1588
| 1588 • The first engagement between the English and Spanish fleets, off Plymouth, results in a victory for the English under command of Lord Howard of Effingham and Sir Francis Drake. |
1605
Age: 17y
birth of childThomas Shelton England ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1605 • Crew of the Olive become the first English visitors to Barbados. |
1650
Age: 62y
| 1650 • Three-wheeled wheelchairs are invented in Nuremberg by watchmaker Stephen Farfler. |