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| 1589 | Marriage |  |
| Marries Anne of Denmark |
| 1603 | Coronation | |
| 25th July Westminster Abbey Coronation of James I, great grandson of James IV & Margaret Tudor |
| 1603 | Peerage | |
| Warwick Acquires the title & estates of the Earl of Warwick |
| 1603 | Reform | |
| Persuades the Grand Assembly in Scotland to appoint Bishops & increase their authority |
| 1603 | Succession | |
| April London First arrives in London |
| 1603 | Union of Crowns | |
| 5th April Accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England as James I |
| 1604 | Conference of Hampton Court | |
| Hampton Court James I meets the representitives of the English Puritans, leads to James 's commissioning of the King James Version of the Bible |
| 1604 | Excommunication of James I | |
| 24th April James I introduces a Bill to classify all catholics as excommunicates |
| 1604 | Expulsion Priests | |
| 22nd Feb James I orders all Priests out of the realm |
| 1604 | King James Bible | |
| Hampton Court James I meets the representitives of the English Puritans, leads to James 's commissioning of the King James Version of the Bible |
| 1604 | Legislation | |
| 24th April James I introduces a Bill to classify all catholics as excommunicates |
| 1604 | Reform | |
| 14th Jan Authorizes the King James Bible |
| 1605 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London James I has Andrew Melville arrested for mocking the English Church |
| 1605 | Plot | |
| 5th Nov London 1st official Guy Fawkes ' Night bonfire is lit on the night of the Gunpowder Plot on 5 November 1605 |
| 5th Nov London A Catholic group led by Guy Fawkes is arrested |
| 5th Nov London A plot to blow up James I & the Commons is uncovered |
| 5th Nov London Bonfires are set alight to celebrate the safety of James I |
| 5th Nov London Initially an effigy of Pope Paul V is burnt |
| 5th Nov London Londoners celebrate the well-being of their King, James I |
| 1605 | Presbyterian Assembly | |
| Abolishes the Presbyterian Assembly in Scotland |
| 1605 | Rebellion | |
| 5th Nov London A plot to blow up James I & the Commons is uncovered |
| 1606 | Plot | |
| 31st Jan Fawkes , Wintour, Ambrose, Rookwood & Keyes are hanged, drawn & quartered |
| 1606 | Unification | |
| 12th April Designs the Union Jack with the crosses of St George & St Andrew |
| 1607 | Birth | |
| London Birth of Sophia, James ' & Anne's last child |
| 1607 | Colonization | |
| 13th May Jamestown 1st permanent English settlement is established at James town |
| 1607 | Unification | |
| Edinburgh The Scottish Parliament passes an Act of Union |
| 1608 | Arrest | |
| Hebrides Has Argyll arrest the leading clansmen of the Hebrides , ends the rebellion |
| 1608 | Rebellion | |
| Hebrides Has Argyll arrest the leading clansmen of the Hebrides , ends the rebellion |
| 1611 | Occupation Ulster | |
| Ulster Begins moving English & Scottish Protestants into Ulster |
| 1611 | Reform | |
| Introduces the King James Bible |
| Reforms the Church in Scotland & sets up his own diocesan system of bishops |
| 1613 | Marriage | |
| Feb James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederick, the Elector of the Palatine |
| 1614 | Parliament | |
| 5th April London James opens Parliament |
| 7th June London James closes Parliament & does not call it up for another 7 yrs |
| 7th June London The Addled Parliament had disputed with the King & had not produced any legislation |
| 1614 | Rebellion | |
| Scottish Isles Suppresses the rebellion of the MacDonalds |
| 1615 | Death | |
| Orkneys Death of Patrick Stewart, Earl of Orkney, executed |
| 1615 | Execution of Orkeney | |
| Orkneys Has his 2nd cousion, Patrick Stewart, Earl of Orkney, executed |
| 1616 | Dismissal | |
| 1st Nov London Dismisses Sir Edward Coke for resisting the Royal Prerogative |
| 1617 | Articles Perth | |
| Perth Declares the 5 Articles of Perth requiring observance of Catholic practices |
| 1618 | Alliance | |
| Forced to support his son-in-law, Frederick, against Austria & Spain |
| 1618 | Death | |
| London Has Sir Walter Raliegh executed for conspiring against him |
| 1618 | Declaration of War | |
| His son-in-law succeeds as King of Bohemia leading to war with the Habsburg monarchy |
| 1618 | Execution of Raliegh | |
| London Has Sir Walter Raliegh executed for conspiring against him |
| 1618 | Publication | |
| Publishes a book stating which games can be played after Church on Sundays |
| 1619 | Rule of Bohemia | |
| 26th Sep Bohemia Urges the Palatine elector to refuse the Bohemian crown offered by Prague Protestants |
| 1620 | Diplomacy | |
| 24th Dec London Parliament attacks James I's pro-Spanish policy |
| 1620 | Invention Submarine | |
| Demonstrates the use of a submersible rowing-boat |
| 1620 | Parliament | |
| 24th Dec London James attacks Parliament for "excess of lavish speech in matters of State" |
| 1621 | Constitution | |
| London Claims the right to punish any MP who commits a "misdemeanor" |
| 3rd Dec London Tells Parliament "not to meddle with anything concerning government" |
| 1621 | Parliament | |
| London Claims the right to punish any MP who commits a "misdemeanor" |
| London Opens Parliament for the 1st time in 6 yrs |
| London Opens Parliament to fund a war in Europe but it makes a grant to the Protestants |
| London Rebuked by Parliament, had ordered MPs not to "meddle" in affairs of State |
| 1st Dec London Asked by Parliament to defend German Protestants |
| 1st Dec London Asked by Parliament to find a Protestant wife for the Prince of Wales |
| 3rd Dec London Tells Parliament "not to meddle with anything concerning government" |
| 30th Dec London Tears out the Parliament's protestations from the Commons journal |
| 1622 | Arrest | |
| 7th Jan London Places John Pym under house arrest for hostile remarks in the Commons |
| 1623 | Marriage | |
| 14th Dec London Abrogates the Anglo-Spanish Marriage Treaty |
| 1624 | Alliance | |
| London Builds links to Protestants in Germany & the United Provinces |
| London Marries his sister Princess Elizabeth to the Elector of the Palatine, Frederick |
| 1624 | Colonization | |
| 24th June Virginia Virginia is created as a crown colony |
| 1624 | Declaration of War | |
| 10th Mar London Declares war on Spain after the Commons has granted funds |
| 1624 | Marriage | |
| 12th Dec London An agreement is made for the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Henrietta Maria |
| 1624 | Reform | |
| 24th Feb London An act is passed through Parliament declaring monopolies to be illegal |
| 1625 | Burial | |
| 5th May Westminster Abbey Charles I attends in state as the chief mourner at Westminster Abbey |
| 1625 | Death | |
| 27th Mar Theobalds James I dies in his country Palace at Theobalds |
| 1625 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Book of Sports ", activities allowed on Sundays after church service |
