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.           d.
	Hillebrant Dirks de Gier  b.1545  d.1615		Dirk Hillebrants de Gier  b.1520  d.1585 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
	Hubert Dirks de Gier  b.1546  d.1622 Zaltbommel, Netherlands			Aleijd van Heusden  b.1475 Zaltbommel, Netherlands  d.1522 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
	Heijlken Dirks de Gier  b.1548  d.
	Christine Dirks de Gier  b.1551  d.1654 Zaltbommel, Netherlands			Arnoldus Man  b.1485  d.1541
			Bertha Man  b.1520  d.1551
				Gertrudis Eertijds  b.           d.

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