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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
1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India
1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa
1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
 Richard Burke
 b.1572 Kinsalebeg, Ireland
 d.1635 Summerfield, England
 Honor Burke
 b.1610
 d.         
 William Walsingham
 b.1488 Chislehurst, England
 d.1533 Shermanbury, England
 Francis Walsingham
 b.1532
 d.1590
 Joyce Denny
 b.1495 Howe, Northfolk, England
 d.1560 Middlesex, England
 Frances Walsingham
 b.1567 Sca, Kingdom of England
 d.1631 Tun, Kingdom of England
 Henry St Barbe of Somerset
 b.1527 Ashington, England
 d.1567
 Ursula St Barbe
 b.1532
 d.1602 Barnes, Surrey, England
 Eleanor Lewknor
 b.1524 Kingston Near L, England
 d.          Ashington, England




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
 Henry Sidney
 b.1529 London, England
 d.1586 Sutton At Hone, England
 Philip Sidney
 b.1554 Penshurst, Kent, England
 d.1586 Arnhem, Netherlands
 Mary Dudley
 b.1533 Northumberland, England
 d.1586 Ludlow, England




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
 Walter Devereux
 b.1541 Wales
 d.1576 Dublin, Ireland
 Robert de Evereaux
 b.1565 Bromyard, England
 d.1600 London, England
 Lettice Knollys
 b.1539 Wanstead, England
 d.1634 Basset, France
 Robert Devereux
 b.1589 London, England
 d.1646 London, England
 Francis Walsingham
 b.1532
 d.1590
 Frances Walsingham
 b.1567 Sca, Kingdom of England
 d.1631 Tun, Kingdom of England
 Ursula St Barbe
 b.1532
 d.1602 Barnes, Surrey, England
 Thomas 1St Earl Suffolk Howard
 b.1561 Saffron Walden, England
 d.1626 London, England
 Frances Howard
 b.1589 Saffron Walden, England
 d.1632 Chiswick, England
 Catherine Knyvett
 b.1564 Charlton, England
 d.1633 Waldon, Essex, England




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
 Thomas 1St Earl Suffolk Howard
 b.1561 Saffron Walden, England
 d.1626 London, England
 Frances Howard
 b.1589 Saffron Walden, England
 d.1632 Chiswick, England
 Catherine Knyvett
 b.1564 Charlton, England
 d.1633 Waldon, Essex, England




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
 Robert Carr
 b.1587 Ferniehirst, Scotland
 d.1645 London, England
 Anne Carr
 b.1615 London, England
 d.1684 Woburn, England
 Thomas 1St Earl Suffolk Howard
 b.1561 Saffron Walden, England
 d.1626 London, England
 Frances Howard
 b.1589 Saffron Walden, England
 d.1632 Chiswick, England
 Catherine Knyvett
 b.1564 Charlton, England
 d.1633 Waldon, Essex, England