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 |
Thomas Culpeper b.1499 Wakehurst, Kent d.1572 | ||||||||
Sir-Thomas Blennerhassett b.1449 Frenze, Nfk. d.1531 Frenze, Nfk. | ||||||||
George Blennerhassett b.1481 Frenze, Nfk. d.1543 | Jane Sutton b.1453 Frenze, Nfk. d. | |||||||
Mary Blennerhassett b.1501 Frenze, Nfk. d.1587 | John Covert b. Sussex d. | |||||||
Anne Covert b.1501 Slougham, Sussex. d. | Isabel Pelham b. d. | |||||||