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Catherine was born in Stettin, Prussia. She was the daughter of Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst and Princess Johanna Elizabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
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Catherine and her mother travel to Russia to meet the Empress. The Empress wanted to see if Catherine would be a suitable wife to the heir Peter.
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Catherine who was 16 married Peter who was 17 for political reasons, organized by Empress Elizabeth.
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Catherine's father, Christian August dies, leaving Catherine and her Mother
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Catherine gives birth to a son, Paul I
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Catherine gives birth to a second child, Anna Petrovna
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Anna died shortly after birth, and was buried in Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Catherine never mentioned her dead daughter again because she had always preferred a male child.
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Catherine's mother dies however, Catherine and her mother did not have a particularly good relationship so it did not greatly impact Catherine.
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Catherine gave birth to Alexei, his father was Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov.
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With the help of her lover Gregory Orlov, Catherine brought troops to St. Petersburg to help support her and declared herself the sole ruler of Russia.
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After being arrested by Catherine, Peter dies or perhaps killed, a few days later.
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A rebellion of peasants led by Lemelyan Pugachev, that aimed to put an end to serfdom. After this rebellion it changed Catherine's mind about enlightened ideas and made her realize that she had to have the support from nobles in order to keep her power.
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Catherine the Great dies in Tsarskoye Selo from a stroke.
