Timeline (The Miracle Did Not Happen)

 1762 – Frederick II of Prussia shot himself after the defeat of his last army. Prussia was completely occupied by Russian, Austrian, Swedish and Saxonian troops. French and Austrian armies invaded Hanover.

 1763 – Treaty in Paris ended Seven Years War. Prussian kingdom was destroyed – East Prussia goes to Russia, Silesia and Kleve – to Austria, Western Pomerania – to Sweden, Mark – to France, Hale and Cottbus – to Saxony, Ostfriesland – to Oldenburg, Ravensberg, Lingen and Minden – to Hanover. Frederick’s heir, Henry, now was only margrave of Brandenburg. Great Britain have to withdraw its troops from French and Spanish colonies in America and India.

 In Russia in this time died Catherine, wife of the heir to the throne, prince Pyotr Fedorovich. It was rumored that she was poisoned because of his adultery with the Horse Guards officer Orlov.

 1764 – death of the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. Pyotr Fedorovich came to the throne (as Pyotr III).

 1766 – Pyotr III declares war to Denmark to return Schleswig – his ancestral domain. He personally led Russian army in this very unpopular in Russia. 26.09.1766 – he died in battle near Flensburg. His heir, Pavel I, was only 13 years old, so regency – Imperial Council, leaded by count Panin, was formed.

 1767 – Sweden declares was to Russia (king Adolf Frederick accused members of the Imperial Council of his relative Puotr III’s murder).

 1768 – Turkey declares war to Russia.

 1770 – Russian-Swedish war ends without annexations.

 1773 – Russian-Turkish war ends with Russian victory. Russia annexed Black Sea coast, Crimea declares independence from Ottoman rule. Pavel I dissolves the Imperial Council and began to rule on their own.

 1783 – Crimea was annexed into Russia.

 1789 – French Revolution start. Louis XVI of France have to convene the Estates General – Estates representative body.

 1790 – III Estate proclaimed himself the National Assembly and refuse to obey the king. Louis send army to scatter the Assembly. Street fighting started in Paris between forces of the King Louis and the Paris Commune National Guard. At the end, King was captured, imprisoned and soon executed. French Republic was proclaimed.

 1791 – Austria, Spain, Saxony, Netherlands and Naples declared war to France. War of the First Coalition started.