Vasili III of Russia

Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 to 1533

8 dated entries naming Vasili III of Russia, drawn from 7 separate years between 1479 CE and 1533 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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15th century

  • 1479March 25 – Vasili III of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1533)source

16th century

  • 1502April 11 – Dmitry Ivanovich Vnuk, who had been the teenage co-ruler of the Grand Duchy of Moscow since 1498 with his grandfather Ivan III, is arrested along with his mother, Elena of Moldavia on suspicion of conspiracy. Ivan designates his son (and Dmitry's uncle) Vasili Ivanovich as the new heir to the throne of Moscow.source
  • 1505November 6 (October 27 O.S.) – Vasili III succeeds Ivan III, as Grand Prince of Muscovy, comprising much of modern-day Russia.source
  • 1510The Grand Prince of Moscow Vasili III conquers Pskov.source
  • 1514August 1 – Vasili III of Russia captured Smolensk from Grand Duchy of Lithuania.source
  • 1517Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy conquers Ryazan.source
  • 1533December 3 – Ivan IV succeeds his father Vasili III as Grand Prince of Muscovy at the age of three; he will rule in Russia until his death in 1584.source
  • 1533December 3 – Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy (b. 1479)source

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