A French colony founded at Port Royal, Acadia; now Nova Scotia.
1604. Conference at Hampton Court between English prelates and Puritans,
James I presiding.
Ostend surrenders to the Spanish general, Spinola.
1605. Detection of the Gunpowder Plot. See "THE GUNPOWDER PLOT," X, 310.
Publication of Bacon's _Advancement of Learning_.
Cervantes' _Don Quixote_, Part I, published. See "CERVANTES' 'DON
QUIXOTE' REFORMS LITERATURE," X, 325.
Death of the Russian Czar, Boris Godunoff; Fedor, his son, is dethroned;
his successor being the first Pseudo-Demetrius. This impostor pretended
to be Demetrius, a son of Ivan IV, who was put to death by Boris
Godunoff in 1591.
Battle of Bassorah; defeat of the Turks by Abbas the Great, of Persia.
1606. A patent granted to the London and Plymouth companies for the
purpose of American colonization.
Dethronement of the first Pseudo-Demetrius; he is slain; Shinski
succeeds as Basil V.
Discovery of Australia by the Portuguese. See "EARLIEST POSITIVE
DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA," X, 340.
1607. Naval victory of the Hollanders over the Spaniards off Cape St.
Vincent.
Foundation of Jamestown, Virginia. See "SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA," X, 350.
1608. Ireland secures an improved government from James I; the forfeited
lands in Ulster are offered to Protestant settlers.
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