Events from 1603

Jesuit Superior General reports 13,000 members worldwide - 550 colleges and universities - Confessors to most Catholic princes

Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes shogun, establishing Tokugawa shogunate with capital at Edo (Tokyo)

James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England - Inherits kingdom where his mother executed as Catholic - Brings Scottish witch-hunting zeal and unknowingly, nascent Masonic organization to England