Born Sophia Augusta Fredericka, a member of the ruling German family of Anhalt. | |
Converts to Russian Orthodox Church. | |
Marries Peter of Holstein-Gottorp, heir to Empress Elizabeth I of Russia. | |
Birth of Paul Petrovich, future Paul I, Emperor of Russia. | |
Birth of Anna Petrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia. She only lived to be two years old. | |
Death of Empress Elizabeth. Husband becomes Tsar Peter III. | |
June 28th, seizes throne from her husband in a coup. Peter III forced to sign abdication, and is then killed. It is not known if Catherine ordered his death. | |
Birth of Alexei Grigorievich Bobrinsky, Count Bobrinsky, illegitimate son. | |
Ivan VI escapes from imprisonment and is caught and executed. | |
Commercial treaty with Great Britain. | |
First Russo-Turkish War, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire, becoming the dominant power in Southeastern Europe. | |
Establishes League of Armed Neutrality; designed to defend neutral ships from the British Navy during the American Revolution. | |
Annexation of the Crimea. | |
Second Russo-Turkish War. Ended with Russian victory and Treaty of Jassy. | |
Polish-Russian War; Russian victory. Poland partitioned between Prussia, Austria, and Russia. | |
Trade mission sent to Japan. Recieved by Tokugawa Shogunate, but negotiations failed. | |
Novemeber 17th, death of Catherine the Great from stroke. |
Russia Under Catherine II, the Great in | The Story of Russia by Robert van Bergen |
Catherine Dispatches her Husband in | The History of Russia by Nathan Haskell Dole |
How a Woman Dethroned a Man in | Historical Tales: Russian by Charles Morris |
Magical Transformation Scene in | Historical Tales: Russian by Charles Morris |
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Catherine II in The Story of Russia |
Controversial "free-thinker", satirist, essayist, and Enlightenment philosopher. |