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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
 John Newcomb
 b.1586 Sudbury, Suffolk, England
 d.1605 England
 Francis Newcomb
 b.1605 England
 d.1692 Braintree, Massachusetts
 Rachel Wheatley
 b.1590 Sudbury, Suffolk, England
 d.         
 John Newcomb
 b.1634 Babergh District, England
 d.1722 Braintree, Massachusetts
 Peter Brackett
 b.1582 Sudbury, Suffolk, England
 d.1616 Sudbury, Suffolk, England
 Rachel Brackett
 b.1614 Sudbury, Suffolk, England
 d.          Braintree, Massachusetts
 Rachel Wheatley Brackett Saunders 
 b.1595 Sudbury, Suffolk, England
 d.1651 Braintree, Massachusetts
 Ruth Newcomb
 b.1658 Braintree, Massachusetts
 d.1742 Braintree, Massachusetts
 Ruth Marshall
 b.1634 Braintree, Massachusetts
 d.1697 Braintree, Massachusetts