May 3, 1729: Birth of Sophie Frederika Augusta.
December 7, 1741: Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, comes to the throne of Russia, overthrowing the infant Tsar Ivan VI and his regent mother Anna Leopoldovna.
1743: Sophie arrives at the court of Empress Elizabeth.
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