March 24 » James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
March 24 » Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.
July 25 » James VI of Scotland is crowned king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.
November 17 » English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
March 1 » Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
May 30 » From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament.
August 22 » Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
September 23 » The first commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
November 13 » First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
November 24 » Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
May 17 » Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
June 17 » French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
November 11 » Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
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