| 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  | 
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![]()  |   | ![]()  |  John Savage b.1450 Clifton, Cheshire d.1492 Slain in France  | |||||
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|  William Brereton b.1520 Ashley, Cheshire d.1559 Brereton, Cheshire  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  George Booth b.1445 Barton, Eccles, Lancs. d.1483  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  William Booth b.1473 Dunham, Notts d.1519  |  Cartherine Mountfort b.1441 Beseote, Staffs d.  | |||||
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![]()  | ![]()  |  Ellen Montgomery b.1475 Throwley, Staffs d.  | ||||||
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