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| 1st Cape Horne Schouten, Willem |  |
| 24th Jan Cape Horn Rounds the southern tip of the Americas & names it Cape Horn after his birthplace |
| Arrest Raliegh, Walter |  |
| 20th Mar Tower of London Released after 13 yrs |
| Chief Commissioner of the Navy Cranfield, Lionel | |
| Appointed Chief Commissioner of the Navy |
| Constitution James VI |  |
| Aberdeen Convenes the General Assembly |
| Deputy Governor Argall, Samuel |  |
| Virginia Appointed Deputy Governor of Virginia |
| Diplomacy Raliegh, Walter | |
| 20th Mar Tower of London Promises not to attack any Spannish possessions |
| Discovery of Guiana Raliegh, Walter | |
| 20th Mar Tower of London Agrees to undertake an expedition to Guiana in search of gold |
| Dismissal James I | |
| 1st Nov London Dismisses Sir Edward Coke for resisting the Royal Prerogative |
| Education Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Cambridge Sent to Sidney Sussex College but leaves after the death of his father a year later |
| Exploration New Smith, John | |
| New Gives "New England" its name |
| Investiture Charles I | |
| 4th Nov London Investiture as Prince of Wales at Westminster, the last investiture until 1911 |
| Lord High Treasurer Erskine | |
| Appointed Lord High Treasurer |
| Master Court of Wards Cranfield, Lionel | |
| Appointed Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries |
| Master Requests Cranfield, Lionel | |
| Appointed Master of Requests |
| Peerage Compton, Spencer | |
| 3rd Nov Created a Knight of the Bath |
| Peerage Villiers, George | |
| Buckingham Created Duke of Buckingham |
| Succession Nurhachi |  |
| Succeeds as Emperor of China |
