Proclamation of the Russian Empire
Victory over Sweden makes Peter the Great an emperor
After victory in the Great Northern War and the Treaty of Nystad with Sweden, the Senate proclaimed Peter I emperor in November 1721. Russia became an empire and a major European power with access to the Baltic.
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Alive at the time
- Isaac Newton (aged 78)
- Kangxi Emperor (aged 67)
- Peter the Great (aged 49)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 36)
- Voltaire (aged 27)
- Benjamin Franklin (aged 15)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (aged 10)
- Ahmed III (aged 48)
- Vitus Bering (aged 40)
- Tokugawa Yoshimune (aged 37)