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Aug 25, 1530
1530
Ivan the terrible was born -
Dec 18, 1533
1533
Ivan took the throne at age 3, after his dad died of blood poisoning -
Dec 5, 1538
1538
At age 5, Ivan's mother got assassinated by what they think was poison -
Dec 6, 1547
1547
Ivan seized power and named himself the first official Czar of Russia -
Dec 6, 1550
1550
He revised the Law of Code and created the Sudebnik of 1550, which helped the country succeed -
Dec 6, 1553
1553
By Ivan's order, the Moscow Print Yard began and the first printing press was introduced to the country -
Dec 6, 1560
1560's
Russia faced hardships with drought and famine -
Dec 6, 1561
1561
Ivan had the St. Basil's Cathedral built and his wife Anastasia died -
Dec 6, 1564
1564
Ivan left Moscow and moved the capitol to Aleksandrova Sloboda -
Dec 6, 1569
1569
Ivan started sending his own police force to hunt down and murder people he considered traitors or were involved in killing his wife -
Dec 6, 1570
1570
A plague spread through the country killing 600-1,000 people per day, only worsening the condition of the country. Ivan ordered people to raid the city -
Dec 6, 1581
1581
Ivan and his son, Ivan, named after himself, got in a fight one night, Ivan the Terrible ended up killing his son. -
1584
Ivan the Terrible died, and with his eldest and most qualified son killed, his youngest son became the new Czar. This caused an even worse downfall of Russia, because Ivan's son was not qualified to lead, and ended up dying two year later.