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At this time all European countries had been using the spinning wheel which made more fabrics available throughout the world.
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Ivan was born in Kolomenskoye. Kolomenskoye is a former royal estate situated several kilometers to the southeast of the city center of Moscow, Russia. His life is significant because he had become one of the most feared Czars in Russian history.
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This is significant because after Ivans father had died he had been nominated Grand Duke (a prince or nobleman ruling over a territory in certain European countries).
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Michel E. De Montaigne was a french moralist and creator of personal essays.
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Ivans mother had died when he was 7 years old. This left him as an orphan since his father had already died. He wasn't allowed to rule since he was so young. The people who ruled in his place had mistreated him and abused him. This had shaped the way he had acted as he grew up.
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Ivan had been pronounced the czar of Russia, he had made Russia into a world power because of the abundance of Siberias natural resources. He had left the political part of Russia in ruins, However he had made Russia a empire when her died.
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Ivan had married Anastasiya on this date. This is significant because she is gonna be one of the best people for him. She can calm him down when he is furious, and she also had given him6 children before her passing which may have been the worst thing to happen. Without her Ivan would fall into a natural state of uncontrollable anger.
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Akbar the great conquered Afghanistan, continues wars of conquest.
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Anastasiya was potentially poisoned, this had made Ivan more furious with the nobles, who he had accused for her death. He had tortured and executed some nobles without a trial to see if they were guilty or not.
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Ivan leaves Moscow because he wanted to give up his throne. He soon had to go back because Russia didn't have a leader.
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The Opritchniki was a group of 1,000-6,000 men that were responsible for taking care of the large scale destruction that Ivan inflicted during his rule.
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Henry Stewart was killed by strangulation at the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh.
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Turkish fleet defeated at Battle of Lepanto by Spanish and Italian fleets. Peace of Constantinople ends Turkish attacks on Europe.
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A great fire had burned most of Moscow and killed around 200,000 people.
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Ivan the Terrible and his son had gotten into a fight after Ivan had beaten up his sons wife because he didn't like the clothes she wore, this led to her pregnancy ending in a miscarriage. Ivan had gotten so furious from the argument that he struck his son in the head with a metal-tipped staff. His son had died after that due to fatal wounds. This was significant because he had become traumatized after this event.
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Ivan the terrible had died due to a stroke. He had called for witches to try to preserve him but to none had succeeded. It's important that he died because he had kind of messed up Russia and they needed a new person to take control and re-build what he destroyed.
