1628 English curtail King's powers 1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain 1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland 1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain 1665 Great plague of London

1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada 1611 Authorized English Bible published 1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia 1618 Beginning of 30 Years War

1534 Henry VIII controls English church 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico 1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia 1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen 1580 Drake completes voyage around world

	Dymphna Pieterse Elsten  c.1627 Nispen, Netherlands  d.						Rochus Adriaen Elsten  b.1556  d.1611
	Adriaen Peeter Roecken Elsten  c.1629 Nispen-Ess, Netherlands  d.			Adriaen Rochus Elsten  b.1578  d.			Cornelia Cornelissen Kempe  b.1558  d.
	Gertrudis Petri Elsten  c.1632 Nispen-Ess, Netherlands  d.		Petrus Adriaenssen Elsten  c.1594 Roosendaal, Netherlands  d.          Borteldonk, Netherlands				Pieter Huijmans  b.1526  d.
	Cornelis Pieters Elsten  c.1634 Essen, Netherlands  d.			Dymphna Pieterse Huijmans  b.1562  d.1626 Roosendaal, Netherlands
	Rochus Petersen Elsten  c.1637 Roosendaal, Netherlands  d.
	Maria Elsten  c.1640 Nispen, Netherlands  d.			Adriaen Hendrick Poorters  b.1573  d.          Essen, Netherlands
	Adriana Pieterse Elsten  c.1647 Nispen, Netherlands  d.		Paschasia Adriaenssen Poorters  c.1607 Roosendaal, Netherlands  d.
	Helena Pietersse Elsten  c.1650 Roosendaal, Netherlands  d.			Adriaenke Cornelisse Pieters  b.1579  d.1660

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