1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland 1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain 1665 Great plague of London 1666 Great Fire of London 1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar

1611 Authorized English Bible published 1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia 1618 Beginning of 30 Years War 1628 English curtail King's powers 1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain

1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia 1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen 1580 Drake completes voyage around world 1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada

				Josephus Hellemons  b.1547 Roosendaal, Netherlands  d.1625
			Gommarus Joosse Helmons  b.1569 Roosendaal, Netherlands  d.1645
				Elisabeth Speltslach  b.1552  d.1625 Roosendaal, Netherlands
			Maria Cornelissen  b.           d.

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