1762 Peter does not withdraw his forces from the war as some people expected given his admiration of the prussian king, rather he orders his generals to bring prussia to heel. After another Austro-Russian campaign and a series of bloody battles during one of which frederick the Great died, Prussia surrendered.Signing an armistice on may 15 1762.
Peter Also begins a series of reforms, exempted the nobility from obligatory state and military service and giving them the freedom to travel abroad. He also took steps to establish the first state bank in Russia, ended the nobility's monopoly on trade and forbade the import of sugar and other materials that could be found in Russia to conserve gold.
1762 With the surrender of Prussia Great Britain's only continental friend was portugal which was facing its own invasion.
1762 Swedish troops occupy pomperia and russian troops are in berlin. Meanwhile After a series of successes following the withdrawal of the Prussians Hanover if captured by the french.
1763 Despite Naval superiority and colonial successes Britain has lost the war in europe as portugal informs its ally that it is withdrawing from the war. Furthermore the Dutch and other neutral european powers also begin pressuering the British to make peace.
1763 The Treaty of Berlin gives returns Swedish Pomperia, proclaims peace between Denmark and Russia who renounces any claim of danish soil. Selesia is Returned to Austria and East Prussia is ceded to Russia. Prussia also renounces claims to any new land east of berlin.
November 1763: The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the war. France accepts the loss of New France however forces the British East India Company to renounce its claim on Bengal, negating the previous peace treaty, returning India to Status Quo Antebellum.Needless to say the new bengali King, while officially neutral if heavily pro french. Meanwhile Hanover is also freed, with many englishman angry over the price they paid for it.
January 1764; Catherine, Empress of the Russians dies after falling of a balcony. Any rumors of her body being found impaled with 26 stab wounds are dismissed as rumors. While in "mourning" Peter III begins consolidating his power and appointing like minded enlightened nobles to positions of power.He also reforms the army and navy along more modern and western lines.
During this time the Austrian Netherlands are given to france as promised, however france resists building forts on the new territories.
1765 Wary of the Russo- French Alliance Britain signs a trade treaty with russia to help break it.
1768; Russian Interference in poland kicks of the Bar Wars as well the Russo Turkish war of of 1768 to 1772
1771; Russia Finally gets poland under control and as punishments takes the easternmost part of its land (OTL Partition Land)
1772; Austria is convinced to support Russia after being promised ottoman Land, invading Serbia and Bosnia. The Ottomans realising that they are going to lose sue for peace. In the Belgrade treaty the Ottoman cede Crimea and other lands to Russia as well as Bosnia to the Ottomans.
1775; Secure in his power and popular after his victories Peter III sets out a series of reforms.
Orthodox churches are now to give out lessons to all free children in order to increase the rate of literacy.
Furthermore all church, state and personal serfs of the emperor were also to be educated, with nobles having the right to request literacy for his own serfs.
The Russian American Company was also founded with the goal of creating new colonies in the americas. Unlike previous efforts to find new furs the company was instead to set up permanent agricultural communities, expanding the russian empire.
Peter also introduced new forms of agriculture into the state lands in order to improve productivity and imported the British Highland cattle, sending some of them to siberia to see if they could survive there.
1780; Peter III begins reforming the legal system in russia to make it fairer and more efficient. He also begins encouraging mining in russia. The first settlement in Novo Moscow (OTL seattle takes Place).