absolute ruler Ivan the terrible

Ivan was born

Aug 25, 1530

ivan the terrible

Period: Aug 25, 1530 to Mar 18, 1584

ivan was crowned tsar

Jan 16, 1547

ivan got married

Feb 3, 1547

ivan got married to anastasia romanovna

fight for land extension of Urals and Caspian Sea

Period: Jan 13, 1552 to Aug 21, 1556

Ivan's armies dominated the Tartar khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan (est.)

rain of terror

Period: Nov 20, 1560 to Nov 20, 1584

ivan destroyed the boyards and gained the name Grozny translating into awesome, even though he killed his son, beat his pregnent daughter in law, and blinded the architect of St. Basil's Cathedral (ect.)

ivan got hitched

Aug 21, 1561

ivan married marfa sobakina

ivan jumped the broom

Oct 28, 1571

ivan married marfa sobakina

ivan took the plunge

Apr 29, 1572

ivan married anna koltovskay

ivan bought the cow

Dec 7, 1581

ivan married maria nagaya (est.)

ivan died

Mar 18, 1584