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1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen
1580 Drake completes voyage around world
1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced
1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada
1611 Authorized English Bible published
1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa
1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
1534 Henry VIII controls English church
1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia
1453 End of Hundred Years War
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
 Peter Hillebrants de Gier
 b.1457
 d.1505 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 Hillebrant Peters de Gier
 b.1475
 d.1536 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 Mary van Heuysden
 b.         
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 Robertus Hillebrants de Gier
 b.         
 d.1555
 Aleijd van Heusden
 b.1475 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 d.1522 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 Christina Robberts de Gier
 b.         
 d.         
 Joannis Rudolphi
 b.         
 d.         
 Catharina Rudolphi
 b.         
 d.1555