Deaths on September 12

Vasili IV of Russia

Died on September 12, 1612

Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)

Vasili IV Shuisky (Russian: Василий IV Иванович Шуйский, Vasiliy IV Ivanovich Shuyskiy, c. 1552 – 12 September 1612) was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided with the Time of Troubles. He was the only member of House of Shuisky to become Tsar and the last member of the Rurikid dynasty to rule as tsar.

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Events on 1612

1 Nov

Kitay-gorod
During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.) .