James I, king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and first Stuart king of England from 1603 to 1625, ... He was a strong advocate of royal absolutism, and his conflicts with Parliament set the stage for the ... Did King James I write the King James Bible? ... 1620; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England.
An informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877, which awarded all 20 electoral votes to Hayes; in return for the Democrats' acquiescence to Hayes' election, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.
William the Conqueror and the Norman barons began to build hundreds of castles in areas of England that they took control of. In many cases the Saxons were used as the work force to build the castles. These early castles were mainly built from wood and are known as Motte and Bailey castles.
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space. This was seen as the beginning of the Space race due to the general fear about weaponizing space. Space was seen as the new frontier for weapons and technology and the United States and the Soviet Union jockeyed for supremacy as an expression of their world power.
