James VI Becomes James I of England
March 24, 1603
The bookish, saliva-prone Scottish king inherited the English throne in addition to his own, uniting two crowns on one head for the first time. James rode south to London with a retinue of hungry Scots courtiers, dreaming of Great Britain while Parliament eyed him warily. The union of crowns would remain personal, not political, for another century.
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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