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Peter the Great

By s-adhughes

  • Birth

    Peter was the 14 of the Tsar's 16 children. It was very unlikely that he would rise to power and take the throne.

  • Tutor's Departure

    Nikita Zotov, Peter's tutor, leaves on a diplomatic mission and leaves Peter without an official tutor.
  • Period: to

    Half-Sister Sophia's Rule

    Sophia reined while Peter and his half brother were junior tsars

  • Feodor Dies

    Feodor, Peter's older brother was sickly, and he died, leaving Peter closer to claiming the throne.
  • Crowning

    Crowning

    Peter and half-brother Ivan are co-crowned as Tsar

  • First Marriage

    Peter's mother forces him to marry Eudoxia Lopukhina. The marriage lasted barley over a year.

  • Peter Sees the Sea

    At Archangel

  • Death of Mother

  • Peter launches a boat

    Peter launches a boat

    Peter launches his first boat that he build in the previous year. He sailed around the White Sea and almost died in a storm
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    Russo-Turkish War

    Peter continues the war against the Turks for control the warm water port, Port Azov.

  • Peter goes to Europe

  • Period: to

    Great Northern War

  • St. Petersburg is founded

    St. Petersburg is founded

  • Treaty of Nystad is signed

    Treaty of Nystad is signed

  • Death

    Death

    Died of Pneumonia and buried at Petropavlovskaya Krepost, St. Petersburg, Russia