Originally Posted by Ea of Dune

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How about Shakespear as his brithday is on the same day. There is a plethora of things, from Elizabeth I through to Morris dancing, from The Veneral Bede and Anglo-Saxons through to the War of the Roses.
The English pilgrims sailing to new England could also be interesting, especially as in Poland around this time there was Polish involvement with the 30 years war in the form of the Polish-Swedish war of the 1620's.

Ea of dune