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Aug 25, 1530
Birth
Ivan the Terrible was born on August 25, 1530 in Kolomenskoye, Moscow, Russia. His father was Vasili III of Russia and his mother was Elena Glinskaya. His father died when he was only 3 years old and his mother ruled as regent until her death in 1538 when Ivan was 8 years old.
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Jan 1, 1533
Peru
In 1533 in Peru, Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire.
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Jan 1, 1534
England
In England in 1534, Henry VIII breaks away from the church.
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Jan 1, 1539
Growing Up
Growing up in 1539, there was evidence that Ivan was a sensitive and intelligent boy who was neglected and often abused by members of the nobility who looked after him after his parents passed away. He began to hate on the boyar class for how he treated him and suspected they were involved in his mother's death.
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Jan 1, 1547
His First Marriage
In Ivan's first year of becoming Czar in 1547, he got married to his fire wife, Anastasiya Romanova.
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Jan 16, 1547
Announced to Throne
Ivan the Terrible was the first Grand Prince to become Russia's Czar of Muscovy at the young age of 16 in 1547. Moscow became the capital of Russia when he was crowned Czar the same year.
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Jan 1, 1552
Defeats
In 1552, he defeated the armies of Kazan and Astrakhan and gained control over them extending Russia east. Soon after, he built the St. Basil's Cathedral.
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Jan 1, 1553
England
In 1553 in Englandm, Roman Catholicism is restored by Queen Mary I.
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Jan 1, 1556
India
In 1556 in India, Akbar the Great becomes Mogul emporer of India, and conquers Afghanistan in 1581.
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Jan 1, 1556
Regulations on the Boyar Class
Ivan put regulations on the Boyar class in service of his crown such as confiscating their property, and granted state property to those who served him.
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Jan 1, 1560
End of His Good Period
In 1560, his first wife Anastasiya died and that was the end of his good period. He blamed the Boyars for murdering his wife, so had to get revenge.
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Jan 1, 1565
Opritchniki Police Force
In 1565, he arranged the Opritchniki Police group, The job of the secret police was to find people who were supposedly plotting against the Tsar then confiscate their lands and put the guilty people to death.
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Jan 1, 1568
Netherlands
In 1568, Protestant Netherlands revolt against Catholic Spain.
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Jan 1, 1581
Murder of His Son
In 1581, Ivan The Terrible killed his only son in a fit of a rage, because of the Livonian War.
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Netherlands
In 1583, William of Orange rules the Netherlands.
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Death
On March 18, 1584, Ivan The Terrible died in Moscow, Russia due to health condition failures.
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