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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