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Peter's Father dies, giving the throne to his elderly brother, Feodor III.
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Peter's brother, Ivan, dies giving Peter all the power.
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Peter's elder brother, Feodor III, dies and gives power to Peter and his brother Ivan.
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Peter gets married to Eudoxia, which didn't last long.
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Peter embarks on the Grand Embassy to visit western Europe.
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Peter made the Russian Calendar.
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Peter built St. Petersburg. It seemed ideal because ships could sail down the Neva River into the Baltic Sea and to western Europe.
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He defeated the Swedish army by directing the Swedish troops to an unbearable Russian Winter.
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The Old Church Slavonic alphabet was modernized.
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Peter won his first naval war in the battle of Gangut.
