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 |
Robert Saunders b.1445 Shankton, Leics. d. | ||||||||
Edward Saunders b.1469 Harrington, Northants. d. | ||||||||
Agricola b.1449 Shankton, Leics. d. | ||||||||
Laurence Saunders b.1490 Harringwor, Co Northants d. | ||||||||
Joan b.1463 Harrington, Northants. d. | ||||||||