Ivan the Terrible

By s-schapman
  • Period: 1560 BCE to

    Seized boyars estates and created a new class of noble.

    Ivan established a secret police force just to eliminate who he believed to be traitors. After a boyar was dead, Ivan seized the land and gave it to a new group of nobles who swore loyalty to him or lost their land.
  • Period: 1547 BCE to 1560 BCE

    Ivan brought a good time upon Russia; he won battles, created new laws, ruled justly.

  • Period: 1547 BCE to 1580 BCE

    Ivan had seven wives throughout his life

  • Period: 1533 BCE to 1547 BCE

    Ivan came to power at age three and boyars fought to control him until he was sixteen

  • Birth of Ivan the Terrible
    Sep 3, 1530

    Birth of Ivan the Terrible

  • Accused boyar's of poisoning his wife and turned againstthem completely
    Aug 7, 1560

    Accused boyar's of poisoning his wife and turned againstthem completely

  • Relationship's sour
    Nov 16, 1581

    Relationship's sour

    Ivan beat his pregnant daughter-in-law for wearing improper clothes
  • Son down
    Nov 19, 1581

    Son down

    Killed his oldest son in 1581, leaving only his weakest son
  • Ivan's death

    Ivan's death

    Ivan died at the age of 53