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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 Arundell
 b.          of Brambletye, Essex.
 d.         
 Lord-Henry Compton
 b.1538 1st Lord Baron -born Co
 d.1589
 Sir-Henry Compton
 b.1579 Compton Wyn, Warwicks.
 d.          Abroad
 Anne Spencer
 b.         
 d.         
 Cecily Compton
 b.1608 Brambletye, Sussex.
 d.1676
 Rbt. Sackville-Earl of Dorset
 b.1561 of London
 d.1609 Dorset House, Mddsx.
 Cecily Sackville
 b.1580 Dorset.
 d.         
 Margaret Howard
 b.1561 Saffron Walden, Essex.
 d.1591 Knole House, Kent.