| 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  | 
![]()  |  Thomas Sackville b.1527 Buckhurst, Sussex. d.1608 Whitehall  | |||||||
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|  Rbt. Sackville-Earl of Dorset b.1561 of London d.1609 Dorset House, Mddsx.  | ![]()  | |||||||
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![]()  |  Cicely Baker b.1535 of Sissinghurst, Kent. d.1615  | |||||||
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