Erik Nielsen, b: 1496 -

^{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}


			^Tue Nielsen^{b.1431 d.1485}

		^{Niels Tuesen}^{b.1482 Bogense, Denmark d.1501}

	^{Erik Nielsen}^{b.1496 d.1500 Bogense}



^{Claus Eriksen}^{b.1486 Bogense, Denmark d.1602 Bogense}

		^{Oluf Gallskytt}^{b.1457 d.1477}

	^{Anne Olufsdatter Galskytt}^{b.1477 d.1493}