Timeline |
30 May 1672 CE | Russia's Tsar Peter the Great, was born in Moscow. | |
1682 CE | After the death of their elder brother, Fedor III, under the regency of their sister, Tsarevna Sophia Alexeevna, Peter I the Great (1672-1725) became Tsar of Russia jointly with his sickly half-brother Ivan V (1666-1696). | |
1682 CE | The rule of Peter I the Great began, until 1725. The original stone cathedral of the Monastery of the Epiphany in Moscow was built during this time. It was built over the remnants of an earlier wooden church. | |
1682 CE | In Russia a rebellion by government Streltsy regiments killed the grandfather, aunts and other relatives of Peter the Great. The Monastery of Peter the Metropolitan was reconstructed and as served as the family necropolis. | |
1696 CE | The sickly half-brother to Russia's Tsar Peter the Great, Ivan V, dies leaving Peter the Great as the sole ruler of Russia. | |
1697 CE | Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe. | |
5 Sep 1698 CE | Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards. | |
1698 CE | Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England. | |
1699 CE | Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed from 1 September to 1 January. | |
1703 CE | St Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great (1672-1725) | |
1710 CE | Czar Peter the Great sets the first Russian state budget. | |
1721 CE | Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy. | |
1722 CE | Czar Peter the Great begins the civil system. | |
28 Jan 1725 CE | Peter the Great, King of Russia, dies in St. Petersburg. | |