Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina vs Ivan the Terrible
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Compare the life timelines of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594) and Ivan the Terrible (1530–1584) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 54 years, from 1530 to 1584.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)
- — Born in Palestrina, near Rome Verified
- — Choirboy at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome Verified
- — Appointed organist of the cathedral of Palestrina Verified
- — Married Lucrezia Gori Verified
- — Appointed maestro of the Cappella Giulia at Saint Peter's Verified
- — Directed music at St John Lateran and Santa Maria Maggiore Verified
- — Composed the Pope Marcellus Mass Verified
- — Returned to the Cappella Giulia as maestro Verified
- — Widowed by plague and remarried Virginia Dormoli Verified
- — Died in Rome Verified
Ivan the Terrible (1530–1584)
- — Born at Kolomenskoye near Moscow Verified
- — Became Grand Prince of Moscow at age three Verified
- — Crowned the first Tsar of all Russia Verified
- — Married Anastasia Romanovna Verified
- — Conquered the Khanate of Kazan Verified
- — Annexed the Khanate of Astrakhan Verified
- — Began the Livonian War Verified
- — Instituted the oprichnina Verified
- — Fatally struck his son and heir Tsarevich Ivan Verified
- — Died in Moscow Verified