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1580 Drake completes voyage around world
1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced
1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada
1611 Authorized English Bible published
1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia
1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
1534 Henry VIII controls English church
1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia
1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen
1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain
1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India
1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa
 Hillebrant Peters de Gier
 b.1475
 d.1536 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 Dirk Hillebrants de Gier
 b.1520
 d.1585 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 Aleijd van Heusden
 b.1475 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 d.1522 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 Hubert Dirks de Gier
 b.1546
 d.1622 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 Arnoldus Man
 b.1485
 d.1541
 Heyltje Huberts de Gier
 b.         
 d.         
 Bertha Man
 b.1520
 d.1551
 Gertrudis Eertijds
 b.         
 d.         
 Dirk Huberts de Gier
 b.         
 d.1642 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 Gijsbert Jans van Wijflith
 b.         
 d.         
 Maria van Wijflith
 b.1550
 d.