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

							Peter den Ouden Slootmans  b.           d.1623 Wilrijk, Belgium
				Joos Slootmans  c.1587 Antwerpen-Zui, Belgium  d.1652 Wilrijk, Belgium			Elisabeth Domis  b.           d.1602 Antwerpen-Zui, Belgium
			Peter Junioris Slootmans  c.1607 Wilrijk, Belgium  d.1666 Wilrijk, Belgium				Gillis Verhoeven  b.           d.
				Anna Verhoeven  b.           d.1619 Wilrijk, Belgium
			Nelleken Peeters  b.           d.

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