Event of Interest
Mar 24 Scottish King James VI son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, thus joining the English and Scottish crowns

James I and VI

Elizabeth I
Event of Interest
Mar 24 Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun, officially establishing the Tokugawa Shogunate which would rule Japan until 1867

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Event of Interest
Jul 17 English explorer Walter Raleigh is arrested by forces of King James I of England

Walter Raleigh

James I and VI
- Aug 22 1st stones laid in Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam
- Oct 20 Chinese uprising in the Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
- Nov 17 English explorer, writer and courtier Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason
- Dec 18 First fleet of the Dutch East India Company under Admiral Steven van der Haghen departs for the East-Indies