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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
 Sir-William Compton
 b.1492 of Compton W, Warwicks.
 d.1528
 Peter Compton
 b.1523 of Compton W, Warwicks.
 d.1544
 Warburga Brereton
 b.1488 of Betteshorn, Hampshire.
 d.         
 Lord-Henry Compton
 b.1538 1st Lord Baron -born Co
 d.1589
 George Talbot
 b.1468 4th Earl of Shrewsbury an
 d.1538 Wingfield Manor, Derbys.
 Anne Talbot
 b.1515 of Shifnal, Shrops.
 d.1588 London.
 Elizabeth Walden
 b.1491 of Erith, Kent.
 d.1567
 Sir-Henry Compton
 b.1579 Compton Wyn, Warwicks.
 d.          Abroad
 Sir-John Spencer
 b.          of Althorp
 d.         
 Anne Spencer
 b.         
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