Short answers, pulled from the story.
Ignatius of Loyola entered the world inside a stone fortress in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa. His parents belonged to the minor nobility of the Basque region and fought in the Basque war of the bands.
A cannonball fractured his right leg on the 20th of May 1521 during the storming of the fortress of Pamplona. The final result left his right leg shorter than the other and he would limp for the rest of his life.
While recovering from surgery, his sister-in-law brought him lives of Christ and saints instead of romances of chivalry. This inspired him to devote himself to God and follow Francis of Assisi.
On the morning of the 15th of August 1534, Loyola and six companions met in the chapel of Saint Denis to take solemn vows. Pope Paul III approved the order in 1540 and Ignatius became the first Superior General invested with the title Father General.
Ignatius died in Rome on the 31st of July 1556 likely suffering from Roman Fever which is a severe variant of malaria endemic to the city. He was buried in the crypt of Maria della Strada Church on the 1st of August 1556.