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Aug 25, 1530
Ivan the Terrible is born
Ivan IV Vasilyevich was born on august 25, 1530 -
Aug 25, 1533
Ivan's father dies
At three years old when his father died, he was immediately declared grand prince of Moscow, his mom ruling in Ivan’s name until her death (allegedly by poison in 1538) -
Mar 18, 1538
Ivan becomes an Orphan
When he is 8 years old and his mother passes away, he becomes an orphan. The Shuisky princes, who were his new guardians, neglected him and were said to have not given him enough food. -
Jan 16, 1547
Ivan gains control
On January 16, 1547, he was crowned “tsar and grand prince of all Russia.” -
Period: Mar 18, 1547 to Mar 17, 1560
Ivan's "good period"
for a brief few years, he won great victories, added land to Russia, developed a code of laws, and ruled justly. -
Mar 18, 1560
Ivan's wife, Anastasia dies
the event that is said to trigger the downfall of his rule, he accused the boyars (landowning nobles) of poisoning his wife, he organized his own police force to hunt down and murder people Ivan considered traitors. -
Period: Mar 18, 1560 to
Ivan's "bad period" also known as the Time of Troubles
From the end of his "good period" to the end of his life, his rule began to take turns for the worse. -
Mar 18, 1581
Ivan murders his son
in a fit of personally and nationally influenced rage, he killed his eldest son, Ivan Ivanovich, who he named after himself and was the only viable heir left to his throne. -
Ivan's death
Ivan IV Vasilyevich dies leaving his empire abandoned on march 18, 1584
