The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruthven,_3rd_Earl_of_Gowrie#Gowrie_conspiracy" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie">Gowrie Conspiracy</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James VI and I">King James VI of Scotland</a> (later to become King James I of England) takes place.