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| 1147 | Dolgoruki, Yuri |  |
| Moscow Dolgoruki founds Moscow |
| 1156 | Dolgoruki, Yuri | |
| Moscow Dolgoruki builds the 1st Kremlin |
| 1326 | Ivan I | |
| Moscow Causes the Metropolitan See to be transferred to Moscow |
| 1328 | Ivan I | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Grand Prince of Moscow, son of Prince Daniel of Moscow |
| 1353 | Ivan II the Red | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Grand Prince of Moscow, son of Ivan I |
| 1353 | Simeon the Proud | |
| Moscow The black death reaches Moscow |
| 1359 | Dimitri | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Prince of Moscow |
| 1362 | Dimitri | |
| Vladimir Succeeds as Grand Prince of Vladimir |
| 1382 | Dimitri | |
| Moscow The Mongols sack Moscow & end its independence |
| Moscow The Tartars recapture Moscow |
| 1389 | Basil I | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| 1389 | Vasily I | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Prince of Moscow |
| 1425 | Basil II the Blind | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| 1440 | Ivan III the Great | |
| 22nd Jan Birth of Ivan III the Great |
| 1462 | Ivan III the Great | |
| Moscow Calls himself "sole ruler, Tsar of all Russia" |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| Moscow Trans forms the Kremlin into his residence |
| 1471 | Ivan the Younger | |
| Moscow Appointed Co-Regent of Russia |
| 1472 | Ivan III the Great | |
| Moscow Establishes Russian protectors of Orthodox Chris tianity |
| Moscow Marries Sophia, niece of the last Byzantine Emperor |
| 1478 | Ivan III the Great | |
| Novgorod Moscow captures Novgorod |
| 1480 | Ivan III the Great | |
| Moscow Defeats the Tartars & throws off their yoke |
| Moscow Stops paying tribute money to the Mongols |
| 1491 | Ivan III the Great | |
| Moscow Ivan III (the Great) builds the Palace of Facets, the first great Kremlin palace, religious leaders proclaim Moscow "the third Rome", heir to Rome, Constantinople |
| 1502 | Ivan III the Great | |
| Moscow Decides to make his son Vasily his successor in preference to his nephew Dmitry |
| 1505 | Ivan III the Great | |
| Moscow Cathedral of St. Michael, Moscow, outstanding example of Italian High Renaissance |
| 1520 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| 25th Aug Birth of Ivan the Terrible, the 1st Tsar of Russia |
| 1533 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Moscow Rules under the Regency of his Mother, 1533-1538 |
| 1546 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Moscow Assumes full power |
| 1547 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Moscow 1st Russian ruler to use the title of Tsar formally |
| Moscow Crowned Tsar of Russia, 1st Tsar |
| Moscow Marries Anastasiya Romanovna |
| Moscow Renewal of the Empire through absolute autocracy |
| 16th Jan Coronation of Ivan IV the Terrible, the 1st Russian Tsar |
| 1549 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Moscow Convenes the 1st National Assembly, Zemski Sobor |
| 1550 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Moscow The Law Code, sudebnik, is promulgated |
| Moscow Under a "Petitions Chancery" individuals can bring their grievances to the Tsar |
| 1552 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Kazan Ivan IV of Russia begins his conquest of Kazan, Tatarstan, and Astrakhan in the Volga delta |
| 1555 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Pyatigorsk Proclaims the kingdom of Pyatigorsk to be under Russian rule |
| 1560 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Moscow Ivan IV (the Terrible) builds St. Basil's Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow; painted onion domes become symbol of Russia, epitome of Russo-Byzantine architecture |
| 1571 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Moscow Seizure & burning of Moscow |
| 1584 | Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Moscow Death of Ivan, Ivan IV's son |
| Moscow Kills his son Ivan |
| 1584 | Theodore I | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar |
| 1598 | Boris Godunov | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar |
| 1598 | Theodore I | |
| Moscow Death of Theodore I, end of the Riurikid line |
| 1605 | Theodore II | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar |
| 1606 | Basil IV | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar |
| 1610 | Basil IV | |
| Moscow Abdication of Basil IV |
| 1618 | Michael | |
| Moscow The Poles attack the city of Moscow |
| 1619 | Philaret | |
| Moscow Appointed Patriarch of Moscow |
| 1634 | Shein, Boris | |
| Feb Moscow Death of Boris Shein, executed |
| Feb Moscow Found guilty of treason after the battle of Smolensk & executed |
| 1645 | Alexis I Mikhaylovich | |
| Moscow Alexis 's tutor, Morozov, runs the government, 1645-1659 |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| 1648 | Alexis I Mikhaylovich | |
| Moscow The rebellion leeds to the drafting of a new code of law, Sobornoe Ulozhenie |
| 1649 | Alexis I Mikhaylovich | |
| Moscow Parliament produces the Code of Law, Ulozhenie, to redress widespread discontent |
| 1652 | Nikon, Patriarch | |
| Moscow Appointed Chief Minister |
| Moscow Begins to reform the Russian Church on the Greek Church |
| 1658 | Nikon, Patriarch | |
| Moscow Threatens to resign to speed up Church Reforms, to his surprise the offer is accepted |
| 1662 | Alexis I Mikhaylovich | |
| Moscow A rebellion at Moscow is caused by bad harvests, plague & oppression by landlords |
| 1671 | Alexis I Mikhaylovich | |
| 6th June Moscow The peasant leader, Razin, is executed in Red Square |
| 1680 | Ivan III the Great | |
| Rebels against the Tartars & refuses to pay tribute to grand khan Ahmed |
| 1682 | Theodore III | |
| 7th May Moscow Death of Theodore III, without isuue, news of his death sparks the Moscow uprising |
| 1699 | Peter I the Great | |
| Aug Moscow Traditional clothing is banned, subjects must wear traditional dress |
| 20th Dec Moscow Sets about reforming the Russian calendar |
| 1724 | Catherine I | |
| Moscow Crowned Empress Consort |
| 1728 | Peter II | |
| Moscow Crowned Tsar of Russia |
| 1729 | Suvorov | |
| 24th Nov Moscow Birth of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov |
| 1755 | Elizabeth | |
| Moscow Founds the University of Moscow |
| 1755 | Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich | |
| Moscow Draws up plans for Moscow State University which opens in 1755 |
| 1782 | Catherine II the Great | |
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