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Peter the great was born
Peter the great was born in Moscow as the 14th child of Czar Alexis and his second wife Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina. He was born as Pyotr Alekseyevich. His brother was Ivan the 5th who ruled with him for a time period. -
King Phillip's war starts
King phillips war was a very important war that was fought in Plymouth. King phillips indian name is metacom. This was a brutal war with many native american and colonist deaths. -
Micro-organisms are discovered
They were discovered by Robert Hook and Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek.They found this micro-organisms while studying pond water.This helped make themicroscope better and for scientists to find and study these organisms. -
Pennsylvania is founded
William Penn founded Pennsylvania. King Charles II owed William $80,000 and is way of paying it was giving him land. The price for land was 40 shilings for a hundred acres. -
King Charles II died
King Charles II was the king of England. His father was Charles the first. He lived for 55 years. -
Peter becomes the only ruler of Russia
Ivan the fifth dies and leaves Peter as the only ruler of russia. Until 1696 Peter and Ivan ruled Russia together as brothers. Peter inherited the throne of a city stuck in the middle ages. -
Peter travels Europe
After a year of being Russias czar peter left to trave Europe. He wanted to learn about the west, its technologies and their navy. Peter was always very interested in boats so he wanted to create a navy for Russia. Peter also looked for allies against the ottoman empire. -
Peter vs. The Ottoman Empire
Peter wanted control of the black sea. He needed controll of the fort Azov which was occupied by the Ottoman Empire. Peter sent about thirty shipsof his growing naval force to drive them out. -
Peters' first russian naval base
Even before Peter traveled europe he wanted to add a nevy to hid empire. He began buiding his in november of 1695. Peter built his first naval base "Taganrog" in 1698. -
the great northern war
Swedens king had died ao peter saw this ass a great opportunity to try and get accest to the baltic sea. He formed an alliance with poland and Denmark. After many battles Peter finally defeted Sweden and had acces to the baltic sea. -
First Russian newspaper
The name of this newspaper was "Vedomosty". He wanted his officers to be educated but he also wanted his people to be informed and smarter. This helped modernize Russia too. -
St. Peterssburg is founded
After beating the Swedish Peter decided to build new capital. St. petersbutg was in the perfect strategical location blocking entrances to enemy fleets. He wanted to make this city simmillar to other cities in Europe. -
Benjamin Franklin is born
benjamin Franklin was born on boston. He was son of a soap maker. He studied on his own because he was the tenth son and his family could not afford education. -
Louis XIV dies
Louis XIV was king of France. His reign lasted 72 years. He died because of Gangrena. -
the russian empire
after peter lead Russia to defeat sweden he deccied to make it an empire. He changes the Russian Tsardom to The Russian Empire. Thislasted until the Rssian revolution inn 1917. -
Peter the great death
Peter had an heroic death, he died by jumping into freezing cold water while tying to save some soldiers from drowning. He died in St. Petersburg. Peter lived for 53 years
