Peter the Great

  • 1672

    1672
    Peter the great is born and is the 14th child in his family
  • 1682

    the rule of peter the great began, until 1725. the original stone cathedral of the monastery of the Epiphany Moscow was built during this time. it was built over the remains of an earlier wooden church.
  • 1682

    1682
    in Russia a rebellion by government minstrelsy regiments killed the grandfather, aunts and other relatives of peter the great.
  • 1696

    1696
    The sickly half brother to Russia's Czar peter the great, Ivan V dies leaving peter he great as sole ruler of Russia.
  • 1697

    1697
    Czar peter the great begins to tour through west-Europe. Peter the Great disguised himself as a carpenter while he was on his tour.
  • 1698

    Russia's Peter the Great imposed taxes on beards
  • 1698

    Russian Czar Peter the great departs Netherlands to England
  • 1721

    Czar Peter the great ends Russian orthodox patriarchy.
  • 1725

    Peter the great passes away, leaving the throne to his eldest son.