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| Abdication of Peter III Peter III |  |
| Deposed by a group of nobles led by Orlov & with the connivance of his wife |
| Assassination of Orlov Orlov | |
| Strangles Peter III in plot to place Catherine II on the throne |
| Assassination of Peter III Peter III | |
| Assassinated after the abdication & succeeded by his wife Catherine II |
| Colonel Suvorov | |
| Appointed Colonel |
| Coup d'Etat Catherine II the Great | |
| 4 days afterwar a Coup Catherine's husband Peter III dies in a scuffle |
| Catherine's lover Gregori Orlov stages a coup |
| 17th July Rospha Death of Peter III, at the hands of Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Gregory Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup) |
| Coup d'Etat Dashkova, Yekaterina | |
| Helps put Catherine II the Great on the throne |
| Coup d'Etat Orlov | |
| A paramour of Catherine II |
| Leader in plot to dethrone & assassinate Peter III & place Catherine II on the throne |
| Coup d'Etat Orlov, Alexei | |
| 17th July Rospha Death of Peter III, at the hands of Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Gregory Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup) |
| Coup d'Etat Peter III | |
| 17th July Rospha Death of Peter III, at the hands of Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Gregory Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup) |
| Coup d'Etat Potemkin | |
| Takes part in a plot against Peter III |
| Death of Elizabeth Elizabeth | |
| Death of Elizabeth |
| Death of Orlov Orlov | |
| Strangles Peter III in plot to place Catherine II on the throne |
| Death of Peter III Catherine II the Great | |
| 17th July Rospha Death of Peter III, at the hands of Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Gregory Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup) |
| Death of Peter III Peter III | |
| Rospha Assassinated after the abdication & succeeded by his wife Catherine II |
| Emancipation of Nobles Peter III | |
| Peter III emancipates the nobles from state service, allowing development of a leisured, cultured class |
| Partition of Poland Peter III | |
| 5th Aug Russia, Prussia and Austria sign a treaty agreeing on the partition of Poland |
| Rebellion Catherine II the Great | |
| 14th July In the course of July 13 and July 14, the revolt of the Leib Guard removes Peter from the throne and proclaimes Catherine as reigning Empress |
| Rule of Poland Peter III | |
| 5th Aug Russia, Prussia and Austria sign a treaty agreeing on the partition of Poland |
| Succession of Catherine II Catherine II the Great | |
| 14th July In the course of July 13 and July 14, the revolt of the Leib Guard removes Peter from the throne and proclaimes Catherine as reigning Empress |
| 17th July Although not descended from any Russian Emperor, Catherine succeeds her husband and becomes reigning Empress , following an earlier precedent when Catherine I succeeded Peter I in 1725 |
| 17th July Catherine's ascension manifesto justifies her succession by citing the "unanimous election" but many regard her reign as a usurpation, tolerable only during the minority of Grand Duke Paul |
| 25th Dec Peter succeeds to the throne as Peter III of Russia and moves into the new Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Catherine thus becomes Empress Consort of Russia |
| Succession of Peter III Peter III | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| Treaty of St Petersburg Peter III | |
| 15th May St Petersburg Ends the war between Prussia & Russia |
| 15th May St Petersburg Saves Frederick from almost total defeat, Peter loans Frederick a Russian army corp |
| Winter Palace Peter III | |
| St Petersburg The Winter Palace, triumph of lavish rococo style, is begun in St. Petersburg |
