| 1665 Great plague of London 1666 Great Fire of London 1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar 1700 Britain's american colonies prosper 1707 Union Act unites England/Scotland | 1618 Beginning of 30 Years War 1628 English curtail King's powers 1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain 1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland 1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain | 1580 Drake completes voyage around world 1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada 1611 Authorized English Bible published 1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia |
![]() | ![]() | Ralph Dayton b.1588 Ashford, Kent, England d.1658 East Hampton, New York | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | Samuel Dayton b.1624 Ashford, Kent, England d.1690 Brookhaven, New York | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
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