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The 1605 Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt by pro-Catholic conspirators to blow up the English Parliament on 5 November and kill King James I of England (r. 1603-1625) and the entire nobility along with him. The plot was discovered when one of the conspirators sent an anonymous letter warning a relative who would have been present in the parliament. At midnight on 4 November, Guy Fawkes was apprehended beneath Westminster Palace before he had a chance to light the 35 barrels of gunpowder stored in the palace’s cellars. Under brutal torture in the Tower of London, Fawkes revealed the names of his fellow conspirators and their plans to cause such chaos that a coup d’etat by forces favourable to the Catholic cause would be possible. Rounded up and also tortured, the guilty parties, including Guy Fawkes, were executed by the gruesome method of being hanged, drawn, and quartered, a fate reserved for those guilty of treason against the Crown. Bonfires were lit on the night of 5 November to celebrate the failure of the plot and this tradition continues today in an occasion on that date variously known as ‘Bonfire Night’, ‘Guy Fawkes’ Night’ or ‘Fireworks Night’.

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On This Day In History . 22 June 1606 . Sophia of England was born . . ◼ Sophia Stuart was the fourth daughter and seventh and final child of King James VI and I by his wife Anne of Denmark. . ◼ She was born at Greenwich Palace on 22 June 1606 and died there the next day. . ◼ She was buried at Westminster Abbey in a monument designed by Maximilian Colt that resembles a stone cradle. . ◼ She was likely named for her maternal grandmother, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1606 #d22jun #SophiaofEngland #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #History #kingjamesI #JamesI #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofScotland #AnneofDenmark #Britishmonarchy #historyfacts #Royalhistory #westminsterabbey #Greenwich #historyinpictures #otd #onthisday #Portraitpainting #kingandqueen #Greenwichpalace #Royalty #Royals #Monarchy #Princess #PrincessSophia (at Greenwich) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbMGqdjYoE/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On This Day In Royal History . 7 May 1625 . The Funeral of King James VI & I . . ◼ James’s funeral, a magnificent but disorderly affair, took place on 7 May. Bishop John Williams of Lincoln preached the sermon, observing, “King Solomon died in Peace, when he had lived about sixty years … and so you know did King James”. . ◼ James was buried in Westminster Abbey. The position of the tomb was lost for many years. In the 19th century, following an excavation of many of the vaults beneath the floor, the lead coffin was found in the Henry VII vault. . ◼ The king had died at Theobalds House on 27 March 1625 during a violent attack of dysentery. In early 1625, James had been plagued by severe attacks of arthritis, gout & fainting fits, & in March had fell seriously ill with tertian ague & then suffered a stroke. . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Born 19 June 1566, he was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 & King of England & Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625. The kingdoms of Scotland & England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. . 👑 He is the 9th Great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II. . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1625 #d7may #JamesI #JamesVI #KingJamesI #KingJamesVI #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofScotland #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #History #EnglishMonarchy #ScottishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #theking👑 #OnThisDay #OTD #RoyalHistory #BritishMonarch #Monarch #thecrown #HistoryFacts (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_5o2khDWb5/?igshid=9sgqnpiacxvn

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On This Day In Royal History . 23 November 1589 . King James VI & I married Anne of Denmark . ◾ A suitable marriage, was necessary to reinforce his monarchy, & the choice fell on the fourteen-year-old Anne of Denmark, younger daughter of the Protestant Frederick II. . ◾ Shortly after a proxy marriage in Copenhagen in August 1589, Anne sailed for Scotland but was forced by storms to the coast of Norway. . ◾ On hearing the crossing had been abandoned, James, in what Willson calls “the one romantic episode of his life”, sailed from Leith with a three-hundred-strong retinue to fetch Anne personally. . ◾ The couple were married formally at the Bishop’s Palace in Oslo on 23 November &, after stays at Elsinore & Copenhagen & a meeting with Tycho Brahe, returned to Scotland on 1 May 1590. . ◾ By all accounts, James was at first infatuated with Anne, & in the early years of their marriage seems always to have showed her patience & affection. . ◾ The royal couple produced three children who survived to adulthood: Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, who died of typhoid fever in 1612, aged 18; Elizabeth, later queen of Bohemia; & Charles, his successor. Anne died before her husband in March 1619. . . 👑 James VI and I (b.19 June 1566 – d.27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England & Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish & English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland & England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, & laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. . 👑 Anne of Denmark (Danish: Anna; b.12 December 1574 – d.2 March 1619) was Queen consort of Scotland, England, & Ireland as the wife of King James VI & I, Anne was the second daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1589 #KingJamesI #JamesIofEngland #JamesI #JamesVI #JamesVIofScotland #KingJamesVI #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #History #EnglishMonarchy #oslo #ScottishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D23Nov #otd #historyfacts #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #RoyalWedding #wedding #Weddingday #Theking #KingofEngland #Kingofscotland (at Oslo, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH87x_Wjn1f/?igshid=1uq6e64rldnpi

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On This Day In Royal History . 24 July 1567 . James Stuart becomes King of Scotland as his mother Mary, Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate. . . ◼ James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, & a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England, & Lord of Ireland (through both his parents), uniquely positioning him to eventually accede to all three thrones. . ◼ James succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother Mary was compelled to abdicate in his favour. . ◼ Four different regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583. . ◼  In 1603, he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England, Elizabeth I, who died without issue. He continued to reign in all three kingdoms for 22 years, a period known as the Jacobean era after him, until his death in 1625 at the age of 58. After the Union of the Crowns, he based himself in England (the largest of the three realms) from 1603, only returning to Scotland once in 1617, & styled himself “King of Great Britain & Ireland. . ◼ At 57 years & 246 days, James’s reign in Scotland was longer than those of any of his predecessors. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #D24jul #JamesVI #JamesVIofScotland #KingJamesVI #KingofScots #ScottishMonarchy #History #JamesIofEngland #JamesI #KingJamesI #HouseofStuart #BritishMonarchy #royalfamily #MaryQueenofScots #Crown #Throne #Scottish #otd #QueenofScots #Heritage #Scotland #Royalhistory #royalfamily #Historyfacts #Onthisday (at Scotland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDCm2NdDqMG/?igshid=18c013citfh93

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King James VI & I’s Anti-Smoking Campaign . . A counterblaste to tobacco book, 1604 . Written by King James VI & I . . ◼ Tobacco was introduced into Europe from South America in the mid-16th century, and it is traditionally said that Sir Walter Raleigh promoted its use in England. . ◼ King James I, soon after his accession to the throne (24 March 1604), joined in the anti-smoking campaign with this vehement denunciation, to which he punningly refers as ‘the fume of an idle brain’. . ◼ In his peroration he calls tobacco-smoking a ‘custome lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the brains, daungerouse to the Lungs, and in the blacke stinking fume thereof, neerest resembling the horrible Stigian smoke of the pit that is bottomelesse’. . . The king was well ahead of the times ! . . 🇬🇧🇬🇧 This book is available FREE at our Amazon UK Kindle store. Check our stories. 🇬🇬🇧🇧 . . . #KingJamesI #KingJamesVI #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofScotland #HouseofStuart #History #ScottishMonarchy #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #historic #royalhistory #smoking #cigarettes #Antismoking #stuarts #theking #instahistory #heritage #Books #Instabooks #ebooks (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B61Qq2BAfKq/?igshid=1tioyr97tofxn

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On This Day In History . 24 July 1567 . James Stuart becomes King of Scotland as his mother Mary, Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate. . . ◼ James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, & a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England, & Lord of Ireland (through both his parents), uniquely positioning him to eventually accede to all three thrones. . ◼ James succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother Mary was compelled to abdicate in his favour. . ◼ Four different regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583. . ◼  In 1603, he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England, Elizabeth I, who died without issue. He continued to reign in all three kingdoms for 22 years, a period known as the Jacobean era after him, until his death in 1625 at the age of 58. After the Union of the Crowns, he based himself in England (the largest of the three realms) from 1603, only returning to Scotland once in 1617, & styled himself "King of Great Britain & Ireland. . ◼ At 57 years & 246 days, James's reign in Scotland was longer than those of any of his predecessors. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1567 #D24jul #JamesVI #JamesVIofScotland #KingJamesVI #KingofScots #ScottishMonarchy #History #JamesIofEngland #JamesI #KingJamesI #HouseofStuart #BritishMonarchy #MaryQueenofScots #Crown #Throne #Scottish #QueenofScots #Heritage #Scotland #Royalhistory #royalfamily #Historyfacts #Instahistory #Onthisday . Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at Scotland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0UD8M7AxP5/?igshid=x3rocclatnkd

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On This Day In History . 12 April 1606 . The Union Flag was adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships. . . ◼ King James VI of Scotland had inherited the English & Irish thrones in 1603 as James I, thereby uniting the crowns of England, Scotland, & Ireland in a personal union, although the three kingdoms remained separate states. . ◼ On 12 April 1606, a new flag to represent this regal union between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the flag of England (a red cross on a white background, known as St George's Cross), & the flag of Scotland (a white saltire on a blue background, known as the Saltire or St Andrew's Cross), would be joined together, forming the flag of England & Scotland for maritime purposes. . 👑 By the King: 'Whereas, some differences hath arisen between Our subjects of South & North Britaine travelling by Seas, about the bearing of their Flagges: For the avoiding of all contentions hereafter. We have, with the advice of our Council, ordered: That from henceforth all our Subjects of this Isle & Kingdome of Great Britaine, & all our members thereof, shall beare in their main-toppe the Red Crosse, commonly called St George's Crosse, & the White Crosse, commonly called St Andrew’s Crosse, joyned together according to the forme made by our heralds, & sent by Us to our Admerall to be published to our Subjects: & in their fore-toppe our Subjects of South Britaine shall weare the Red Crosse onely as they were wont, & our Subjects of North Britaine in their fore-toppe the White Crosse onely as they were accustomed' . 🇬🇧 King James also began to refer to a "Kingdom of Great Britaine", although the union remained a personal one. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #ThisDayInHistory #UnionFlag #UnionJack #GreatBritain #UnitedKingdom #RoyalNavy #History #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofscotland #Britishmonarchy #Flag #ships #sailing #England #Scotland #Theking #Houseofstuart #Historic #Heritage #historyfacts (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwLDkknlIc7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18vlqmte75ks4

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On This Day In History . 7 May 1625 . The Funeral of King James VI & I . . ◼ James's funeral, a magnificent but disorderly affair, took place on 7 May. Bishop John Williams of Lincoln preached the sermon, observing, "King Solomon died in Peace, when he had lived about sixty years ... and so you know did King James". . ◼ James was buried in Westminster Abbey. The position of the tomb was lost for many years. In the 19th century, following an excavation of many of the vaults beneath the floor, the lead coffin was found in the Henry VII vault. . ◼ The king had died at Theobalds House on 27 March 1625 during a violent attack of dysentery. In early 1625, James had been plagued by severe attacks of arthritis, gout & fainting fits, & in March had fell seriously ill with tertian ague & then suffered a stroke. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1625 #d7may #JamesI #JamesVI #KingJamesI #KingJamesVI #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofScotland #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #History #EnglishMonarchy #ScottishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #theking👑 (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxJ8FgVFMSx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1euwqudw35coe

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On This Day In History . 22 June 1606 . Sophia of England was born . . ◼ Sophia Stuart was the fourth daughter and seventh and final child of King James VI and I by his wife Anne of Denmark. . ◼ She was born at Greenwich Palace on 22 June 1606 and died there the next day. . ◼ She was buried at Westminster Abbey in a monument designed by Maximilian Colt that resembles a stone cradle. . ◼ She was likely named for her maternal grandmother, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1606 #d22jun #SophiaofEngland #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #History #kingjamesI #JamesI #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofScotland #AnneofDenmark #Britishmonarchy #historyfacts #Royalhistory #westminsterabbey #Greenwich (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzByKnwgFWm/?igshid=nshvutcb8nrx

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On This Day In History . 19 June 1566 . King James I of England & VI of Scotland was born . ◼ James was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, & her second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Both Mary & Darnley were great-grandchildren of Henry VII of England through Margaret Tudor, the older sister of Henry VIII. . ◼ James was born on 19 June 1566 at Edinburgh Castle, & as the eldest son & heir apparent of the monarch automatically became Duke of Rothesay & Prince & Great Steward of Scotland. . 👑 James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. . ◼ The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1566 #d19jun #JamesI #JamesIofEngland #KingJamesI #JamesVI #JamesVIofScotland #KingJamesVI #HouseofStuart #History #EnglishMonarchy #ScottishMonarchy #britishmonarchy #Royalhistory #royals #royalty #monarch #Edinburgh #edinburghcastle #Scotland #Royalfamily #MaryQueenofScots #crown #Sovereign #historyfacts (at Edinburgh Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/By51jBlAkAJ/?igshid=1vtpwwge3t4m0

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On this day in history . 27 March 1625 . King James VI & I died aged 58 . . ◼ After about the age of fifty, James suffered increasingly from arthritis, gout & kidney stones. He also lost his teeth & drank heavily. The king was often seriously ill during the last year of his life, leaving him an increasingly peripheral figure, rarely able to visit London. One theory is that James may have suffered from porphyria, a disease of which his descendant George III of the United Kingdom exhibited some symptoms. James described his urine to physician Théodore de Mayerne as being the "dark red colour of Alicante wine". The theory is dismissed by some experts, particularly in James's case, because he had kidney stones which can lead to blood in the urine, colouring it red. . ◼ In early 1625, James was plagued by severe attacks of arthritis, gout & fainting fits, & in March fell seriously ill with tertian ague & then suffered a stroke. . ◼ James finally died at Theobalds House on 27 March during a violent attack of dysentery, with the Duke of Buckingham at his bedside. . ◼ James was widely mourned. For all his flaws, he had largely retained the affection of his people, who had enjoyed uninterrupted peace & comparatively low taxation during the Jacobean era. "As he lived in peace," remarked the Earl of Kellie, "so did he die in peace, & I pray God our king [Charles I] may follow him". . 👑 James VI and I (born. 19 June 1566) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 & King of England & Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish & English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland & England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, & laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. . 👑 James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, & a great-great-grandson of King Henry VII. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #ThisDayinHistory #TheYear1625 #JamesI #KingJamesI #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofScotland #Crown #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #Monarchy #Monarch #Theking #JamesIandVI #HouseofStuart #History #EnglishMonarchy #ScottishMonarchy #OnThisDay #heritage #Kingjames #BritishMonarchy #d27mar (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvhplHOlCDd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=169f3hrqzgjxx

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DID YOU KNOW? . As far back as 1604, & well ahead of his time,  King James VI of Scotland & I of England wrote 'A Counterblaste to Tobacco' in which he expressed his distaste for tobacco, particularly tobacco smoking. As such, it is one of the earliest anti-tobacco publications. . . The king wrote; . "Have you not reason then to bee ashamed, & to forbeare this filthie noveltie, so basely grounded, so foolishly received & so grossely mistaken in the right use thereof? In your abuse thereof sinning against God, harming your selves both in persons & goods, & raking also thereby the markes & notes of vanitie upon you: by the custome thereof making your selves to be wondered at by all forraine civil Nations, & by all strangers that come among you, to be scorned & contemned." . "A custome lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the braine, dangerous to the Lungs, & in the blacke stinking fume thereof, neerest resembling the horrible Stigian smoke of the pit that is bottomelesse."  . James VI & I in 1604 . . . #NoSmoking #AntiSmoking #JamesVI&I #JamesIofEngland #JamesVIofScotland #HouseofStuart #History #Monarch #Monarchy #Royals #Royalty #HistoryBuff #HistoryFacts #Thebritishmonarchy #Britishmonarchy #instaquote #England (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoFpBl0FYCv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jeswv2mx5dnl

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On This Day In History . 23 November 1589 . King James I & VI married Anne of Denmark . . ◾ A suitable marriage, was necessary to reinforce his monarchy, & the choice fell on the fourteen-year-old Anne of Denmark, younger daughter of the Protestant Frederick II. . ◾ Shortly after a proxy marriage in Copenhagen in August 1589, Anne sailed for Scotland but was forced by storms to the coast of Norway. . ◾ On hearing the crossing had been abandoned, James, in what Willson calls "the one romantic episode of his life", sailed from Leith with a three-hundred-strong retinue to fetch Anne personally. . ◾ The couple were married formally at the Bishop's Palace in Oslo on 23 November &, after stays at Elsinore & Copenhagen & a meeting with Tycho Brahe, returned to Scotland on 1 May 1590. . ◾ By all accounts, James was at first infatuated with Anne, & in the early years of their marriage seems always to have showed her patience & affection. . ◾ The royal couple produced three children who survived to adulthood: Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, who died of typhoid fever in 1612, aged 18; Elizabeth, later queen of Bohemia; & Charles, his successor. Anne died before her husband in March 1619. . . 👑 James VI and I (b.19 June 1566 – d.27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England & Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish & English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland & England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, & laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. . 👑 Anne of Denmark (Danish: Anna; b.12 December 1574 – d.2 March 1619) was Queen consort of Scotland, England, & Ireland as the wife of King James VI & I, Anne was the second daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1589 #KingJamesI #JamesIofEngland #JamesI #JamesVI #JamesVIofScotland #KingJamesVI #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #History #EnglishMonarchy #ScottishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D23Nov (at Oslo, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqik8LwlTIx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=emd44qsldv8w