 | Whellan, William, & Co - Northumberland (England) - 1855 - 1010 pages
...afterwards governed as a separate kingdom, or as an earldom, till the Conquest, from which period till the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, it was the scene of many conflicts, &c., which will bo found fully noticed in the histories and descriptions... | |
 | Edwin Adams - Geography - 1863 - 386 pages
...Ireland during the reign of Henry II. 2. The union of the crowns of England and Scotland in 1604, on the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, rendered vacant by the death of Queen Elizabeth. 3. The great civil war in the reign of Charles I.... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1865 - 688 pages
...taking of Calais in 1598. The English papists looked forward with hope to the death of Elizabeth, and the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England. Some time before Elizabeth's death, the leading Catholics of England had sent to learh his sentiments... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - Great Britain - 1866 - 264 pages
...Union of England and Scotland. — The kingdom of Scotland, notwithstanding the union of the crowns on the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, continued an entirely separate and distinct kingdom for more than a century after. The complete union... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1867 - 232 pages
...of relieving the overcrowding of the streets with coaches. The Borders.— Scottish Highlands. — By the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, his power and resources were so much increased that he could now with a firmer hand check the lawlessness... | |
 | William Latham Bevan - Geography - 1869 - 698 pages
...the Shetlands were pledged to James III. as security for the dowry of his wife, Margaret of Denmark. By the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England in 1603, the two countries came under a single ruler: in 1707 the legislatures were combined, and Scotland... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1874 - 1288 pages
...triumph of Protestantism. Disturbances also arose on the marriage of Queen Mary with Bothwell, and on the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, when the union of the two kingdoms was proposed. In 1650 Cromwell, after the battle of Dunbar, took... | |
 | Books - 1875 - 526 pages
...overthrow of the Armada, and the events succeeding that catastrophe, down to the death of the Queen and the accession of JAMES VI. of Scotland to the throne of England. The Iliad of Homer, homometrically translated. By CB CATLEY, BA Translator of Dante's Comedy, &c. 8vo.... | |
 | British empire - 1877 - 484 pages
...of relieving the overcrowding of the streets with coaches. The Borders — Scottish Highlands. — By the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, his power and resources were so much increased that he could now with a firmer hand check the lawlessness... | |
 | Louise Creighton - Great Britain - 1877 - 304 pages
...and a few other persons. To them Cecil submitted a proclamation, which he had prepared, announcing the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England. As Elizabeth had never married, the direct line of Henry VIII. came to an end at her death. All through... | |
| |
In 1609, six years after the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England as James I. 
