Nycod Ruffi, b: 1532 - Switzerland,

^{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}


	^Nycod Ruffi^{b.1532 Switzerland d.1578 Switzerland}

^{Jeanne Ruffi}^{b.1532 Switzerland d.1578 Switzerland}

		^{Thomas Blondel}^{b.1438 Switzerland d.1513 Paris, France}

	^{Jeanne Blondel}^{b.1502 Switzerland d. Switzerland}

		^{Amedea Lombard}^{b.1460 Switzerland d. Switzerland}	^{Jean Lombard}^{b. d.}