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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
 Sir-William Courtenay
 b.1451 Powderham Castle, Devon
 d.1512
 Sir-William Courtenay
 b.1485 Powderham Castle, Devon
 d.1535 Powderham Castle, Devon
 Cicely Cheyney
 b.1455 of Pinhoe, Devon
 d.         
 Sir-Peter Courtenay
 b.1507 Powderham Castle, Devon
 d.1552 Chudleigh, Devon
 Sir-Richard Edgecombe
 b.1455 Powderham, Exeter, Devon
 d.         
 Margaret Edgecombe
 b.1481 Powderham, Exeter, Devon
 d.1520
 Joan Tremayne
 b.1449 Powderham, Exeter, Devon
 d.         
 Anne Courtenay
 b.1550 of Ugbrooke Hse, Devon
 d.1605 Chudleigh, Devon
 Robert Shilston
 b.1483 of Bridestowe, Devon
 d.         
 Elizabeth Shilston
 b.1509 of Bridestowe, Devon
 d.1605 Chudleigh, Devon
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 b.         
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