| 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 |
![]() | ![]() | George Aldrich b.1605 Walton-on-Trent, England d. Mendon, Massachusetts | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | Mercy Aldrich b.1650 Braintree, Massachusetts d.1702 Weymouth, Massachusetts | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Charles Seald b.1579 Derby, England d.1637 | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | Katherine Seald b.1609 Walton-on-Trent, England d. Mendon, Massachusetts | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | Hester Brierton b.1578 Norwich, Norfolk, England d.1617 | ![]() | ||||