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 | 1434 Medici rules in Florence 1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type 1453 End of Hundred Years War 1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain 1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope |
William Brandon b.1448 Bishops Lynn, Norkolk d. | ||||||||
Sir-Charles Brandon b.1484 Duke of Suffolk d.1545 | ||||||||
Elizabeth Bruyn b.1450 Bishops Lynn, Norkolk d. | ||||||||
Lady-Frances Brandon b.1517 Bishops Hatfield, Herts d.1559 Charterhouse, Surrey | ||||||||
Henry Tudor b.1457 Henry VI, King of England d.1509 Sheen, Richmond, Surrey | ||||||||
Mary Tudor b.1495 Queen of France d.1553 Westhorpe Hall, Suffolk | Edward Plantagenet b.1442 Edward I, King of England d.1483 | |||||||
Elizabeth Plantagenet b.1466 Elizabeth of York d.1503 Tower of London. | Elizabeth Woodville b.1437 d.1492 | |||||||