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1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia
1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen
1580 Drake completes voyage around world
1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced
1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada
1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India
1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa
1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
1534 Henry VIII controls English church
1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type
1453 End of Hundred Years War
1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain
1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
 Sir-John Cornwallis
 b.         
 d.         
 Richard Cornwallis
 b.          Otley Hall, Badingham
 d.         
 
 
 
 John Cornwallis
 b.1555 Tannington, Suff.
 d.1615 Suff.
 Lyonell Lowthe
 b.1495 Castle Hedingham, Essex.
 d.1532
 Margaret Lowthe
 b.         
 d.         
 Elizabeth Blennerhassett
 b.1500 Frenze, Nfk.
 d.1559
 Sir-Thomas Blennerhassett
 b.1449 Frenze, Nfk.
 d.1531 Frenze, Nfk.
 John Blennerhassett
 b.1493 Frenze, Nfk.
 d.1573 Berkhamstead, Herts
 Margaret Braham
 b.1472 Wetheringsett, Suff.
 d.1561
 Catherine Blennerhassett
 b.1531 Barsham, Suff.
 d.1584 Barsham, Suff.
 Sir-Edward Echingham
 b.         
 d.         
 Mary Echingham
 b.1496 Barsham, Suff.
 d.1571
 Anne Everard
 b.         
 d.