GedHTree HomepageIndex
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
1406 Florence conquers Pisa
1415 Battle of Agincourt
1427 Portuguese reach the Azores
1434 Medici rules in Florence
1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type
 Maurice de Berkeley
 b.1398 of Beverstone, Gloucs.
 d.1460
 Maurice Berkeley
 b.          of Betteshorn, Hampshire.
 d.1475
 Lora Fitzhugh
 b.1400 of Beverstone, Gloucs.
 d.         
 Katherine Berkeley
 b.1454 of Betteshorn, Hampshire.
 d.1494
 Reynold West
 b.1406 of Christchur, Hampshire.
 d.         
 Anne West
 b.1432 Christchurch, Hampshire.
 d.