Ivan

Ivan the Terrible

By Johnsonjordann
  • Period: 1530 to

    Timeline

  • Oct 1, 1533

    Ivan IV's father basil III dies

    Ivan IV's father basil III dies
    The death of Basil III, Ivans father in 1533 had a large impact in his life. He had no father figure to raise him or learn from, this could have been a reason for some of his irrational behavior in later years.
  • Apr 3, 1538

    Death of mother, Elena Glinskaya

    Death of mother, Elena Glinskaya
    After Ivans mother was murdered, at the age of 8 he was left in the care of boyars who often beat and starved him.This lead to his hatred toward boyars and his domestic policy against them later in life.
  • 1543

    Japanese war

    A shipwreck brought muskets to Japan. All the wealthy warlords were able to utilize muskets which modernized Japanese warfare, equalizing them with the rest of the world.
  • Mar 28, 1554

    Birth of first son

    Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich, Ivan's first son was born.
  • Aug 7, 1560

    Death of first wife

    Death of first wife
    His first wife, Anastasia Romanov died in 1560 after this Ivan snapped he soon became paranoid, and was convinced the boyars were behind her death, He then tried and exiled the majority of his advisory cabinet.
  • 1561

    Second marrige

    Ivan married Maria Temryukovna
  • Jan 1, 1564

    Absolute power

    In 1564 Ivan left Moscow. After people begged him to come back he said that he would only come back on the condition of Absolute power and if he was given the right to punish whoever he wanted whenever he wanted. This was the start of Ivan's bad period which gave him his nick name Ivan The Terrible.
  • Jan 5, 1564

    Execution

    From the time Anastasia died in 1560 to his death in 1584 Ivan went crazy and terrorized his people. He often executed citizens for no reason and It was documented that he killed up to 2,000 people in one day by public execution.
  • Nov 19, 1581

    Death of son

    Death of son
    During a heated argument, Ivan killed his son after realizing what he'd done and was horrified and soon after fell ill and died.
  • 1582

    Failed capture

    Ivan went to conquer Poland but his army was held back because of a recent traitor from Russia. There failure in annexing Poland put an end to Ivan's international power and signified the beginning of his descent leading to his death in 1584.