RUSSIAN EMPIRE (1689-1825) Russian Empire (1825-1917)
1689-1725	Peter I, the Great
	About Peter I [1] [2]
1695	Beginning of the Russian navy
1696 July 18	Surrender of Azov to Peter I
1697	Conquest of Kamchatka
1697-1698	Peter's visit to the West Revolt of Streltsy crushed
1700	Suspension of the patriarchate
1700-1721	Great Northern War with Sweden
1703	Founding of St. Petersburg
	Russia's first newspaper established: Vedomosti o voennykh i inykh delakh
May	Peter & Paul Fortress founded
1704	Peter I takes Narva from Charles XII of Sweden
1707-1708	Bulavin uprising
1708	Establishment of the guberniias (provinces)
1709	Russian victory over Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava
1710	First census (household and tax)
1711	First press in St. Petersburg
November 19	Mikhail Lomonosov born
1713	Transfer of capital to St. Petersburg
1716-1717	Jean-Baptiste Le Blond begins Petrodvorets (Peterhof)
1718	Institution of poll tax Foundation of administrative colleges Tsarevich Alexis flees abroad, his father pronounces his verdict upon him; tsarevich Alexis dies under torture
1720	Pososhkov's book On Poverty and Wealth
1721	Holy Synod replaces patriarchate Treaty of Nystad: Livonia, Estonia, Karelia, Ingria acquired from Sweden Peter assumes the title of emperor Organization of state postal service
1722	Table of Ranks established
1725	Death of Peter the Great Foundation of the Academy of Sciences
1725-1727	Catherine I Skavronska
	About Catherine I [1] [2]
1727-1730	Peter II Romanov
	About Peter II [1] [2]
1728	Sankt-Peterburgskie vedomosti first published
1725-1729	Arctic expedition of Vitus Bering (second, 1732-1741)
1730	Struggle over the terms of the succession
1730-1740	Anna Ioannovna
	About Anna Ioannovna [1] [2]
1741	Lomonosov appointed to the Academy of Sciences Vitus Bering discovers the Aleutian Islands and Alaska
1740-1741	Ivan VI Romanov
	About Ivan VI [1] [2]
1741-1762	Elizabeth Romanova
	About Elizabeth Petrovna [1] [2]
1746	Ban of purchase of serfs by non-nobles
1750	First professional Russian theater founded in Yaroslavl by Fyodor Volkov
1753	Decree abolishing internal customs
1754-1762	Bartolomeo Rastrelli builds the Winter Palace
1755	Lomonosov founds Moscow University
1760's	Fonvizin's comedies The Brigadier, The General and The Minor
1760	Landowners granted right to exile serfs to Siberia
1761-1762	Peter III Romanov
	About Peter III [1] [2]
1762	Peter III issues Manifesto on the Rights of the Nobility Peter III murdered
1762-1796	Catherine II the Great von Anhalt-Zerbst
	About Catherine II [1] [2] [3]
1764-67	Founding of German colonies along the Lower Volga River
1764	Final secularization of Church lands
1765	Establishment of the Free Economic Society
1767	Peasants forbidden to submit complaints against their landowners
1767-1768	Legislative Commission
1769-1794	Catherine the Great publishes satirical journals Novikov's journals The Drone and The Painter
1772	First partition of Poland--Belorussia annexed to Russia
1773-1775	Revolt of Pugachev
1774	Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainardji
1775	Liquidation of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
1780's	Englishman Cameron builds at Tsarskoe Selo
1781-1786	Full absorption of the Ukraine into Russian Empire
1782-1785	Giacomo Quarenghi builds the Hermitage
1783	Incorporation of the Crimea Private printing presses permitted
1784	Gregory Shelekov establishes the first colony in Alaska
1785 April 21	Charter of the Nobility and gentry an estate
1790	Radishchev's Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow
1793	Second Partition of Poland
1795	Third Partition of Poland
1796	Death of Catherine the Great The Alexander Palace is completed
1796-1801	Paul I Romanov
	About Paul I [1] [2]
1797	Establishment of the three-day barshchina
1799	Russo-American Trading Company formed Suvorov's campaign in northern Italy and Switzerland
June 6	Alexander S. Pushkin born
1801	Murder of Paul I
1801-1825	Alexander I Romanov
	About Alexander I [1] [2]
1801	Acquisition of eastern Georgia Sale of serfs without land prohibited
1802	Formation of ministries
1806	Conquest of Daghestan and Baku
1806-1815	The new Admiralty built by Zakharov
1807-1811	Reforms of Speransky
1809	Krylov's Fables Annexation of Finland
1812 June 24	Napoleon's invasion of Russia
August 26	Battle of Borodino
September 14	Napoleon enters Moscow
October 19	Napoleon departs Moscow
1813-1814	Alexander's pursuit of Napoleon to Paris
1815-1825	Ascendancy of Arakcheev
1816-1819	Abolition of serfdom in Baltic provinces
1817	Transfer of the Makariev Fair to Nizhnii Novgorod
1817-1857	Montferrand builds St. Isaac's Cathedral
1818	Karamzin's History of the Russian State
1819	University of St. Petersburg founded
1819-1829	The Italian Rossi builds the General Staff Building on Palace Square
1821	F. M. Dostoevsky born October 30 in Moscow