Anders, b: 1445 -

^{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}




			^Anders^{b.1445 d.1497}



	^{Jens Anderson Bering}^{b.1496 Bjerring, Viborg, Denmark d.1551}