespeare dies.
 http://www.britroyals.com/stuart.asp?id=james1
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  The Pilgrim Fathers set sail for America in the Mayflower.
 http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/kings.htm
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  Month and date are not accurate
 Death of James I, aged 58.
 http://www.britroyals.com/stuart.asp?id=james1
