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| 1682 | Succession |  |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, son of Alexis , reigns jointly with half-brother Ivan |
| 1689 | Marriage | |
| Marries Eudoxia |
| 1689 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, Assumes control of the Government & sole rule of Russia |
| 1696 | Rule of Azov | |
| Azov Russia gains Azov |
| 1698 | Rebellion | |
| Strelitzi Suppresses a rebellion in Strelitzi |
| 1699 | Reform | |
| Aug Moscow Traditional clothing is banned, subjects must wear traditional dress |
| 20th Dec Moscow Sets about reforming the Russian calendar |
| 1700 | Declaration of War | |
| Declares war on Sweden, Russia, Poland & Denmark oppose Sweden in the Baltic |
| 1700 | Diplomacy | |
| Peter I, Augustus II of Poland, & Frederick IV of Denmark join against Charles XII |
| 1700 | Rule of Azov | |
| 23rd June Azov The end of 5 years of war, Russia retains Azov but has to give up the Black Sea fleet |
| 1700 | Rule of Baltic Sea | |
| Baltic Sea Takes advantage of Charles XII's age of 16 & to end Sweden's domination of the Baltic |
| 1700 | Siege of Narva | |
| Oct Narva Peter the Great's army of 40,000 besiege Narva |
| 13th Nov Narva 13-19 Nov, Charles XII scatters Russian forces blocking the Swdeish route to Narva |
| 13th Nov Narva Peter I & his forces are forced to flee by the Swedish |
| 1703 | 1st Newspaper | |
| Peter I the Great edits Russia's first newspaper |
| 1703 | Capital | |
| St Petersburg Founds the new capital at St Petersburg |
| 1706 | Battle of Grodno | |
| Grodno Peter the Great is defeated by Charles XII at Grodno, 1st time |
| 1708 | Battle of Grodno | |
| Grodno Peter the Great is defeated by Charles XII at Grodno, 2nd time |
| 1708 | Battle of Lesnaya | |
| 28th Sep Lesnaya Peter the Great captures Swedish supplies prior to Charles XII's defeat at Pultava |
| 1708 | Battle of Pultava | |
| 4th June Pultava Peter the Great arrives at Pultava having suppressed the Cossacks |
| 25th June River Vorskla Peter the Great crosses the Vorskla with 80,000 |
| 1708 | Independence | |
| Ukraine The Cossacks led by Mazeppa try to break free by allying with Sweden but fail |
| 1709 | Battle of Poltava | |
| 28th June Poltava Defeats Charles XII of Sweden & allied Cossacks |
| 28th June Poltava Victory confirms Peter's rule over Russia & enables his policy of Westernization |
| 1709 | Capture of Poland | |
| Captures Poland & restores Augustus II to the throne |
| 1709 | Rule of Ukraine | |
| Ukraine The Ukraine is renamed Malorossiya, Little Russia, to curb Ukrainian naionalism |
| 1709 | Westernization | |
| 28th June Poltava Victory confirms Peter's rule over Russia & enables his policy of Westernization |
| 1710 | Arrest | |
| 2nd July Pruth Under the treaty of Pruth agrees to return Charles XII to Sweden |
| 1710 | Rule of Azov | |
| 2nd July Azov Agrees to return Azov to the Turks under the treaty of Pruth |
| 1711 | Battle of Stanilesti | |
| 17th July Stanilesti Russian troops under command of Boris Sheremetev attemptto invade Moldavia with the aid of Moldavian ruler Dimitrie Cantemir but are defeated by Grand Vizier Baltacū Mehmet Pasa, in at Stanilesti |
| 1711 | Campaign Pruth | |
| 21st July Pruth Russian troops under command of Boris Sheremetev attemptto invade Moldavia with the aid of Moldavian ruler Dimitrie Cantemir but are defeated by Grand Vizier Baltacū Mehmet Pasa, in at Stanilesti |
| 1711 | Independence | |
| 21st July Pruth Promises in the treaty of Pruth to withdraw from Poland & refrain from intervening in Polish affairs |
| 1711 | Marriage | |
| Marries Catherine |
| 1711 | Rule of Azov | |
| 21st July Azov Russia returns Azov to the Turks |
| 1711 | Treaty of Pruth | |
| 21st July Pruth Agrees to return Azov to the Turks & Charles XII to Sweden |
| 21st July Pruth Ends the war between Russia & Turkey |
| 21st July Pruth The treaty stipulated to return Azov to the Ottomans, Taganrog and several Russian fortresses were to be demolished, while the Tsar pledged to stop interfering into the affairs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| 1714 | Church of the Transfiguration | |
| Kizhi Island In response to St. Petersburg's classicism, traditionalists build the Church of the Trans figuration, on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, with 22 domes, the most complex wooden structure ever built in Russia |
| 1715 | Peterhof Palace | |
| St Petersburg Peter I begins construction of the vast Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, to rival Versailles |
| 1717 | Diplomacy | |
| May Paris Attempts to conclude a Franco-Russian treaty after France joined the Triple Alliance |
| 1717 | Peace | |
| Aug Amsterdam Prussia, Russia & France sign a treaty to bring the Northern War to an end |
| 1717 | Treaty of Utrecht | |
| Aug Amsterdam Prussia, France & Russia sign a treaty guaranteeing the treaty of Utrecht |
| 1721 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| 1721 | Treaty of Nystad | |
| Nystad Concludes peace with Charles XII, acquires Livonia, Estonia, Ingria & part of Karelia |
| 1721 | Treaty of Nystadt | |
| Nystadt Concludes peace with Charles XII, acquires Livonia, Estonia, Ingria & part of Karelia |
| 1723 | Capture of Baku | |
| Baku Captures Baku |
| 1723 | Rule of Baku | |
| Baku Captures Baku |
| 1725 | Death | |
| 28th Jan Death of Peter I the Great, his widow continues to reign as Catherine I |
