Historical Events in 1603

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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

King of Great Britain James I and VI — King of Great Britain
James I and VI

Queen of England and Ireland Elizabeth I — Queen of England and Ireland
Elizabeth I

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

Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu — Shogun
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Mar 30 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish
Apr 5 New English King James I (James VI of Scotland) departs Edinburgh for London
Jun 19 Merga Bien arrested for witchcraft in Fulda, Germany, part of Fulda witch trials. She and about 250 people later burned at the stake.

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Jul 17 English explorer Walter Raleigh is arrested by forces of King James I of England

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

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