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Aug 25, 1530
Ivan the Terrible was born
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Period: Jan 10, 1533 to
Ivan the Terrible's Rule
He ruled from the age of three -
Jan 10, 1538
His mother died
She supposedly died by poisoning -
Jan 16, 1547
He was proclaimed the Tsar of Russia
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Feb 10, 1547
He married Anastasiya Romanovna
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Jan 10, 1560
His first wife died
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Jan 10, 1565
He arranged 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. -
Period: Jan 10, 1565 to Jan 10, 1572
The additions of the Opritchniki
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Jan 10, 1570
A large killing took place due to the Opritchniki
Novgorod -
Period: Jan 10, 1570 to Jan 10, 1579
He married five wives in a row
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Jan 10, 1581
Ivan the Terrible murdered his only son
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Ivan the Terrible died