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1672 CE - 1725 CE: Life of Peter the Great.
1676 CE: Tsar Alexis dies and Feodor becomes tsar.
1682 CE: Tsar Feodor dies.
1682 CE: The Streltsy Revolt.
1682 CE: The joint coronation of Peter the Great and Tsar Ivan.
1688 CE: Peter the Great sees an English boat which starts his dream of building his own navy.
1689 CE: Sophia's regency ends.
1689 CE: Peter the Great marries Eudoxia Lopukhina.
1695 CE: The First Azov Campaign takes place.
1696 CE: The Second Azov Campaign takes place.
1696 CE: Tsar Ivan dies leaving Peter the sole ruler of Russia.
1697 CE - 1698 CE: The Grand Embassy of Peter the Great across Western Europe.
1697 CE: The Grand Embassy departs Moscow.
1697 CE: Peter and the Grand Embassy arrive in Holland (Amsterdam).
1698 CE: Peter leaves Holland and travels to England.
1698 CE: Peter arrives in London, England.
1698 CE: Peter pays a formal visit to King William III of England at Kensington Palace.
1698 CE: William III of England gifts Peter a royal yacht.
1698 CE: Peter meets with King William III for the last time.
1698 CE: Peter leaves England and returns to Holland.
1698 CE: The Grand Embassy leaves Holland and travels to Vienna, Austria.
1698 CE: Peter leaves Vienna and travels to Poland.
1698 CE: The Grand Embassy arrives back in Moscow, Russia.
1699 CE: The Treaty of Carlowitz is signed with the Ottoman Empire.
1700 CE - 1721 CE: The Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden.
1701 CE: The Monastery Office is formed.
1702 CE: Peter the Great welcomes foreigners to Russia.
1703 CE: Construction of St. Petersburg begins at the River Neva.
1703 CE: The first Russian newspaper is published.
1704 CE: Grand Duchess Sophia, the former regent of Russia, dies.
1707 CE: Peter the Great secretly marries Marta Skavronskaya (Catherine I of Russia).
1707 CE: The first hospital is built in Moscow.
1707 CE: The Russian alphabet is reformed.
1708 CE: Peter the Great splits Russia into eight provincial governorates.
1711 CE: The Russian Senate is created.
1712 CE: Peter the Great and Marta Skavronskaya (Catherine I of Russia) marry for the second time - this time publicly.
1712 CE: St. Petersburg becomes the new capital city of Russia.
1714 CE: Peter the Great orders that mathematics teachers teach the children of the landowners.
1715 CE: Peter the Great creates the Inspector General of Decrees to oversee the Senate.
1715 CE: Peter the Great decrees that all towns would have hospitals.
1718 CE: Feofan Prokopovich is made the Chief Ecclesiastical Advisor of the Russian Orthodox Church.
1718 CE: Peter the Great establishes nine colleges.
1720 CE: Peter the Great orders the Senate to establish the General Master of Petitions.
1721 CE: The Spiritual Regulation is established in Russia.
1722 CE: The Table of Ranks is introduced in Russia.
1725 CE: Marta Skavronskaya becomes empress of Russia as Catherine I of Russia.
1725 CE: Peter the Great dies.