9 events with tag "Peter the Great"
1682
ID: 5985
Peter I becomes co-Tsar at age 10 with half-brother Ivan V - Sophia acts as regent, streltsy revolt
ID: 5985
1696
ID: 5986
Peter the Great captures Azov from Ottomans - Russia's first naval victory, gains access to Black Sea
ID: 5986
1697
ID: 5987
Peter the Great begins Grand Embassy to Europe - travels incognito to learn shipbuilding and Western technology
ID: 5987
1700
ID: 5988
Great Northern War begins - Peter the Great challenges Swedish supremacy, initially defeated at Narva
ID: 5988
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
1709
ID: 5990
July 8, 1709
Battle of Poltava - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden, Russia becomes European great power
ID: 5990
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