Attempted settlement of Bartholomew Gosnold on the coast of Massachusetts.
1603.
Death of Queen Elizabeth; James VI of Scotland succeeds as James I, King of Great Britain.
"Downfall of Irish Liberty." See x, 299.
Committal to the Tower of Sir Walter Raleigh, on a charge of conspiring to place Arabella Stuart on the English throne.
Publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet. See "Culmination of Dramatic Literature in 'Hamlet,'" x, 287.
A French colony founded at Port Royal, Acadia; now Nova Scotia.
1604.
Conference at Hampton Court between English prelates and Puritans, James I presiding.
Ostend surrenders to the Spanish general, Spinola.