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

1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel 1534 Henry VIII controls English church 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico 1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia 1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen

				Lenaert Ruijte  b.           d.
			Johannes Leonarts Ruijten  b.1592  d.1642 Wouw, Netherlands
				Adriana Goorts  b.           d.
							Jan Heynrick van der Rijt  b.1515  d.1587
				Jacob Jansen van der Rijt  b.1559  d.			Anthonia Jan Pieters Peckstocx  b.1521  d.
			Maria Jacobs van der Rijt  b.1603  d.1648
				Maeyken Cornelissen Nouts  b.1576  d.

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