1729 CE: Catherine the Great is born in Stettin, Prussia (modern-day Szczecin, Poland).

1744 CE: Catherine the Great arrives at the Winter Palace in Russia.

1744 CE: Catherine the Great becomes a member of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1744 CE: Catherine the Great and Peter III of Russia are formally betrothed.

1745 CE: The marriage of Catherine the Great and Peter III of Russia.

1762 CE - 1796 CE: Catherine the Great's reign as empress regent of Russia.

1762 CE: Peter III of Russia is crowned and Catherine the Great becomes empress consort.

1762 CE: Catherine the Great overthrows Peter III of Russia and is proclaimed Russian empress by the Russian Imperial Army.

1762 CE: Catherine is formally crowned Empress Catherine II of Russia.

1768 CE - 1774 CE: First Russo-Turkish War.

1773 CE - 1774 CE: Denis Diderot spends five months advising Catherine the Great.

1773 CE: Catherine the Great establishes the Toleration of Faiths Edict, which allows Muslims to practice their faith.

1773 CE - 1775 CE: Pugachev's Rebellion, the largest peasant rebellion in Russia's history.

1780 CE: Catherine the Great establishes the League of Armed Neutrality seeking to protect shipments during the American Revolution.

1782 CE: Catherine the Great introduces the Charter of the Towns Act, which recognises the Jewish people as being equal to those belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church.

1787 CE - 1792 CE: Second Russo-Turkish War.

1788 CE - 1790 CE: Russia and Sweden go to war.

1791 CE: Russia and Prussia sign a truce.

1791 CE: The May Constitution is established, a more democratic monarchy is established in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

1792 CE: Catherine the Great attempts to start trade relations with Japan and fails.

1796 CE: Russia and Persia go to war. Catherine the Great dies before the conflict ends.

1796 CE: Catherine the Great dies at the age of 67 from a suspected stroke.