Historical place archive

Saint Petersburg in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Saint Petersburg in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records3 event labels3 people1762–1859

Historical events in Saint Petersburg

1762

15 May 1762
Treaty of Saint Petersburg
Frederick II the Great · Seven Years War

Tsar Peter III loans Frederick a Russian army corps. Ends the war between Prussia & Russia, saves Frederick from almost total defeat

22 May 1762
Treaty of Saint Petersburg
Frederick II the Great · Seven Years War

Frederick can now concentrate his forces against Austria. Ends the war between Prussia & Sweden

1824

1824
Mass in D Major
Ludwig van Beethoven · Classical Music

1st performance of, "Mass in D Major"

1859

1859
Ambassador
Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen · German Confederation

William takes over the Government of Prussia as Regent, he replaces Bismarck as Envoy in Frankfurt and makes Bismarck Prussia's Ambassador of the Russian Empire

Provenance

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