The Zemsky Sobor (Assembly of the Land), elects 16 year old, Michael Romanov (Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov), son of Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, as the new Russian Tsar. He was was crowned on 21 July 21. 1613 Michael's election followed the "Time of Troubles" and ended a period of instability in the country.
It marked the beginning of the Romanov dynasty which would go on to rule Russia for over 300 years, until the abdication of Nicholas II in 1917. More