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On June 19, 1566 KIng James I was born at Edinburgh Castle.
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James became King James VI of Scotland at an age of 13 months.
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In 1587, Queen Mary is beheaded by the order of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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On November 23, 1589 King James married Anne, Daughter of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway.
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In 1603, James moved to London and was crowned King James I of England the first of the Stuart Kings of the combined crowns of England and Scotland.
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The Gunpowder Plot is suppoed to go into effecrt on the day of November 5, 1605. Guy Fawkes is caught lighting fuses to barrels of gunpowder in the basment of Parliament.
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In January 1606 King James was convicted of high treason and hung.
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11 Plotters in the Gunpowder plot were executed in 1606.
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In 1625, King James VI dies. His son Charles I becomes king of England and Scotland.