Editing 1604 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; The earliest recorded performance of William Shakespeare's play ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' takes place at [[Hampton Court]]<ref>Leeds Barroll, ''Anna of Denmark, Queen of England: A Cultural Biography'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001), p. 83</ref> prior to the main presentation, ''[[The Masque of Indian and China Knights]]'', which is performed by courtiers of King James.<ref>Martin Butler, ''The Stuart Court Masque and Political Culture'' (Cambridge, 2008), p. 63.</ref> 
* [[January 14]] &ndash; The [[Hampton Court Conference]] is held between [[James I of England]], the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[bishop]]s and representatives of the [[Puritan]]s. Work begins on the [[Authorized King James Version]] of the [[Bible]]<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=166–168|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref> and revision of the [[Book of Common Prayer]].
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[James VI and I|King James of England]] denounces the Roman Catholic Church after learning from one of his spies, [[Anthony Standen (spy)|Sir Anthony Standen]], that Queen Anne has been sent a rosary from the [[Pope]].
* [[February 17]] &ndash; King James issues an order for all Jesuits and all Roman Catholic priests to leave his kingdom by March 19.<ref>Antonia Fraser, ''The Gunpowder Plot'' (Phoenix Press, 1996) pp. 41-42</ref>
* [[February 24]] &ndash; At [[Linköping]] in [[Sweden]], the [[Riksdag]] declares that [[Sigismund III Vasa|Sigismund]], Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, who has been absent for five years, has effectively abdicated as King of Sweden, and recognizes [[Charles IX of Sweden|Karl, Duke of Södermanland]], as the new monarch.
* [[March 15]] &ndash; More than seven months after [[Coronation of James I and Anne|their July 25, 1603 coronation]], [[James VI & I|King James I]] and [[Anne of Denmark|Anne, Queen consort]] make the traditional [[Royal Entry]] to [[London]]. The ceremonies have been postponed from 1603 because of the ongoing plague.
* [[March 19]] &ndash; King James opens his first parliamentary session as King of England. In his opening speech to the "[[Blessed Parliament]]", the King makes clear that he wants to bring a legal union between England and Scotland and that he does not wish to be "a husband to two wives." The House of Commons refuses to agree with him on the unification of the crown or on the funding that the King requests.
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Charles IX of Sweden|Karl IX]] begins his reign as [[King of Sweden]].