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

			Cornelis Jansen Meesters  c.1650 Wouw-Lan, Netherlands  d.          Essen-Borte, Netherlands
							Gomaris Lenaerts van Osta  b.1571 Roosendaal, Netherlands  d.
				Adrianus Gommeren van Osta  b.1619 Roosendaal, Netherlands  d.			Cornelia Arnolds Moerkints  b.1577  d.
			Paschasia Adriaens van Osta  c.1658 Nispen, Netherlands  d.          Essen-Borte, Netherlands				Servatius Christophori Stoffelen  b.1584 Nispen, Netherlands  d.1641 Roosendaal, Netherlands
				Gertrudis Servaes Stoffelen  c.1615 Essen, Netherlands  d.			Paschasia Jansen Mangelaer  b.1588  d.

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