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| 1815 | Alexander I Alliance |  |
| Alexander hopes to establish a new Christian order in Europe |
| 1825 | Alexander I Death | |
| 13th Dec Crimea Dies after eating wild mushrooms |
| 1873 | Alexander II Alliance | |
| 22nd Oct An Alliance of the Emperors of Germany, Russia & Austria |
| 1866 | Alexander II Assassination | |
| An attempt is made on Alexander's life by an ex-student, Karakozov |
| Provokes a wave of repression against the universities |
| 13th Mar Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, is assassinated, a bomb is thrown at him near his palace by the anarchist group People's Will led by Sophia Perovskaya |
| 1878 | Alexander II Capture of Adrianople | |
| Adrianople Russia captures Adrianople |
| 1877 | Alexander II Capture of Kars | |
| Kars Russia captures Kars |
| 1877 | Alexander II Capture of Plevna | |
| Plevna Russia captures Plevna |
| 1863 | Alexander II Congress of Vienna | |
| Vienna Poland becomes a Russian Province, the Vistula Region |
| 1891 | Alexander II Dardanelles | |
| 29th Aug Dardanelles The Sultan opens the Dardanelles to Russian shipping only |
| 1881 | Alexander II Death | |
| 13th Mar St Petersburg Death of Alexander II, assasinated |
| 1877 | Alexander II Declaration of War | |
| Russia declares war on Turkey |
| 1873 | Alexander II Diplomacy | |
| Russia establishes a fixed boundary between Afghanistan and it's new territories, Russia promised to respect Afghanistan's territorial integrity |
| 22nd Oct An Alliance of the Emperors of Germany, Russia & Austria |
| 1891 | Alexander II Grain Exports | |
| 11th Aug All exports of grain from Russia are banned |
| 1883 | Alexander III Coronation | |
| Moscow Crowned Tsar of Russia |
| 1891 | Alexander III Expulsion Jews | |
| 22nd April Moscow Decrees the expulsion of Jews from Moscow |
| 1881 | Alexander III Manifesto Alexander III | |
| 13th May "..the voice of God commands us to stand bravely at the helm of the state" |
| 1866 | Alexander III Marriage | |
| Marries Dagmar, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark & sister of Queen Alexandra |
| 1865 | Alexander III Succession | |
| Becomes heir apparrent on the death of his elder brother Nikolay |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, Succeeds his father Alexander II |
| 1880 | Alexander II Marriage | |
| Alexander II marries Catherine Dolgoruky |
| 1866 | Alexander II Plot | |
| An attempt is made on Alexander's life by an ex-student, Karakozov |
| 1861 | Alexander II Rebellion | |
| Supresses land tax riots |
| Peasants Supresses land tax riots |
| 1866 | Alexander II Repression Universities | |
| The death of Alexander I provokes a wave of repression against the universities |
| 1873 | Alexander II Rule of Afghanistan | |
| Russia establishes a fixed boundary between Afghanistan and it's new territories, Russia promised to respect Afghanistan's territorial integrity |
| 1867 | Alexander II Rule of Alaska | |
| Russia agrees to sell Alaska to Washington for seven million dollars |
| 1872 | Alexander II Rule of Bokhara | |
| 12th Aug Bokhara Russia assumes suzerainty over Bokhara |
| 1872 | Alexander II Rule of Khiva | |
| 12th Aug Khiva Russia assumes suzerainty over Khiva |
| 1875 | Alexander II Rule of Kurile Islands | |
| Kurile Islands Under the St Petersburg treaty Russian sovereignty over Kurile is recognized by Japan |
| 1863 | Alexander II Rule of Poland | |
| Vistula Region At the Congress of Vienna Poland becomes a Russian Province, the Vistula Region |
| 1875 | Alexander II Rule of Sakhalin | |
| Sakhalin Under the St Petersburg treaty Russian ruleover Sakhalin is recognized by Japan |
| 1867 | Alexander II Sale Alaska | |
| Russia agrees to sell Alaska to Washington for seven million dollars |
| 1855 | Alexander II Serfdom | |
| Appoints a committee to draw up a decree for the abolition of serfdom |
| Issues the act of abolition abolishing serfdom but lacks the power to implement it |
| 1877 | Alexander II Siege of Constantinople | |
| Constantinople Britain warns Russia not to capture Constantinople |
| 1855 | Alexander II Succession | |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| 1875 | Alexander II Treaty of St Petersburg | |
| St Petersburg Under the St Petersburg treaty Russian ruleover Kurile is recognized by Japan |
| St Petersburg Under the St Petersburg treaty Russian ruleover Sakhalin is recognized by Japan |
| 1825 | Alexander I Rule of Alaska | |
| 22nd Feb Russia and Britain establish the Alaska/Canada boundary |
| 1801 | Alexander I Succession | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| 1815 | Alexander I Treaty of Vienna | |
| Vienna Alexander I is made King of Poland |
| Vienna The Kingdom of Poland is created from the Grand Duchy of Warsaw |
| 1815 | Alexander I Unification | |
| The Kingdom of Poland is created from the Grand Duchy of Warsaw |
| 1894 | Alexandra Fyodorovna Marriage | |
| Marries Nicholas II, granddaughter of Queen Victoria |
| 1801 | Arakcheyev Royal Advisor | |
| Appointed Advisor to Alexander I |
| 1789 | Catherine II the Great Alliance | |
| Joseph II honours his Alliance of 1781 & launches a Habsburg army against Serbia |
| Belgrade The Austrian army captures Belgrade & Russia occupies the Rumanian Black Sea coast |
| 1785 | Catherine II the Great Charter Nobility | |
| Noble status is made hereditary |
| The Nobility Charter grants limited rights of noble assembly & provincial Government |
| The nobles are granted full control over their serfs and lands |
| 1762 | Catherine II the Great Death | |
| 17th July Rospha Death of Peter III, at the hands of Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Gregory Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup) |
| 10th Nov Dies of apoplexy aged 67 |
| 1788 | Catherine II the Great Diplomacy | |
| A Swedish & Turkish Alliance is formed against Russia |
| 1782 | Catherine II the Great Greek Plan | |
| Moscow Issues the "Greek Plan", to restore the Byzantine Empire under a Romanov Emperor |
| 1789 | Catherine II the Great Invasion of Romania | |
| Belgrade The Austrian army captures Belgrade & Russia occupies the Rumanian Black Sea coast |
| 1788 | Catherine II the Great Invasion of Russia | |
| St Petersberg Sweden invades 150 miles away from St Petersburg |
| 1779 | Catherine II the Great League Armed Neutrality | |
| Russia, Denmark, Sweden & Norway form an Alliance to defend neutral shipping rights |
| 28th Feb Announces there should be free trade for all neutral vessels |
| The States General of the United Provinces joins the League of Armed Neutrality |
| Portugal joins the League of Armed Neutrality |
| 1794 | Catherine II the Great Odessa | |
| Odessa Odessa is founded as a capital province of "New Russia" & window to the sth |
| 1772 | Catherine II the Great Partition | |
| Dwina Partitions Poland from Dwina to Kiev |
| Makes a Treaty with Josef II promising him the Eastern half of the Balkans |
| Makes her grandson, Constantine, ruler of a new Greek Empire |
| Partitions the Balkans to drive the Turks out of Europe |
| 23rd Jan Prussia takes Danzig & great Poland |
| 23rd Jan Russia has the right of troop movements & to direct Polish foreign policy |
| 23rd Jan Russia takes most of Lithuania & western Ukraine |
| 24th Oct St Petersburg Russia, Austria and Prussia hold a convention in Petersburg to finalize the 3rd division of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic |
| 15th Jan St Petersburg Russia, Prussia and Austria sign an act that terminates the Lithuanian-Polish state |
| 1790 | Catherine II the Great Peace | |
| Agrees a status quo peace with Gustav III of Sweden after Denmark attacks Sweden |
| Jassy Peace is agreed between Turkey & Russia at Jassy |
| River Dniester The River Dniester becomes the new frontier between Russia & Turkey |
| Jessy The Rumanian principalities are returned to Turkey |
| 1762 | Catherine II the Great Rebellion | |
| 14th July In the course of July 13 and July 14, the revolt of the Leib Guard removes Peter from the throne and proclaimes Catherine as reigning Empress |
| 1785 | Catherine II the Great Reform | |
| The Nobility Charter grants limited rights of noble assembly & provincial Government |
| 1785 | Catherine II the Great Rule of Alaska | |
| Catherine II encourages the colonization of Alaska |
| 1782 | Catherine II the Great Rule of Byzantine Empire | |
| Moscow Issues the "Greek Plan", to restore the Byzantine Empire under a Romanov Emperor |
| 1784 | Catherine II the Great Rule of Constantinople | |
| Constantinople Catherine's "Grand Plan" of restoring Romananov rulefrom Constantinople ends |
| 1782 | Catherine II the Great Rule of Greece | |
| Moscow Issues the "Greek Plan", to restore the Byzantine Empire under a Romanov Emperor |
| 1784 | Catherine II the Great Rule of Kodiak | |
| Kodiak Island Russia establishes a settlement on Kodiak Island |
| 1797 | Catherine II the Great Rule of Poland Poland | |
| 15th Jan St Petersburg Russia, Prussia and Austria sign an act that terminates the Lithuanian-Polish state |
| 1764 | Catherine II the Great Rule of Poland | |
| Warsaw Secures the election of her nominee King Stanislas Poniatowski to the throne of Poland |
| 24th Oct St Petersburg Russia, Austria and Prussia hold a convention in Petersburg to finalize the 3rd division of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic |
| 1789 | Catherine II the Great Rule of Romania | |
| Belgrade The Austrian army captures Belgrade & Russia occupies the Rumanian Black Sea coast |
| Jessy The Romanian principalities are returned to Turkey |
| 1762 | Catherine II the Great Succession | |
| 14th July In the course of July 13 and July 14, the revolt of the Leib Guard removes Peter from the throne and proclaimes Catherine as reigning Empress |
| 17th July Although not descended from any Russian Emperor, Catherine succeeds her husband and becomes reigning Empress, following an earlier precedent when Catherine I succeeded Peter I in 1725 |
| 17th July Catherine's ascension manifesto justifies her succession by citing the "unanimous election" but many regard her reign as a usurpation, tolerable only during the minority of Grand Duke Paul |
| 25th Dec Peter succeeds to the throne as Peter III of Russia and moves into the new Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Catherine thus becomes Empress Consort of Russia |
| 1880 | Dolgoruky, Catherine Marriage | |
| Alexander II marries Catherine Dolgoruky |
| Alexander II marries Catherine Dolgoruky after the death of Marie Alexandrovna |
| 1833 | Nicholas I Convention Munchengratz | |
| Munchengratz Austria, Prussia & Russia will go to each others' aid in combatting liberal insurgence |
| Munchengratz Crowned heads of Austria, Russia & Prussia renew the Holy Alliance which lasts 20 yrs |
| Munchengratz The Ottoman Empire is preserved & the partition of Poland retained |
| 1827 | Nicholas I Decree Cantonist Decree | |
| Conscripts all male Jews aged 12-25 |
| 1849 | Nicholas I Exile of Nicholas I | |
| Aug Helps drive out Hungary's Nationalist leader, Kossuth |
| 1912 | Nicholas II Alliance | |
| 15th Nov Austria denounces Serbian gains in the Balkans; Russia and France backed Serbia while Italy and Germany back Austria |
| 1868 | Nicholas II Birth | |
| 18th May Birth of Nicholas II |
| 1998 | Nicholas II Burial | |
| 17th July Russia buries Tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died |
| 1905 | Nicholas II Constitution | |
| 19th Aug Moscow Signs a manifesto summoning the Imperial Duma |
| 19th Aug Moscow Signs a manifesto summoning the Imperial Duma |
| 19th Aug Moscow The Duma has advisory powers but is without legislative authority |
| 19th Aug Moscow The Duma has advisory powers but is without legislative authority |
| 30th Oct St Petersburg Issues a manifesto granting a suffrage law for elections to the Duma |
| 30th Oct St Petersburg Issues a manifesto granting freedom of speech, conscience & Assembly |
| 30th Oct St Petersburg Issues a manifesto granting the right of Labour to organize |
| 1912 | Nicholas II Diplomacy | |
| 15th Nov Austria denounces Serbian gains in the Balkans; Russia and France backed Serbia while Italy and Germany back Austria |
| 1914 | Nicholas II Dismissal | |
| Moscow Dismisses the Prime Minister for liberal tendencies & removes Duma immunities |
| 1906 | Nicholas II Duma Closing | |
| Vyborg 180 Deputies protest about the dissolution of the 1st Duma by Nicholas II |
| 1906 | Nicholas II Duma Opening | |
| Moscow 1st State Duma, elected by universal male suffrage, meets for 73 days |
| Moscow The franchise is restricted & the 3rd Duma meets for its full 5 year term, 1907-12 |
| 20th Feb Moscow The 2nd Duma meets in 1907 for 102 days |
| 15th Nov Moscow The 4th & last Duma opens, 1912-1917 |
| 1912 | Nicholas II Duma Oppostion | |
| Moscow The Duma opposes the Tsar's war policy & becomes critical of the Royal regime |
| 1913 | Nicholas II Faberge Imperial Rock Crystal Egg | |
| The The Faberge Imperial rock crystal egg with rose cut diamonds set in platinum is created for the Tsar, an American in 1994 pays $5.5 mil for the egg, only 56 eggs are commissioned by the Tsars and Tsarinas |
| 1914 | Nicholas II Government | |
| Appoints Goremykin Prime Minister of the Duma to stamp out the revolutionary movement |
| 1912 | Nicholas II Independence | |
| After the fall of the Manchu dynasty, Mongol princes, supported by tsarist Russia, declare the independence of Mongolia from China |
| 1906 | Nicholas II Manifesto Vyborg | |
| Vyborg 180 Deputies protest about the dissolution of the 1st Duma by Nicholas II |
| 1894 | Nicholas II Marriage | |
| Marries Alexandria of Hesse, granddaughter of Queen Victoria |
| 1849 | Nicholas I Invasion of Hungary | |
| June Invades Hungary to assist Franz Josej against the Hungarian Nationalists |
| Aug Helps drive out Hungary's Nationalist leader, Kossuth |
| 1894 | Nicholas II Succession | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, Eldest son of Alexander III |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, Eldest son of Alexander III |
| 1850 | Nicholas I Rule of Holstein | |
| Holstein France, Britain & Russia sign a protocol recognizing Danish rulein Holstein |
| 1846 | Nicholas I Siege of Cracow | |
| 12th Mar Cracow Austrian & Russian troops occupy Cracow |
| 1796 | Paul I Alliance | |
| Joins the 2nd Coalition against France |
| Forms the 2nd League of Armed Neutrality comprising Russia, Prussia, Denmark & Sweden |
| 1801 | Paul I Assassination | |
| 23rd Mar Moscow Russian officers declare Alexander Emperor |
| 23rd Mar Moscow Strangled in his bed during a Kremlin coups by drunken Russian Officers |
| 1801 | Paul I Death | |
| 23rd Mar Moscow Death of Paul I |
| 1800 | Paul I League Armed Neutrality | |
| Forms the 2nd League of Armed Neutrality comprising Russia, Prussia, Denmark & Sweden |
| 1796 | Paul I Succession | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, son of Peter III & Catherine the Great |
| 1762 | Peter III Death | |
| Rospha Assassinated after the abdication & succeeded by his wife Catherine II |
| 1762 | Peter III Emancipation Nobles | |
| Peter III emancipates the nobles from state service, allowing development of a leisured, cultured class |
| 1762 | Peter III Succession | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| 1880 | Yurevskaya Marriage | |
| Catherine Dolgoruky marries Alexander II & becomes Princess Yurevskaya |
| Marries the Tsar after being a mistress for 14 years |
