Frederick the Great life timeline

By Kroussell
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    Learning of the arts and philosophy

    Frederick loved the arts and philosophy but his father didn't like him learning of these things so he banned them.

  • Birth

    Born to Frederick I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.

  • Run away

    Frederick tried to run away from Prussia and his family with a friend. He was subsequently caught and imprisoned while his father executed his friend.

  • Begin of Rule

    Frederick succeeded his father in ruling over Prussia.

  • Death

    He had the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king before him.