| 1628 English curtail King's powers 1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain 1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland 1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain 1665 Great plague of London | 1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada 1611 Authorized English Bible published 1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia 1618 Beginning of 30 Years War | 1534 Henry VIII controls English church 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico 1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia 1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen 1580 Drake completes voyage around world |
![]() | ![]() | John Whiting b.1565 Boston, Lincolnshire, England d.1647 Bocking, Essex, England | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | Sarah Whiting b.1591 Boston, Lincoln, England d.1649 Springfield MA | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | John Smith b.1539 Chelsworth, Suffolk, England d.1642 | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | Sarah Isabel Smith b.1569 Bocking Parish, England d.1649 England | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | Sarah Neal b.1543 Chelsworth, Suffolk, England d. Bocking, Essex, England | ![]() | ||||