Alternative names: Agnes Leslie, Lady Agnes Leslie Countess Morton
She was born in the year 1539 in Rothesay, Bute Island, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.Sources 1, 2
Alternative: She was born in the year 1539 in Rothesay, Bute, ÉCOSSE, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.Sources 1, 2
Alternative: She was born in the year 1539 in Bute Island, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.Sources 1, 2
She died on September 24, 1606 in Loch Leven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, she was 67 years old.Source 2
Alternative: She died on September 24, 1606 in Loch Leven Castle, Perthshire, ÉCOSSE, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, she was 67 years old.Sources 1, 2
January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
January 31 » Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
February 26 » The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
December 19 » The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
December 20 » The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
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