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1530
Ivan was born
Birth of Ivan -
1533
Ivans father passed away
Ivans father died when he was 3 and led Ivan to rule as a prince. The death of his father left Ivan with only his mother. -
1538
Ivans mother passes away
Ivans mother passes away when Ivan is 8 years old. This left Ivan alone with no parents and no one to guide him in life. Constant danger was exposed to Ivan because of this. -
1538
Boyars accused of murdering Ivans mom
Boyars accused of murdering Ivan mom builds a bad relationship and image between Ivan and the boyars. -
1539
Ivans maturing period (1539-1546)
Ivan was sensitive, neglected but intelligent. He was lonely and was scorned by family members. Red signs of him as being mentally disturbed resulting in becoming a monarch was when he tortured small animals. -
1547
Ivan gets married
Ivan gets married to Anastasia Romanovna who is from an old boyar family, results in him doing good things for Russia. -
1547
Ivans good period (1547-1560)
Ivans good period was a time in life where things finally went Ivans way. Not only politically, but personally because Ivan has a wife, he finally isn't alone and has someone there for him. -
1560
Ivans wife dies 1560
Ivans wifes dies, this brings Ivan back to his lonely state as everyone in his family has just died away. This causes him to become heavily insecure about peoples loyalty to him. -
1560
Ivans bad period (1560-1584)
After the death of Ivans wife he becomes insecure about who he can trust and who is loyal to him. Ivans personality and feeling about his wife dying effected his decisions he made while ruling. -
1560
Boyars and there families were executed (1560-1584)
One decision made by Ivan that was caused by his wife's death was to hunt and kill boyars that were unloyal to him and there families. This desicion seems to be made purely by Ivan only because of his coping of his wife. As he has lost very important people and now is reflecting that to keep the most loyal secured in his life that he can make with his new rules. -
Ivan killed his oldest son
Ivan killed his oldest son and heir, leaving the second oldest son still alive. -
Ivan died
Ivan died at
