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Born
Peter the great was born in Pyotr Alekseyevich on June 9, 1672 in Moscow Russia. Peter the Great was the 14th child of Czar Alexis bt his second wife , Natalya Kinillovna Naryshkina . -
leaving sovereignty
On 29 January 1676, Tsar Alexis died, leaving the sovereignty to Peter's elder half-brother, the weak and sickly Feodor III. Throughout this period, the government was largely run by Artamon Matinee, an enlightened friend of Alexis, the political head of the Naryshkin family and one of Peter's greatest childhood benefactors. -
His Brother
Having ruled jointly with his brother Ivan V from 1682 -
1689
Peter's mother sought to force him to adopt a more conventional approach, and arranged his marriage to Eudoxia Lopukhina in 1689. The marriage was a failure, and ten years later Peter forced his wife to become a nun and thus freed himself from the union. -
1694
It was only when Nataliya died in 1694 that Peter became an independent sovereign. Formally, Ivan V remained a co-ruler with Peter, although he was ineffective. -
1695
Peter returned to Moscow in November 1695 and began building a large navy. -
Ivan died
When Ivan died in 1696 Peter was officialy Declared soverign of all Russia -
1696
He launched about thirty ships against the Ottomans in 1696, capturing Azov in July of that year. -
1697
Peter knew that Russia could not face the Ottoman Empire alone. In 1697 he traveled incognito to Europe on an 18-month journey with a large Russian delegation–the so-called "Grand Embassy". Since he was far taller than almost anyone else, his fake name allowed him to escapse social and diplomatic events, but did not fool anyone of importance. One goal was to seek the aid of the European monarchs. Peter's hopes were dashed -
1698
On 12 September 1698, Peter officially founded the first Russian Navy base, Taganrog.
