October 19, 1610Birth of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond; royalist soldier; and three times Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
January 28, 1610The crown and the Irish Society of London, agree to carry out the plantation of Derry, Coleraine and part of Tyrone
May 22, 1611King James VI introduced the title baronet for the first time. This is the lowest hereditary titled order.
March 29, 1613A charter incorporates Derry as the city of Londonderry and creates the new county of Londonderry
March 10, 1615St. John Ogilvie, a Jesuit priest, was hanged for refusing to renounce the supremacy of the Pope