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Born
Pyotr Alekseyevich (Peter the Great) was born in Moscow, Russia to Natalya Naryshkina and Alexis of Russia. -
Father dies
His father, Alexis of Russia, died after 47 years due to a heart attack when Peter was 4 years old. -
Brother dies
Fyodor Alekseyevich was crowned fifteen years after he was born. He went through a traumatic event at the age of twelve leaving him somewhat crippled which eventually led to him having to give up the throne. He died at the age of twenty-two. -
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Sailing
When Ivan V was ruling, Peter took time to learn how to sail, do carpentry, stone cutting, and printing which helped him to become a stronger ruler while he could teach his people the skills he learned. -
First marriage
When Peter the Great was sixteen, his mom married him off to a nineteen year old girl, Eudoxia Lopukhina. They were both initially happy with each other when they had kids, until he grew tired of her and had an affair, banishing Eudoxia to the convent of the intercession in Suzdal. -
Affair
Peter the Great had an affair with Anna Mons during his first marriage. Their relationship lasted for twelve years. Hoping that he might be able to marry Anna, he sent his wife away later finding out that Anna was having an affair on their affair. -
Brother dies
Ivan V and Peter I were jointly crowned because Ivan was chronically ill and was not fit to rule alone. With Peter's help, he survived until Peter turned ten when he died after a long life of being handicapped. -
Throne
After jointly ruling with his half brother, Ivan, he finally becomes the sole ruler of Russia due to Ivan's mental illness causing him to be unfit for the throne. -
Second marriage
Peter the Great married Catherine I of Russia after leaving his wife Eudoxia Lopukhina and sending her to the convent. -
Mistress
A year after having married Catherine I of Russia, Peter had an affair with Catherine's lady-in-waiting, Mary Hamilton. Mary had been stealing from Catherine to give gifts to the other man she was seeing. Mary had two abortions and killed one of her children. Catherine forced a search on Mary's room and found evidence that imprisoned her. A year after being sentenced to jail, Mary was executed on the 14th of March, 1719. -
Son's death
He became distrustful of his son, Aleksei, leading him to investigate him in attempt to learn if he was involved with his court opponents. He interrogated him and quickly condemned him to death out of suspicion that his son was a possible sedation while Russia was at war. -
Falls ill
In the winter of 1723, Peter I began to suffer urinary tract problems. In an emergency operation, urine was removed but he never truly recovered. -
Death
After having ruled for 42 years, Peter dies due to falling into a coma after being affected with gangrene at around four or five in the morning in St. Petersburg, Russia. Peter's date of leaving power was his death.
