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Ivan the terrible was born on August 25th 1530 on a Sunday.
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In 1533 after his father passed Ivan came into power at the age of 3 as the grand prince of Moscow.
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On December 4th, 1533 Ivan's Father passes away. Also on this day Ivan was proclaimed the grand prince of Moscow at the age of 3.
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In 1547 ivan marries a lady named Anastasia which he cared about a lot. He had 6 kids with her 3 boys and 3 girls. One of the sons he ended up killing later on right before he died.
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January 16th,1547 Ivan was crown Czar. He was crowned at the age 17 which is pretty young but after his dad died when he was 3 he couldn't take over so he took over later when he was older.
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On August 7th,1560 Anastasia dies only 13 years later of their marriage and Ivan has a statue made of her to show to everyone how much she meant to him.
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Ivan marries another wife with name of Anna Vasilchikova in 1575. This was already Ivan's 5th wife.
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On November 19th,1582 Ivan beat his daughter in law because he walked in the room and she didn't have a lot of clothes on.
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On January 1st,1584 Ivan kills his own son after rage with a staff. Even though Ivan had multiple sons this was the only one that had a chance to rule Russia next.
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On March 18th, 1584 Ivan died by a stock apparently. he was not in good shape before and was trying to get witches and black magic to help him.