| 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada 1611 Authorized English Bible published 1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia 1618 Beginning of 30 Years War 1628 English curtail King's powers  | 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico  1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia 1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen 1580 Drake completes voyage around world 1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced  | 1492 Columbus discovers West Indies 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  | 
|  William Cecil b.1566 Cambridge. d.1640 Exeter Hse, London.  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Catherine Cecil b.1567 Burghley, Northants. d.1567  | ![]()  |  William Cecil b.1520 Lord Burghley d.1598 Burghley, London Mddsx.  | ||||||
|  Lucy Cecil b.1568 Burghley, Northants. d.1614  |  Sir-Thomas Cecil b.1542 lst Earl of Exeter d.1622 London, Mddsx.  | |||||||
|  Mildred Cecil b.1569 Burghley, Northants. d.  | ![]()  |  Mary Cheeke b.1522 St. Mary the , Cambridge. d.1544 Cambridge.  | ||||||
|  Richard Cecil b.1570 Wakerley, Northants. d.1633  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  John Neville b.1493 of Snape Hall, Yorkshire. d.1543 London, Mddsx.  | |||||
|  Edward Cecil b.1571 Burghley, Northants. d.1638 Wimbledon, London.  | ![]()  |  John Neville b.1520 Snape Hall, Yorkshire. d.1577  |  Dorothy De Vere b.1497 Oxford, Oxfordshire. d.1527  | |||||
|  Mary Cecil b.1573 Burghley, Northants. d.  |  Dorothy Neville (Coe) b.1548 Countess of Exeter - of Y d.1609 London, Mddsx.  | ![]()  |  Henry Somerset b. d.  | |||||
|  Lady-Elizabeth Cecil b.1574 Burghley, Stanford d.  | ![]()  |  Lucy Somerset b.1523 Chepsto, Monmouthshire. d.1582  |  Elizabeth Browne b. d.  | |||||
|  Susan Cecil b.1574 Burghley, Northants. d.1575  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Christopher Cecil b.1576 Burghley, Northants. d.  | ||||||||
|  Dorothy Cecil b.1577 Horseheath, Cambs d.1613  | ||||||||
|  Thomas Cecil b.1579 Burghley, Northants. d.1662 Stamford, Northants.  | ||||||||
|  Frances Cecil b.1581 Ridgeley Hall, Essex d.1653 Rainham, Kent.  | ||||||||