Ivan III of Russia (Ivan the Great) was the Grand Prince of Moscow and Russia from 1462 to 1505. Ivan III was born in 1440 to Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow (r. 1425-1462) and his wife, Maria Borovsk (l. c. 1420-1485). He served as co-ruler for his blind father from 1450 until he became regent in 1462.
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1440 - 1505Life of Ivan III of Russia.
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1446Grand Prince Vasily II is attacked and blinded.
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1450 - 1462Ivan III of Russia is co-ruler and co-regent with his father Grand Prince Vasily II.
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1467Ivan III's first wife, Maria of Tver, dies.
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1471Ivan III of Russia marches on Novgorod.
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1472Ivan III marries Sophia Palaiologina, the niece of the last Byzantine emperor.
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1478Novgorod falls to Ivan III of Russia.
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1480Khan Ahmed bin Küchük signs a treaty with Polish-Lithuanian Casimir IV.
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1480The Golden Horde and the Russian army meet on the banks of the Ugra River.
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1485Tver falls to Ivan III of Russia.
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1497The Code of Laws (Sudebnik), Russia's first standardised legal system, is created.
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1503The treaty between Russia and Lithuania is reinstated after years of conflict.
