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2 giorni fa · Peter the Great. Peter I ( Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized : Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1] IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [ O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, [note 2] from 1721 until ...
2 giorni fa · Peter the Great (1682–1725) Peter the Great officially proclaimed the Russian Empire in 1721 and became its first emperor. He instituted sweeping reforms and oversaw the transformation of Russia into a major European power.
3 giorni fa · The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, neither of his marriages produced children, and he died without a direct heir. He is now best remembered for his physical disabilities, and the War of the Spanish Succession that followed his death.
4 giorni fa · This is a list of wars that began between 1500 and 1799. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity. Major conflicts of this era include the Italian Wars and Thirty Years' War in Europe, the Kongo Civil War in Africa, the Qing conquest of the Ming in Asia, the ...
2 giorni fa · Riots among peasants and citizens of Moscow at this time were endemic and included the Salt Riot (1648), Copper Riot (1662), and the Moscow Uprising (1682). By far the greatest peasant uprising in 17th-century Europe erupted in 1667.
4 giorni fa · Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [a] and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth [b] or the First Polish Republic, [c] [10] [11] was a bi- confederal [12] state, sometimes called a federation, [13] of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who ...
5 giorni fa · Russian religious group. Also known as: Old Ritualists, Raskolniki, Starover. Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.
