| 1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain 1665 Great plague of London 1666 Great Fire of London 1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar 1700 Britain's american colonies prosper  | 1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia 1618 Beginning of 30 Years War 1628 English curtail King's powers 1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain 1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland  | 1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen 1580 Drake completes voyage around world 1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada 1611 Authorized English Bible published  | 
![]()  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  William Waite b.1559 South Kilworth d.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Edward Waite b.1591 Melton Mowbray, Leics. d.  |  Katherine Hudson b.1560 South Kilworth d.  | |||||
![]()  |  John Waite b.1616 d.  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Elizabeth Bird b.1595 Melton Mowbray, Leics. d.  | ||||||
|  John Waite (Wayte) b.1630 Melton Mowbray, Leics. d.  | ![]()  | |||||||
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![]()  |  Alice Dickens b.1608 d.  | |||||||
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