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Household of "Empress Catherine the Great" Sophia Augusta Frederika von Anhalt Zerbst

(1) She is married to Peter III Fedorovich Romanov - Karl Peter Ulrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp.

They got married on September 1, 1745 at Saint Petersburg, Russia, she was 16 years old.


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(2) She has/had a relationship with Grigorij Grigoryevich Orlov.


(3) She has/had a relationship with Grigorii Aleksandrovitch Potemkin Tavritchesky.

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    Birthday May 2, 1729

    • The temperature on May 2, 1729 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken onweer. Source: KNMI
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      Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • In the year 1729: Source: Wikipedia
      • July 30 » Founding of Baltimore, Maryland.
      • November 9 » Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
      • November 29 » Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.

    Day of marriage September 1, 1745

    • The temperature on September 1, 1745 was about 13.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen betrokken. Source: KNMI
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      Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • In the year 1745: Source: Wikipedia
      • June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
      • July 9 » French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
      • July 26 » The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
      • August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
      • September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
      • December 6 » Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.

    Day of death November 17, 1796

    • The temperature on November 17, 1796 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: bui winderig. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1796: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 1 » The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.
      • April 4 » Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.
      • April 28 » The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
      • September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
      • September 19 » George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
      • December 19 » French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia.
    

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