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1672 Born
1688 A group of 1500 Old Believers immolated themselves to avoid capture when troops of the tsar
laid siege
to their monastery
on Lake Onega.
1696 Peter the Great
becomes sole tsar
of Russia
.
1697 Peter the Great
travels in Europe officially as "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov"
1698 Peter the Great
arrives back to Moscow
- general Patrick Gordon has already crushed the streltsy rebellion - 341 rebels sentenced to be decapitated. Tradition holds that tsar Peter decapitated some of them himself
1698 In an effort to move his people away from Asia
tic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax
on beards; All men except priests and peasants, are required to pay a tax of one hundred rubles a year and the commoners had to pay one kopek each
1700 Great Northern War
: Battle of Narva - King Charles XII of Sweden
defeats the army of Tsar
Peter the Great
at Narva.
1708 Peter the Great
defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
1709 June 28 (Old Style)- Peter the Great
defeats Charles XII of Sweden
at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden
's role as a major power in Europe
(see below)
1709 Battle of Poltava - In the Ukraine
, Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden
at Poltava (see above)
1721 Peter I
is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias
1724 Catherine I
was named czarina by Peter the Great
in Russia, while her lover Willem Mons was beheaded.
1725 Died
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