Edmond Halley vs Peter the Great
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Compare the life timelines of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) and Peter the Great (1672–1725) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 53 years, from 1672 to 1725.
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Edmond Halley (1656–1742)
- — Born in Haggerston, near London Verified
- — Entered The Queen's College, Oxford Verified
- — Voyaged to Saint Helena to chart the southern stars Verified
- — Published Catalogus Stellarum Australium and elected Fellow of the Royal Society Verified
- — Married Mary Tooke Verified
- — Financed and oversaw the publication of Newton's Principia Verified
- — Appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford Verified
- — Published A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets predicting the return of Halley's Comet Verified
- — Appointed Astronomer Royal Verified
- — Died at Greenwich Verified
Peter the Great (1672–1725)
- — Born in Moscow Verified
- — Proclaimed joint tsar with his half-brother Ivan V Verified
- — Became sole ruler of Russia Verified
- — Led the Grand Embassy to Western Europe Verified
- — Founded Saint Petersburg Verified
- — Won the Battle of Poltava Verified
- — Married Catherine (later Empress Catherine I) Verified
- — Concluded the Treaty of Nystad ending the Great Northern War Verified
- — Proclaimed Emperor of All Russia Verified
- — Died in Saint Petersburg Verified