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Catherine the Great

eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. 1762–1796 (lived 1729-1796)

35 dated entries naming Catherine the Great, drawn from 22 separate years between 1728 CE and 1796 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Catherine II of Russia, Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1757-1759) in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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18th century

  • 1728February 21 – Emperor Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (died 1762)source
  • 1729Praskovya Bruce - Russian lady-in-waiting and noble, confidant of Catherine the Great (died 1785)source
  • 1729May 2 – Catherine the Great, born Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, empress regnant of Russia (died 1796)source
  • 1742Yemelyan Pugachev was an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks who led a great popular insurrection during the reign of Catherine the Great. (died 1775)source
  • 1744June 28 – At the age of 15, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, the future Empress of Russia, is received into the Russian Orthodox Church after converting from the Lutheran faith. Upon her conversion to the Russian Orthodox religion, she is given the name Yekaterina (Catherine). In 1762, she takes the throne as the Empress Catherine II, later known as Catherine the Great.source
  • 174428 June - The future Catherine the Great, Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst, fiancée of Peter III, the heir to the throne of Russia, converts to the Russian Orthodox Church and is received with the new name Catherine (Yekaterina or Ekaterina) and the (artificial) patronymic Алексеевна (Alekseyevna, daughter of Aleksey).source
  • 1745August 21 – Catherine the Great, and the heir to the throne, Peter III of Russia get married.source
  • 1745September 1 – Catherine the Great marries Peter III of Russia, in Saint Petersburg.source
  • 1757Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russiasource
  • 1762July 9 – Catherine II becomes empress of Russia after planning the overthrow of her husband, the Tsar Peter III. The incipient Russo-Prussian alliance falls apart, but Russia does not rejoin the war. Peter is strangled eight days later.source
  • 1762December 4 – Less than six months after becoming Russia's Empress, Catherine the Great announces that almost all foreigners are welcome to travel to and settle in Russia, and waives previous requirements that new residents must be members of the Russian Orthodox Church; however, the manifesto adds the phrase kromye Zhydov - "except the Jews".source
  • 1763September 1 – Empress Catherine the Great of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.source
  • 1764Catherine the Great establishes the first secondary education school for females in Russia – The Smolny Institute, for girls of the nobility in St. Petersburg.source
  • 1764March 31 – A mutual defense treaty between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia is signed in Saint Petersburg between representatives of Russia's Empress Catherine the Great and Prussia's King Frederick the Great. By agreement, each nation agrees (for an eight-year period) to commit 10,000 soldiers and 2,000 horses to the defense of the other in case of an attack, and secretly agree to maintain security within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.source
  • 1765Catherine the Great establishes the first secondary education school for non-noble females in Russia: the Novodevichii Institute, for the daughters of commoners.source
  • 1765August 9 – Russian Empress Catherine II issues a decree authorizing the new way to produce vodka (by freezing).source
  • 1766Catherine the Great started educational reforms.source
  • 1768Catherine II founded assignation banks, paving the way for Russia’s first paper money.source
  • 1768Catherine II was inoculated against smallpox, setting an example for her subjects and marking an important moment in Russian medical history.source
  • 1773December 23 – Moscow State Academy of Choreography was founded under the reign of Catherine II. It is the second ballet school in Russia after Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.source
  • 1775Catherine the Great decrees a Statute for the Administration of the Provinces of the Russian Empire dividing the country into provinces and districts for efficient government.source
  • 1775March 17 – Catherine the Great of Russia issues a manifesto prohibiting freed serfs from being returned to serfdom.source
  • 17777 June - Gustav III visits Catherine the Great in Russia.source
  • 1780Catherine II issues a Declaration of Armed Neutrality, leading to the founding of the First League of Armed Neutralitysource
  • 1783April 8 – The Crimean Khanate, which has existed since 1441 and is a late remnant of the Mongol Golden Horde, is annexed by the Russian Empire of Catherine the Great.source
  • 1783June - Gustav III has plans to conquer the Danish province of Norway, and meet with Catherine the Great in Finland in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade her to end the Russian-Danish alliance.source
  • 1784Alexander Lanskoy - favorite of Catherine the Greatsource
  • 1785Praskovya Bruce - lady-in-waiting and confidant of Catherine the Greatsource
  • 1785April 21 – The Empress Catherine the Great of the Russian Empire issues the Charter to the Towns, providing for "a coherent, unified system of administration" for new governments organized in Russia.source
  • 1786Fevey - premier of opera by Vasily Pashkevich with libretto by Catherine the Greatsource
  • 1791December 23 – The Pale of Settlement is established by ukase of Catherine the Great, specifying those areas of the Russian Empire in which Jews are permitted permanent residency.source
  • 1796Catherine II, monarch (born 1729)source
  • 1796September - The King visits the Imperial court of Catherine the Great in Saint Petersburg in Russia to be engaged to Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia. He discontinues the plans when told that she will not be required to convert to Lutheranism.source
  • 1796September 28 – Empress Catherine the Great signs an agreement with Great Britain, formally joining Russia to the coalition.source
  • 1796November 17 – Empress Catherine II of Russia (born 1729)source

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