Location:
Russia
Coordinates:
59.9311, 30.3609
Events at St. Petersburg (8)
1703
ID: 5989
May 27, 1703
Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg on swampland - 'Window to Europe' built at cost of thousands of lives
ID: 5989
1714
ID: 5991
Peter the Great issues decree on primogeniture - reforms succession law, forces nobility into state service
ID: 5991
1721
ID: 5992
Treaty of Nystad ends Great Northern War - Russia gains Baltic provinces, Peter proclaimed Emperor of All Russia
ID: 5992
1722
ID: 5993
Peter the Great introduces Table of Ranks - creates meritocratic nobility, service determines status not birth
ID: 5993
1762
ID: 5994
July 9, 1762
Catherine II seizes throne in palace coup - deposes husband Peter III with Guard support, he dies mysteriously days later
ID: 5994
1785
ID: 6001
Charter to the Nobility - Catherine the Great confirms noble privileges, exempts from service and corporal punishment
ID: 6001
1821
ID: 744
Elite Semyonovsky Regiment revolts in St. Petersburg - Tsar realizes system destabilizing military
ID: 744
1825
ID: 761
Alexander I dies; Decembrist Revolt partly due to military colony dissatisfaction; Nicholas I inherits system
ID: 761