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

							Adriaen Rochus Elsten  b.1578  d.
				Petrus Adriaenssen Elsten  c.1594 Roosendaal, Netherlands  d.          Borteldonk, Netherlands			Dymphna Pieterse Huijmans  b.1562  d.1626 Roosendaal, Netherlands
			Cornelis Pieters Elsten  c.1634 Essen, Netherlands  d.				Adriaen Hendrick Poorters  b.1573  d.          Essen, Netherlands
				Paschasia Adriaenssen Poorters  c.1607 Roosendaal, Netherlands  d.			Adriaenke Cornelisse Pieters  b.1579  d.1660
			Magdalena Jansen Jonckers  b.1633  d.

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