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
	Maria Huberts de Gier  b.           d.		Hubert Dirks de Gier  b.1546  d.1622 Zaltbommel, Netherlands				Arnoldus Man  b.1485  d.1541
	Hillebrant Huberts de Gier  b.           d.1636 Zaltbommel, Netherlands			Bertha Man  b.1520  d.1551			Gertrudis Eertijds  b.           d.
	Hendrik Huberts de Gier  b.           d.1636
	Hubert Huberts de Gier  b.           d.1637			Jan Loeff  b.           d.
	Johanna Huberts de Gier  b.           d.1644		Jenneke Loeff  b.1550  d.1645 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
				Margaretha Morinckx  b.           d.

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