Catherine's final morning
- When
- 16 November 1796
- Where
- the Empress's residence
- Part of
- Death of Catherine the Great
On 16 November 1796 Catherine rose early, worked on papers, and told her maid she had slept well.
On 16 November [O.S. 5 November] 1796, Catherine rose early in the morning and had her usual morning coffee, soon settling down to work on papers. She told her lady's maid, Maria Perekusikhina, that she had slept better than she had in a long time. The cited passage does not state her location; Saint Petersburg is admitted only as an allowed locality under the event scope, and the following day's stroke is documented separately in the death episode.
Sources
- Catherine the Great Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
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