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William Shakespeare's name appears among the actors in a list of the King's Men
Ben Jonson writes The Masque of Blackness, the first of his many masques for the court of James I
The Gunpowder Plot, attempting murder and treason, severely damages the Catholic cause in Britain
The satirical voice of the English playwright Ben Jonson is heard to powerful effect in Volpone
A shipload of Puritans, among them some of the future Pilgrim Fathers, sail from Boston in Lincolnshire to seek religious freedom in Holland
Shakespeare's sonnets, written ten years previously, are published
Shakespeare's last completed play, The Tempest, is performed
The establishment of a Baptist church in London is a defining moment for the Baptist sect within Christianity
The Globe catches fire during a performance of Shakespeare's last play, Henry VIII
Pocahontas fascinates Londoners when she arrives with her husband to publicize Jamestown
John Smith publishes A Description of New England, an account of his exploration of the region in 1614
William Shakespeare dies at New Place, his home in Stratford-upon-Avon, and is buried in Holy Trinity Church
The Pilgrims (or Pilgrim Fathers), a group of 102 English settlers, sail in the Mayflower to the new world
In his Novum Organum Francis Bacon introduces a modern philosophy of experimental science
The Pilgrims on the Mayflower select a place for their settlement, and give it the name of Plymouth, their port of departure in England
William Bradford begins a journal of the Pilgrims' experience in New England, subsequently published (in 1856) as History of Plymouth Plantation
The first English newspaper (Corante) appears, promising reports 'from Italy, Germany, Hungarie, Spaine and France'
John Donne, England's leading Metaphysical poet, becomes dean of St Paul's
John Heminge and Henry Condell publish thirty-six Shakespeare plays in the First Folio
On the death of his father, James VI and I, Charles I becomes king of England and Scotland
The English parliament attempts to clip the wings of the new king, Charles I, by placing an annual limit on his power to raise taxes
Charles I frustrates the English parliament's restrictions by raising taxes without summoning parliament for renewed approval
William Harvey publishes a short book, De Motu Cordis, proving the circulation of the blood
The English parliament's Petition of Right emphasizes the right of the citizen to be protected from royal tyranny
Charles I dismisses his parliament in Westminster, and fails to summon another in the following eleven years
