Persecution of Protestants in Hungary
"All's Well That Ends Well" written and performed at The Globe
"Othello" written
Shakespeare buys more land in Stratford
Elizabeth I's health is beginning to fail

Champlain's expedition to Canada
Beginnings of Kabuki theatre in Japan
"Othello" performed at The Globe
"Measure for Measure" written and performed at The Globe
The worst outbreak of plague for ten years causes the closure of theatres

Peace breaks out between England and Spain
French settle in Acadia (Nova Scotia)
James I issues "Counterblast to Tobacco"
The Red Bull opens
"Timon of Athens" written and performed at The Globe
Peace treaty negotiations begin between England and Spain
Shakespeare and the King's men are required to act as courtiers

Non-Shakespeare shows to be played at the globe during 1604-1606 include:
"A Larum for London" – anti-Spanish propaganda
"The London Prodigal" – social comedy
"Gowry" – controversial fact based drama
"The Merry Devil of Edmonton"
"The Fair Maid of Bristol" - romance
"The Miseries of Enforced marriage" – social realism

Ben Jonson working with Inigo Jones on Court masques
Bacon's "Advancement of Learning"
"King Lear" written and performed at The Globe

Gunpowder plotter Guy Fawkes executed
Rembrandt born
Year of "The Great Frost"
Paul's Boys' company closes
"Macbeth" written and performed at The Globe
The Kings Men perform "Anthony and Cleopatra" and "Macbeth" at court

Ulster estates confiscated and given to English and Scottish settlers
Earl of Tyrone flees to Rome
Monteverdi establishes opera as art form
First permanent English settlement in America (Jamestown)
"Pericles" written and performed at The Globe
"Hamlet" performed on board her Majesty's ship Dragon off the coast of Sierra Leone, West Africa
Shakespeare's daughter Susanna weds
Shakespeare's brother Edmund dies
"Anthony and Cleopatra" written and performed at The Globe