Index Index
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