Catherine II Overthrows Peter III
07/09/1762 AD deposed
Peter took a holiday, leaving wife Catherine behind in Saint Petersburg. Hearing that her plotted coup had been discovered, she first asked the Ismailovsky regiment to protect her from her husband. Catherine then proceded to another barracks, where the clergy ordained her as the sole ruler. Next she ordered her husband arrested, compelling him to abdicate the throne to her alone.
Saint Petersburg
Lattitude: 59.9343° N
Longitude: 30.3351° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc
Modern Day Russia
Lattitude: 59.9343° N
Longitude: 30.3351° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc
Modern Day Russia
Subjects Who or What deposed?
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Catherine the Great (Catherine II, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst) Empress consort of Russi...
Objects To Whom or What was deposed?
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Russia Nation -
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