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May 25, 1530
Ivan is born
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Jan 10, 1538
Ivan's mother dies
Supposedly died by poisoning by boyars -
Jan 16, 1547
Ivan proclaims himself Czar
Ivan was the first Czar to be crowned as he invented te title to intimidate the Czars -
Feb 10, 1547
Ivan marries Anastasiya Romanovna
Anastasiya Romanov was daughter to the Romanov family, one of the first boyar families. -
Jan 10, 1560
Anastasya Dies
Ivan suspects boyars poisoned her -
Jan 10, 1565
He arranged the Opritchniki The opritchniki
The opritchniki was basically a gathering of 1,000–6,000 men that he could manage to take care of the large-scale violence he inflicted during his rule. -
Jan 10, 1570
A large killing took place due to the Opritchniki
The event in a town called Novgorod -
Jan 10, 1581
Ivan the Terrible murdered his only son
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Ivan the Terrible died