{"slug": "elizabeth-of-russia", "label": "Elizabeth of Russia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Russia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130752", "qid": "Q130752", "description": "sixth Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762 (lived 1709-1762)", "entries": 11, "years": 7, "span": [1709, 1762], "span_label": ["1709 CE", "1762 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Elisabeth of Russia", "Elizabeth I of Russia"], "related": [{"slug": "prussia", "label": "Prussia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "russian-empire", "label": "Russian Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "frederick-the-great", "label": "Frederick the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "russia", "label": "Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "electorate-of-saxony", "label": "Electorate of Saxony", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1709, "year_label": "1709 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 18", "text": "December 18 – Elizabeth of Russia, empress regnant of Russia (d. 1762)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361817608#October–December", "title": "1709", "revid": 1361817608, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 6", "text": "6 December (N.S.) / 25 November (O.S.) – Elizabeth Petrovna stages a bloodless coup with the Preobrazhensky Regiment, deposes Ivan VI and Anna Leopoldovna, and is proclaimed Empress of Russia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307638726#Events", "title": "1741 in Russia", "revid": 1307638726, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 (November 25, O.S.) – Elizabeth of Russia becomes czarina after a palace coup.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360183595#October–December", "title": "1741", "revid": 1360183595, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 23", "text": "23 June - Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp, the candidate of Empress Elizabeth I of Russia, is elected heir to the Swedish throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1279556756#Events", "title": "1743 in Sweden", "revid": 1279556756, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 6", "text": "6 June - French agent Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de la Chétardie is ordered to leave Russia within 24 hours by Empress Elizabeth, following intrigues against Alexey Bestuzhev.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330943077#Events", "title": "1744 in Russia", "revid": 1330943077, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 13", "text": "June 13 – Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin is named as the new Chancellor of the Russian Empire by the Empress Elizabeth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370823870#April–June", "title": "1744", "revid": 1370823870, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8 – The Empress Elizabeth of Russia agrees to provide the Electorate of Saxony with aid in its war against Prussia, but the agreement comes too late.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353016128#October_–December", "title": "1745", "revid": 1353016128, "section": "Events › October –December"}}, {"year": 1756, "year_label": "1756 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo to Empress Elizabeth of Russia and her court.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349937992#July–September", "title": "1756", "revid": 1349937992, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Peter III succeeds Empress Elisabeth of Russia. 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