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

1415 Battle of Agincourt 1427 Portuguese reach the Azores 1434 Medici rules in Florence 1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type 1453 End of Hundred Years War

							Peter de Gier  b.1335 Velddriel, Netherlands  d.1400
				Peter Peters de Gier  b.1370  d.1420 Driel (Kerkd, Netherlands
	Johannes Hillebrants de Gier  b.1450  d.1479 Maasdriel, Netherlands		Hillen Peters de Gier  b.1415  d.1461
	Arnt van den Poll  b.1455  d.
	Peter Hillebrants de Gier  b.1457  d.1505 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
	Gerrit Hillebrants de Gier  b.1458  d.
	Marie Hillebrants de Gier  b.1459  d.

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