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Was born in Kolomenskoye, near Moscow Russia
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Ivan came to the throne at the age of 3
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Ivan's father dies. This causes problems for the entire country
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Ivan gets married to Anastasiia Romanovna, a great-aunt of the future first tsar of the Romanov dynasty
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Through out these years, Ivan was a great leader and had many achievements that gave him the title.
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The "bad period" for Ivan started after his wife's death. When he accused the Boyars that they poisoned his wife he made a special police force that would track down the so called "traitors" that Ivan told them to find
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Anastasia was said to be poisoned by her own family members. Once Ivan heard, he went against the Boyars
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During a violent quarrel, Ivan IV killed his oldest son and heir
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