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 Peters de Gier  b.1370  d.1420 Driel (Kerkd, Netherlands
				Hillen Peters de Gier  b.1415  d.1461
	Hillebrant Peters de Gier  b.1475  d.1536 Zaltbommel, Netherlands		Peter Hillebrants de Gier  b.1457  d.1505 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
	Hanrick Peters de Gier  b.1490  d.1539 Zaltbommel, Netherlands
	Jan Peters de Gier  b.1493  d.
	Gerefaes Peters de Gier  b.1496  d.1553 Driel (Kerkd, Netherlands
	Egon Peters de Gier  b.1498  d.		Mary van Heuysden  b.           d.

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