Ivan The Terrible

Ivan IV is born

Aug 25, 1530

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

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

Nov 16, 1532

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.

Ivan marries Anastasia Ramanov

Feb 3, 1547

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

Ivan becomes Czar of Russia

Mar 18, 1547

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

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

Jul 13, 1550

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

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

Aug 29, 1552

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

Roman Catholicism is restored in england

Apr 10, 1553

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.

Akbar The Great becomes Emperor of India

Nov 5, 1556

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 .

Anastasia Dies, and sends Ivan into a deep depresion

Aug 7, 1560

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.

Ivans reign of terror begins after the death of Anastasia

Sep 9, 1560

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.

French religious wars begin

Apr 30, 1561

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.

Ivan kills his Son

Nov 19, 1564

Ivan and his son never really got along well. After Ivan suspected his son, Tsarevich Vasili Ivanovich as a trader he killed him

Ivan slaughters the people of Novgorod

Jan 2, 1570

Ivan marched into Novgorod with 5,000 men and slaughters all of the people of Novgorod. This event was known as The Masacre of Novgorod.

Japan permits visits of foreign ships

Jul 8, 1570

Japan finnaly peermits the visit of foregin ships. Quickly aafter that english merchants rushed over to Japan to trade.

Francis Drake returns to England and is Knighted by the Queen

Apr 4, 1580

Frances Drake returns to England after being out on the sea for a long time. He was Knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

Ivan Dies

Mar 28, 1584

Ivan the terrible dies in Moscow Russia.