-
Aug 25, 1533
Ivan the Terribles birth
-
Nov 25, 1547
Gets married to Anastasia Romanovna
-
Nov 25, 1547
Was crowned tsar (king) of Muscovy, Russia
-
Nov 25, 1552
Ivan's armies crushed the Tartar khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan
In 1552 and 1556, Ivan's armies crushed the Tartar khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan, respectively. -
Nov 25, 1555
Commissioned St.Basil Cathedral to be built
Ivan commissioned St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square, built between 1555 and 1561, to commemorate the conquest of the Tatar city of Kazan -
Ivan the Terribles death