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Catherine's younger brother William Christian Frederick died
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Catherine married Grand Duke Peter III at only 15 years old
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Catherine's father, Christian August, died
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Catherine gave birth to her son, Paul. It is speculated that Peter was not the father and that the father was her lover, Sergei Saltykov
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Czarina Elizabeth died. She was the aunt of Catherine's husband, Peter. She protected Catherine and after her death Catherine was living in fear
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Peter III was killed in an apparent quarrel with a guard. Historians speculated that Catherine orchestrated the murder to protect herself and her son, as well as to come into power
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Stanislas Poniatowski, Catherine's lover, was elected as the next king of Poland thanks to her military influence
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Emilian Pugachev was beheaded in Moscow after leading a rebellion against Catherine. Thanks to her powerful troops he was stopped
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King Louis XVI of France was beheaded in Paris. Catherine was severely shocked because his death was the result of ideas of men she supported
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Catherine suffered a massive stroke that would eventually lead to her death and the end of her reign as the empress and autocrat of all the Russias
