{"slug": "james-vi-and-i", "label": "James VI and I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79972", "qid": "Q79972", "description": "King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625", "entries": 25, "years": 18, "span": [1567, 1672], "span_label": ["1567 CE", "1672 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 10}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "anne-of-denmark", "label": "Anne of Denmark", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "elizabeth-i", "label": "Elizabeth I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christian-iv-of-denmark", "label": "Christian IV of Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "march", "label": "March", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-i-of-england", "label": "Charles I of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edinburgh", "label": "Edinburgh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tower-of-london", "label": "Tower of London", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate, and replaced by her one-year-old son James VI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362147494#July–September", "title": "1567", "revid": 1362147494, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1571, "year_label": "1571 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – Dumbarton Castle is recaptured from Lord Fleming by the forces of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, the Regent for King James VI of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369367955#April–June", "title": "1571", "revid": 1369367955, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1571, "year_label": "1571 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – John Erskine, Earl of Mar is selected by the Scottish royal family to be the new Regent of Scotland to rule on behalf of the 5-year-old King James VI. The Earl of Mar replaces Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, the King's grandfather, who was assassinated the day before by supporters of his daughter-in-law the imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369367955#July–September", "title": "1571", "revid": 1369367955, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1579, "year_label": "1579 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 19", "text": "October 19 – King James VI of Scotland makes his ceremonial entry into Edinburgh to assume the throne at the age of 13, after being declared to have reached the age of majority. Scotland had been ruled by regents since 1567, when James was declared king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362792771#October–December", "title": "1579", "revid": 1362792771, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1582, "year_label": "1582 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – King James VI of Scotland signs a charter creating the Tounis College, which becomes the University of Edinburgh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325265#April–June", "title": "1582", "revid": 1373325265, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1582, "year_label": "1582 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 23", "text": "August 23 – Raid of Ruthven in Scotland: Presbyterian nobles led by William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie kidnap King James VI of Scotland, the kingdom's 16-year-old ruler, while he is hunting in Perthshire. The Earl of Gowrie imprisons the King at Ruthven Castle as part of a coup d'etat to reform the Scottish government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325265#July–September", "title": "1582", "revid": 1373325265, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1583, "year_label": "1583 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – Ten months after being taken hostage on August 23, 1582 in the Raid of Ruthven, the 17-year-old King James VI of Scotland is able to escape Falkland Prison and flees to safety in St. Andrews.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363312090#April–June", "title": "1583", "revid": 1363312090, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1589, "year_label": "1589 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 20", "text": "August 20 – King James VI of Scotland, the future James I of England, contracts a proxy marriage with the 14-year-old Anne of Denmark at Kronborg. The formal ceremony takes place on November 23 at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359971295#July–September", "title": "1589", "revid": 1359971295, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 27", "text": "December 27 – Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell leads the attack on the Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. Having been alerted by a premature attack on the palace's prison, King James VI of Scotland and Queen Anne are able to take refuge within the castle, and the raid fails. Seven of Bothwell's men are subsequently captured and hanged.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#October–December", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1594, "year_label": "1594 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 3", "text": "October 3 – The Battle of Glenlivet in Scotland: The Protestant forces loyal to King James VI, assisted by the armies of 8 clans and led by the Earl of Argyll, oppose Roman Catholic rebels supported by Clan Gordon (led by the Earl of Huntley), Clan Hay (led by the Earl of Errol), Clan Comyn and Clan Cameron. Despite being outnumbered 5 to 1, the Catholic clans win the battle, killing 500 of the Protestant forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319812312#October–December", "title": "1594", "revid": 1319812312, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1600, "year_label": "1600 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – The brothers Alexander Ruthven and John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, are killed during a failed attempt to kidnap or murder King James VI of Scotland at their home.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196741#July–September", "title": "1600", "revid": 1360196741, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – Queen Elizabeth I of England dies at Richmond Palace (having ruled since 1558). She is succeeded by her first cousin twice removed, King James VI of Scotland (where he has ruled since 1567), uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#January–March", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason, in the converted Great Hall of Winchester Castle. He is found guilty, but his life is spared by King James I at this time, and he is returned to imprisonment in the Tower of London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#October–December", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – King James of England denounces the Roman Catholic Church after learning from one of his spies, Sir Anthony Standen, that Queen Anne has been sent a rosary from the Pope.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348862771#January–March", "title": "1604", "revid": 1348862771, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – More than seven months after their July 25, 1603 coronation, King James I and Anne, Queen consort make the traditional Royal Entry to London. The ceremonies have been postponed from 1603 because of the ongoing plague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348862771#January–March", "title": "1604", "revid": 1348862771, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – Shakespeare's play Henry V, copyrighted 1600, is given its earliest recorded performance, presented by the Lord Chamberlain's Men for King James I of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#January–March", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1606, "year_label": "1606 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – Charter of 1606: The First Charter of Virginia is adopted, by which King James I of England grants rights to the Virginia Company (comprising the London Company and Plymouth Company) to settle parts of the east coast of North America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561009#April–June", "title": "1606", "revid": 1369561009, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1606, "year_label": "1606 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – King Christian IV of Denmark, as the guest of his brother-in-law, King James of England, Scotland and Ireland, is welcomed at London, and the two monarchs are driven by coaches to a banquet at Theobalds House at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. They are entertained by playwright Ben Jonson's play, The Entertainment of the Kings of Great Britain and Denmark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561009#July–September", "title": "1606", "revid": 1369561009, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1608, "year_label": "1608 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – Old Bushmills Distillery is first licensed to distil whiskey at Bushmills, County Antrim, Ireland by King James I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352783723#April–June", "title": "1608", "revid": 1352783723, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – King James I of England attends the masque The Golden Age Restored, a satire by Ben Jonson on fallen court favorite the Earl of Somerset. The king asks for a repeat performance on January 6.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#January–February", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – King James of England and Scotland returns to England after having spent three months in Scotland, arriving at Wharton, Cumbria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#July–September", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Pocahontas and Tomocomo of the Powhatan Algonquian tribe, in the Virginia colony of America, meet King James I of England as his guests, at the Banqueting House at Whitehall.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#January–March", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – King James I of England is escorted by the Earl of Home across the border to return to Scotland (where he reigns as King James VI) for the first time since the Union of the Crowns 14 years earlier in 1603. He is given lodging at Home's Dunglass Castle, East Lothian.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#April–June", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1620, "year_label": "1620 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – Ben Jonson's play News from the New World Discovered in the Moon is given its first performance, a presentation to King James VI and I. In addition to dialogue about actual observations made by telescope of the Moon, the play includes a fanciful discussion of a lunar civilisation, featuring a dance by the \"Volatees\", the lunar race.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363705489#January–March", "title": "1620", "revid": 1363705489, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1672, "year_label": "1672 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March", "text": "March – Archibald Armstrong, court jester to James VI and I and Charles I of England", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992116#Deaths", "title": "1672", "revid": 1365992116, "section": "Deaths"}}]}