King James I of England and VI of Scotland
1 portrait of King James I of England and VI of Scotland
© National Portrait Gallery, London
King James I of England and VI of Scotland
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 17th century
10 7/8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (277 mm x 189 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D18938
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- King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625), Reigned Scotland 1567-1625 and England 1603-25. Sitter associated with 199 portraits.
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Current affairs
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex marches on the City but the rebellion fails. He is proclaimed a traitor and executed.A Spanish fleet lands in Ireland to assist the Catholic rebellion. Lord Mountjoy leads the English army to victory over the Irish and Spanish force at the Battle of Kinsale.
Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury begins secret negotiations with James VI of Scotland to secure a peaceful handover of power after the Queen's death.
Art and science
William Shakespeare writes Twelfth Night.The poet and clergyman John Donne begins The Progress of the Soul, an unfinished satire on the soul of the apple eaten by Eve.
The Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Edward Phelips builds Montacute House, Somerset.
Sir James Lancaster leads the first trading venture of the East India Company to acquire spices from Sumatra.
International
Spanish Hapsburg forces lay siege of the United Provinces port of Ostend. The town surrenders in 1604 after one of the longest sieges in history and bloodiest battles of the Eighty Years' War, during which the Protestant United Provinces of the northern Netherlands fought for independence from Spain.Tokugawa Ieyasu, ruler of Japan, makes his capital at Yedo (present-day Tokyo).
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