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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
 Sir-John Courtenay
 b.1384 Powderham Castle, Devon
 d.1406
 Sir-Phillip Courtenay
 b.1400 Powderham Castle, Devon
 d.1463
 Joan Champernon
 b.1382 Bere Ferrers, Devon
 d.1419
 Sir-William Courtenay
 b.1428 Powderham Castle, Devon
 d.1485 Powderham, Exeter, Devon
 Lord-Walter Hungerford
 b.1378 Farligh-Hungerford, Som
 d.1449
 Elizabeth Hungerford
 b.1405 Farligh-Hungerford, Som
 d.1476 Powderham, Exeter, Devon
 Katherine Peverell
 b.1380 Penhale, Cornwall
 d.1426
 Sir-William Courtenay
 b.1451 Powderham Castle, Devon
 d.1512
 John Bonville
 b.1366 Shute, Devon
 d.1396
 Lord-William Bonville
 b.1393 Shute, Devon
 d.1460
 Elizabeth Fitzroger
 b.1371 Chewton, Devon
 d.1414
 Margaret Bonville
 b.1432 Powderham, Exeter, Devon
 d.1487
 Margaret Merriet
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