Ivan The Terrible Timeline

Spinning wheel

Jan 1, 1530

At this time all European countries had been using the spinning wheel which made more fabrics available throughout the world.

Ivan The Terrible is born

Aug 25, 1530

Ivan was born in Kolomenskoye. Kolomenskoye is a former royal estate situated several kilometers to the southeast of the city center of Moscow, Russia. His life is significant because he had become one of the most feared Czars in Russian history.

Death of Ivans father

Jan 1, 1533

This is significant because after Ivans father had died he had been nominated Grand Duke (a prince or nobleman ruling over a territory in certain European countries).

Michel E. De Montaigne is born

Feb 28, 1533

Michel E. De Montaigne was a french moralist and creator of personal essays.

Death of Ivans mother

Apr 4, 1538

Ivans mother had died when he was 7 years old. This left him as an orphan since his father had already died. He wasn't allowed to rule since he was so young. The people who ruled in his place had mistreated him and abused him. This had shaped the way he had acted as he grew up.

Ivan had become the Czar of Russia

Jan 16, 1547

Ivan had been pronounced the czar of Russia, he had made Russia into a world power because of the abundance of Siberias natural resources. He had left the political part of Russia in ruins, However he had made Russia a empire when her died.

Ivan married Anastasiya

Feb 10, 1547

Ivan had married Anastasiya on this date. This is significant because she is gonna be one of the best people for him. She can calm him down when he is furious, and she also had given him6 children before her passing which may have been the worst thing to happen. Without her Ivan would fall into a natural state of uncontrollable anger.

Akbar the Great becomes Mogul emperor of India

Jan 1, 1556

Akbar the great conquered Afghanistan, continues wars of conquest.

Death of Anastasiya

Feb 16, 1560

Anastasiya was potentially poisoned, this had made Ivan more furious with the nobles, who he had accused for her death. He had tortured and executed some nobles without a trial to see if they were guilty or not.

Ivan leaves Russia

Jan 1, 1564

Ivan leaves Moscow because he wanted to give up his throne. He soon had to go back because Russia didn't have a leader.

Ivan had created the Opritchniki

Jan 1, 1565

The Opritchniki was a group of 1,000-6,000 men that were responsible for taking care of the large scale destruction that Ivan inflicted during his rule.

Death of Henry Stewart

Feb 10, 1567

Henry Stewart was killed by strangulation at the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Turks attack Cyprus and war on Venice

Jan 1, 1570

Turkish fleet defeated at Battle of Lepanto by Spanish and Italian fleets. Peace of Constantinople ends Turkish attacks on Europe.

Moscow Burns in great fire

May 24, 1571

A great fire had burned most of Moscow and killed around 200,000 people.

Ivan The Terrible murders his only son

Jan 10, 1581

Ivan the Terrible and his son had gotten into a fight after Ivan had beaten up his sons wife because he didn't like the clothes she wore, this led to her pregnancy ending in a miscarriage. Ivan had gotten so furious from the argument that he struck his son in the head with a metal-tipped staff. His son had died after that due to fatal wounds. This was significant because he had become traumatized after this event.

Death of Ivan the Terrible

Mar 28, 1584

Ivan the terrible had died due to a stroke. He had called for witches to try to preserve him but to none had succeeded. It's important that he died because he had kind of messed up Russia and they needed a new person to take control and re-build what he destroyed.