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Father dies
Peter always felt threatened by his fathers power, so when he died he was relieved and his brother Feodor III took over the throne. -
Weakness of Sickness
His brother Fedor III died, making Peter become ruler over his other brother, Ivan, due to his sickness -
Future based on water port
Peter believed that Russia's' future depended on having this water port. By doing this more modern states would compete with western Europe -
First marriage
When Peter was a young boy, his mother arranged his future marriage with Eudoxia Lopukhina. They get married. This marriage was very unhealthy from the beginning. -
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Children
Between these 16 years, Peter and his two different wives in total had 14 children. 7 of them died at birth -
Mother dies
Peters mother dies which leaves him absolutely free to follow his natural inclinations -
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Traveling into Europe
Traveled in disguise in Europe, he learned the ways of westernized Europe, bringing his learning's back to Russia -
Happy New Year!
Peter changed the date of the celebration of the new year from 1 September to 1 January. Without him doing this, the new year would be completely different today. We would be celebrating in a new month -
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The great northern war
Peter played a defensive role in this war between these years -
Disease came that killed Peter
A tour of people inspecting Peters work brought back another attack of paroxysms. One of these diseases reached Petersburg and killed many. The disease got to Peter which killed him,
