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Catherine II (born Princess Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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2 May 1729exact date
Ducal Castle, Szczecinattested“Catherine was born on 2 May 1729 in the Ducal Castle, Stettin in Prussian Pomerania, as Princess Sophie Auguste Friederike (or Sophia Augusta Frederica) von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
July 1762month
Oranienbaum, Russiaattested“In July 1762, barely six months after becoming emperor, Peter lingered in Oranienbaum with his Holstein-born courtiers and relatives, while Catherine lived in another palace nearby.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
17 July 1762exact date
Ropshaattested“On 17 July 1762—eight days after the coup that amazed the outside world and just six months after his accession to the throne—Peter III died at Ropsha, possibly at the hands of Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Grigory Orlov, then a court…”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
1764year
Russiaattested“Not long after the Moscow Foundling Home, at the instigation of her factotum, Ivan Betskoy, she wrote a manual for the education of young children, drawing from the ideas of John Locke, and founded the famous Smolny Institute in 1764, fi…”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
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1744year
Russiamentioned“When Sophie arrived in Russia in 1744 at age 15, she spared no effort to ingratiate herself not only with Elizabeth, but also with Elizabeth's lover Alexei Razumovsky and with the Russian people at large.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
21 August 1745exact date
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburgmentioned“The following year, on 21 August 1745, the long-planned dynastic marriage between Catherine and Peter finally took place in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, Saint Petersburg.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
22 September 1762exact date
Dormition Cathedral, Moscowmentioned“Catherine was crowned at the Assumption Cathedral in Moscow on 22 September 1762.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
22 September 1762exact date
Moscowmentioned“Catherine was crowned at the Assumption Cathedral in Moscow on 22 September 1762.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
1764year
Khanate of Sibirmentioned“They refused to comply, and in 1764, she deported over 20,000 Old Believers to Siberia on the grounds of their faith.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
1768 to 1774period
Balkansmentioned“Catherine completed the conquest of the south, making Russia the dominant power in the Balkans following the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
1768 to 1772period
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealthmentioned“In 1768, she formally became the protector of the political rights of dissidents and peasants of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which provoked an anti-Russian uprising in Poland, the Confederation of Bar (1768–1772), supported by Fr…”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
1768 to 1795period
Stuttgartmentioned“Empress Catherine's correspondence with Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, (the father of Catherine's daughter-in-law Maria Feodorovna) written between 1768 and 1795, is preserved in the State Archive of Stuttgart (Hauptstaatsarch…”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
1769year
Ukrainementioned“In 1769, a last major Crimean–Nogai slave raid, which ravaged the Russian held territories in Ukraine, saw the capture of up to 20,000 slaves for the Crimean slave trade.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
Tsarskoye Selomentioned“She ordered the planting of the first English landscape garden at Tsarskoye Selo in May 1770.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
1772year
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealthmentioned“In the Second Partition, Russia and Prussia helped themselves to enough land so that only one-third of the 1772 population remained in Poland.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
1772year
Russiamentioned“Judaism was a small, if not non-existent, religion in Russia until 1772.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
1773year
Society of Jesusmentioned“Nevertheless, Catherine's Russia provided an asylum and a base for regrouping to the Jesuits following the suppression of the Jesuits in most of Europe in 1773.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine the Great
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