Elizabeth I dies and James VI of Scotland accedes to the English throne. Elizabeth I died childless so was succeeded by her cousin, James VI of Scotland, who henceforth assumed the title of James I of England as well.
T minus zero means out of time.. This comes from a countdown convention used in by both the American military and NASA. Generally, it is used when counting down to a major event that will happen at a specific time. Mathematically, T is time, minus whatever amount of time is left until the event happens.
The T indicates the start of the time part of the date-time value. To use the ISO 8601 format, you must specify each element in the format. This includes the T, the colons (:), the + or - , and the periods (.). The brackets indicate that the fractional seconds or time zone offset components are optional.