| 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  | 
![]()  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  James Douglas b.1498 Drumlanrig, Scotland. d.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  William Douglas b.1540 Hawick, Scotland. d.  |  Christian Montgomerie b.1522 Eglintoun, Scotland. d.  | |||||
![]()  |  James Douglas b. Drumlanrig, Scotland. d.  | ![]()  |  James Gordon b.1499 Lochinvar, Scotland. d.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Margaret Gordon b. Kirkcudbrights, Scotland. d.  |  Margaret Crichton b.1503 Kirkpatrick, Scotland. d.  | |||||
|  William Douglas b.1583 Drumlanrig, Scot. d.1639  | ![]()  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  John Fleming b. d.  | ||||||
![]()  |  Mary Fleming b. d.  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Elizabeth Ross b. d.  | ||||||
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