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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
 George Fairbanks
 b.1562 Calderdale, England
 d.1650 Heptonstall, England
 Jonathan Fairbanks
 b.1595 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
 d.1668 Dedham, Massachusetts
 Mary Farrer
 b.1565 Yorkshire, England
 d.1620 Heptonstall, England
 Jonas Fairbanks
 b.1624 Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
 d.1676 Lancaster, Massachusetts
 Samuel Smith
 b.1565 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
 d.          Halifax, Yorkshire, England
 Grace Lee Smith
 b.1596 Yorkshire, England
 d.1673 Dedham, Massachusetts
 Grace Gawkroger
 b.          Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
 d.1630 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
 Grace Fairbanks
 b.1663 Lancaster, Massachusetts
 d.1689 Sherborn, Massachusetts
 John Prescott
 b.1604 Shevington, England
 d.1681 Lancaster, Massachusetts
 Lydia Prescott
 b.1641 Watertown, Massachusetts
 d.1723 Lancaster, Massachusetts
 Mary Gawkroger Platts
 b.1607 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
 d.1688 Lancaster, Massachusetts