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| Bolshevik Party Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov |  |
| Wants the SDP to be a vanguard party |
| Bolshevik Party Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| Helps Lenin in forming the Bolshevik Group within the Social Democratic Party |
| Bolshevik Party Stalin Stalin, Joseph | |
| Appointed Member of the Bolsheviks |
| Bolshevik Party Voroshilov Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Aug Appointed Member of the Bolshevik Party |
| Congress of RSDRP Dan, Fedor Ivanovich | |
| Organises the 2nd Congress of the RSDRP |
| Congress of SDP Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| July London Mensheviks get their version of rule1 accepted, right wingers resign |
| July London The party is left with a Bolshevik majority |
| July London Wants rule1 for members to "participate in one of the organizations of the party" |
| 17th July Brussels Opening day of the 2nd Congress |
| 18th July London The Congress is forced to move to London |
| 29th July London The 2nd Congress re-opens in Southgate Rd, London |
| Congress of SDP Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Rule 1, "work under the control & guidance of 1 of the organizations of the party" |
| The Mensheviks get rule1 accepted, the right resign & the party becomes Bolshevik |
| Constitution Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| July London Wnats rule1 for members to "participate in one of the organizations of the party" |
| Constitution Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Rule 1, "work under the control & guidance of 1 of the organizations of the party" |
| Declaration of War Nicholas II | |
| Dec Japan decides to go to war with Russia |
| Decree Armenian Church Nicholas II | |
| Caucasus A Tsarist decree confiscates all the property of the Armenian Church in the Caucasus |
| Diplomacy Nicholas II | |
| 13th Feb Chateau d'Eau Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans |
| Diplomacy Abdulhamid II |  |
| 13th Feb Chateau d'Eau Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans |
| Dismissal Nicholas II | |
| Aug Dismisses Witte as Minister of Finance |
| Exile of Lenin Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| April Geneva Moves from London to Geneva |
| Health Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Suffers from St Anthony's fire |
| International Socialist Congress Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks |
| Invasion of Manchuria Nicholas II | |
| Feb Manchuria Agrees to the Russian annexation of Manchuria |
| Iskra Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Geneva Run by Lenin, Plekhanov, Martov, Potresov, Zasulich & Axelrod |
| Geneva The London office joins Geneva |
| Manifesto RSDRP Plekhanov, Georgy Valentinovich | |
| Draws up the draft manifesto of the RSDRP |
| Refers to the "power of the Proletariat" rather than "dictatorship of the Proletariat" |
| Massacre Jews Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich | |
| 4th April Kishinev 50 Jews are killed during an anti-Jewish pogrom |
| 4th April Kishinev Plehve blames the Jews for revolutionary feeling |
| Menshevik Party Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| London Founds the Menshevik faction within the Social Democratic Party |
| London Splits from Lenin during a meeting about more centralized control of the party |
| Mensheviks Dan Dan, Fedor Ivanovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Mensheviks |
| President Witte | |
| Moscow Appointed President of the Council of Ministers |
| Publication of Ivanov Ivanov, Vyacheslav Ivanovich | |
| Publication of, "Kormchiye Zvyozdy", becomes the chief Russian poetic Symbolist |
| Reform of Balkans Franz Josef I |  |
| 13th Feb Chateau d'Eau Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans |
| Reform of Balkans Witte | |
| 13th Feb Chateau d'Eau Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans |
| Reform of RSDRP Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Geneva Martov decides to move the RSDRP HQ from London to Geneva, despite Lenin's objections |
| Reform of RSDRP Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Geneva Martov decides to move the RSDRP HQ from London to Geneva, despite Lenin's objections |
| Rule of Balkans Franz Josef I | |
| 13th Feb Chateau d'Eau Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans |
| Rule of Balkans Witte | |
| 13th Feb Chateau d'Eau Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans |
| Rule of Balkans Abdulhamid II | |
| 13th Feb Chateau d'Eau Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans |
| SRP Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party |
| Strike Odessa Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich | |
| Odessa Orders the police suppression of the strike in Odessa |
