Legacy of a Fallen Dynasty
Peter Carl Faberge

1842	Gustav Faberge opens shop in St. Petersburg
1846	May 30: Peter Carl Faberge (or Carl Gustavovich) is born
1872	Carl Faberge begins to manage the family firm
1881	Assassination of Alexander II and coronation of Alexander III
1885	First Imperial egg made. Faberge is appointed as court jeweler
1894	Alexander III dies and Nicholas II marries Alix von Hesse
1896	May 26: Coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra
1902	First public display of the Imperial Eggs, organized by Alexandra
1905	January 22: Bloody Sunday Massacre Russia adopts a constitutional monarchy system of government.
1914	World War I begins
1917	Bolshevik revolution
1918	Bolshevik close the House of Faberge The royal family are assassinated Faberge and his family escape Russia
1920	September: Peter Carl Faberge dies in Lusanne, Switzerland

Works Cited

Bainbridge, Henry Charles. Peter Carl Faberge: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court. London: Spring Books, 1949.
Ckyrlov V., and Cmorodinova G. Faberge and Russian imperial jewelers. Moscow: Terra, 1992.
McCanless, Christel Ludewig. Faberge and His Works: An annotated Bibliography of the First Century of His Art. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994.
Nemirovskaya, Yulia. Inside the Russian Soul: a Historical Survey of Russian Cultural Patterns. Boston: McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing, 2001.
Peter Carl Faberge. Chaucer Technology School.
Treasures of the World: Faberge Eggs: mementoes of a doomed dynasty. PBS.

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Legacy of a Fallen DynastyPeter Carl Faberge

Faberge's timeline of major events

Works Cited

Legacy of a Fallen Dynasty
Peter Carl Faberge