Ivan IV the Terrible of Russia Timeline

By haileescott
  • Aug 25, 1530

    Ivan was born

  • Period: Aug 25, 1530 to

    Life-Death

  • Jan 1, 1533

    Basil III Death

    Ivan`s Father`s Death
  • Mar 27, 1538

    Elena Glinskaya Death

    Ivan`s Mother`s Death
  • Dec 29, 1543

    Ivan ended the Boyars rule

  • Ivan IV is crowned Tsar of Muscovy
    Jan 16, 1547

    Ivan IV is crowned Tsar of Muscovy

  • Appointed a Counsil of Advisers
    Jan 1, 1549

    Appointed a Counsil of Advisers

    Unknown date
  • Ivan's armies crushed the Tartar khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan
    Mar 27, 1552

    Ivan's armies crushed the Tartar khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan

  • Mar 1, 1553

    Ivan has a severe illness

  • Mar 17, 1553

    Dmitri drowns

    Unknown day
  • Jan 1, 1555

    Ivan helped support the building of St. Basil's Cathedral

    unknown date
  • Jan 1, 1558

    Ivan conquered Baltic cities: Narva and Polotsk

    Unknown Date
  • Mar 27, 1558

    Ivan targeted Livonia to conquer and expand his empire

  • Ivan`s death of his first wife caused him to threaten to leave the throne
    Jan 1, 1560

    Ivan`s death of his first wife caused him to threaten to leave the throne

    unknown date
  • Ivan set up the Oprichniki police force
    Mar 1, 1565

    Ivan set up the Oprichniki police force

    Date After February
  • Jan 1, 1572

    Ivan ended the Oprichniki

    unknown date
  • Ivan killed his pregnant daughter in law and son
    Nov 19, 1581

    Ivan killed his pregnant daughter in law and son

  • Ivan faints and dies

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