ivan timeline

By s-kmuneta
  • Married Anastasia Romanova
    1547

    Married Anastasia Romanova

  • 1549

    Reformed tax collections

  • Revised the law of code to replace the one from 1497
    1550

    Revised the law of code to replace the one from 1497

  • Birth of Ivan's first son
    1554

    Birth of Ivan's first son

  • 1556

    Ivan's armies defeated the Tartar khanates of Astrakhan

  • Birth of Ivan's son Foedor I
    1557

    Birth of Ivan's son Foedor I

  • Went to war with Livonians
    1558

    Went to war with Livonians

  • wife died
    1560

    wife died

  • 1564

    Ivan fled and gained absolute power

  • Implemented the Oprichnina
    1565

    Implemented the Oprichnina

  • 1570

    Led troops to Novgorod and destroyed their city

  • killed his oldest son
    1581

    killed his oldest son