Timeline: Ivan The Terrible

Aug 25, 1530

Ivan IV is born

Ivan IV (Ivan the terrible) is born in Kolomenskoye, Moscow, Russia. His Dad was Vasili III of Russia, And his mother was Elena Gliskaya.

Nov 16, 1532

Pizarro marches from Pnama to Peru, and kills the Inca Cheiftan

Francisco Pizarro finds the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and kills him.Pizarro and 200 men captured Atahualpa. They were going to try and converte him to Chistianity but the ended up killing him.

Feb 3, 1547

Ivan marries Anastasia Ramanov

Ivan and Anastasia Ramanov get married. She was his 5th and last wife before his death.

Mar 18, 1547

Ivan becomes Czar of Russia

After being the Grand Prince of Russia for 14 years Ivan decided to make himself the Czar of Russia.

Jul 13, 1550

Ivan proposes a code of law as one of the reforms for his country

Ivan was making reforms for his country and for one of the reforms he proposed the idea of a code of law.

Aug 29, 1552

Ivan mareches south with an army and captures Kazan of the Tatars

After a long battle that started August 27th, Ivan and his men finnaly pushed up and captured the leader of the Tatars, Kazan.

Apr 10, 1553

Roman Catholicism is restored in england

Queen Mary I of England, brought back the Roman Catholic Church. This is one of the refoms she game to her country after the previous leader had gotten rid of it.

Nov 5, 1556

Akbar The Great becomes Emperor of India

Akbar The Great was leading a Mongolian army towards Delhi (the Indian Capital) when he was met up with Hindu forces. After the defeat of thoes forces Akbar marched into Delhi and took the throne .

Aug 7, 1560

Anastasia Dies, and sends Ivan into a deep depresion

When Ivans Wife Anastasia dies Ivan is heartbroken. Just knowing that Ivan was not going to be able to see her again was the worst feeling for him. He became very deppresed, and after the death Ivan would never be the same again.

Sep 9, 1560

Ivans reign of terror begins after the death of Anastasia

After the death of Anastasia Ivan become a very tark and angry person. his part of his reign as Czar is known as his reign of terror.

Apr 30, 1561

French religious wars begin

The French people suddenly begain fighting over who was the dominante religion i the country. Theese wars were fought between the Catholics and the Protestants.