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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
1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
1534 Henry VIII controls English church
1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia
1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen
 Lord Baron Mordaunt
 b.         
 d.         
 Peter Compton
 b.1523 of Compton W, Warwicks.
 d.1544
 Lord-Henry Compton
 b.1538 1st Lord Baron -born Co
 d.1589
 Anne Talbot
 b.1515 of Shifnal, Shrops.
 d.1588 London.
 Margaret Compton
 b.1567 of Turvey, Beds.
 d.         
 F. Hastings-Earl of Huntingdon
 b.1514 Ashby, Leics.
 d.1569 Ashby, Leics.
 Lady-Frances Hastings
 b.1533 Ashby, Leics.
 d.1574
 C.Pole-Countess of Huntingdon
 b.1511 Montacute, Somerset.
 d.1576 Ashy, Leics.