Peter the Great Timeline

Peter is Born

Jun 9, 1672

Peter I, Russian in full; Pyotr Alekseyevich,born

Peter's father dies

Jan 1, 1676

Peter was only 4 years old

Peter's Elder brother rules

Period: Jan 1, 1676 to Jan 1, 1682

Peter's sickly brother Fyodor III, which led to power being put into the hands of the Miloslavskys until Fyodor III died childless

Peter rules jointly with his half brother Ivan V

Period: Jan 1, 1682 to Jan 1, 1696

during rule, Ivan's sister Sophia controlled the government

Peter marries to Eudoxia

Jan 1, 1689

marriage lasts short time as Peter did not care for her

Peter gains total power of Russia

Jan 1, 1696

once his brother dies

Peter goes abroad

Jan 1, 1697

Peter went to Europe to study what the Europeans did to advance

The Northern War

Period: Dec 8, 1700 to Dec 9, 1721

a war to gain a port to the west of Russia

Peter marries Catherine I

Dec 8, 1712

Peter dies

Feb 8, 1725