Herman Boerhaave vs Peter the Great
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Compare the life timelines of Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738) and Peter the Great (1672–1725) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 53 years, from 1672 to 1725.
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Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738)
- — Born at Voorhout, near Leiden Verified
- — Graduated in philosophy at the University of Leiden Verified
- — Earned his medical degree at Harderwijk Verified
- — Began lecturing on medicine at Leiden Verified
- — Published Institutiones Medicae Verified
- — Appointed professor of botany and medicine at Leiden Verified
- — Married Maria Drolenvaux Verified
- — Added the chair of chemistry, holding three professorships at once Verified
- — Published Elementa Chemiae Verified
- — Died in Leiden 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