Today in History 01/16/17

Founded: 27 BC
Dissolved: 1453
Population: 56.80 million (1 AD)
Area: 1.06 million sq miles (2.75 million km²)
Capitals: Rome · Constantinople · Ravenna
Official language: Latin
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Lived: Aug 25, 1530 – Mar 28, 1584 (age 53)
Spouse: Maria Nagaya (m. 1581 – 1584) · Maria Dolgorukaya (m. 1580 – 1580) · Vasilisa Melentyeva (m. 1579 – 1579) · Anna Vasilchikova (m. 1575) · Anna Koltovskaya (m. 1572 – 1574) · Marfa Sobakina
Children: Feodor I of Russia (Son) · Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (Son) · Dmitry of Uglich (Son) · Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia (Son) · Tsarevna Maria Ivanovna (Daughter) · Tsarevich Vasili Ivanovich
Parents: Vasili III of Russia (Father) · Elena Glinskaya (Mother)
Buried: Cathedral of the Archangel
Siblings: KudeyarHighlights
- 1547: Ivan the Terrible married Anastasia Romanovna on February 03, 1547; their marriage lasted 13 years till August 07, 1560.
- 1550: The German merchant companies ignored the new port built by Ivan on the River Narva in 1550 and continued to deliver goods in the Baltic ports owned by Livonia.
- 1551: In 1551 the wooden fort of Sviyazhsk was transported down the Volga from Uglich all the way to Kazan.
- 1552: On 16 June 1552 Ivan IV led a 150,000-strong Russian army towards Kazan.
- 1556: In 1556, the khanate was conquered by Ivan the Terrible, who had a new fortress built on a steep hill overlooking the Volga.
- 1566: In 1566 Ivan extended the oprichnina to eight central districts.
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Start date: 1920
End date: 1933
wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States

Release year: 1950
Genre: Jazz, Dixieland / Traditional
Label: Hallmark
Artist: Benny Goodman
wiki/The_Famous_1938_Carnegie_Hall_Jazz_Concert