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The Starving Time
food shortages, fractured leadership, ad siege by Powhatan Indian warriors killed two of every three colonists at James Fort. -
Jamestown abandoned
Temporary Governor Gates decided to abandon Jamestown -
King James Bible
the authorized King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, printed by Robert Barker. -
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Thirty Years War
A 17th- century religious conflict fought primarily in central Europe. -
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English Civil War
a battle Parliament for control of the English government. -
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Great Northern War
between Russia and Swedish Empires -
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The War of Spanish Succession
involving most of continental Europe -
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Camisard Rebellion
in France
organized an armed insurrection in opposition to Louis XIV's persecution of Protestantism