The Tsardom of Russia was the Russian state from the coronation of Ivan IV, known as Ivan the Terrible, as the first tsar, until Peter the Great adopted the title of emperor and founded the Russian Empire. In this period, Muscovy expanded east across Siberia to the Pacific and south to take in the Volga region. Ivan's reign saw the conquest of the khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan, followed by the chaos of the Time of Troubles, ended by the election of Michael Romanov in 1613, which began the Romanov dynasty. The Tsardom later took in much of Ukraine and was ruled by an assembly of nobles, the Zemsky Sobor, in some periods.
Before and after
- from 13 December 1545 to 21 February 1563Council of Trent
- 18 February 1546Death of Martin Luther
- from 10 July 1546 to 23 May 1547Schmalkaldic War
- 14 December 1546Birth of Tycho Brahe
- from 1547 to 1721Tsardom of Russia
- 28 January 1547Death of Henry VIII of England
- 29 September 1547Birth of Miguel de Cervantes
- 2 December 1547Death of Hernán Cortés
- January 1548Birth of Giordano Bruno
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- from 1520 to 1600Mannerism
- from 1543 to 1687Scientific Revolution
- from 1613 to 1762House of Romanov
- June 1644The Manchus take Beijing and found Qing rule
- 1748Excavations begin at Pompeii
The era
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