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| 1st Prime Minister Witte |  |
| 30th Oct Moscow Appointed Prime Minister of Russia, Russia's 1st Prime Minister
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| Arrest of Gapon Fullon, Ivor | |
| 8th Jan St Petersburg Sends out orders to arrest Gapon but Gapon goes into hiding
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| Arrest of Gorky Gorky, Maxim | |
| 10th Jan Arrested for expressing sympathy with the St Petersburg marchers
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| Arrest of Kerensky Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| Arrested & expelled from the Socialist Revolution ary Party
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| Assassination of Serge Kaliev, Ivan | |
| 17th Feb Assassinates Grand Duke Sergei
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| Assassination of Serge Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich | |
| Organizes the assassination of Grand Duke Sergey Alexanderovich
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| Assassination of Serge Serge | |
| 17th Feb Moscow The Tsar 's uncle is assassinated
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| Battle of Tsushima Str Rozhdestvenski, Zinovi | |
| 27th May Tsushimar Orders the Russian Fleet to Vladivostock but it is ambushed & defeated
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| Battle of Tsushima Str Rozhdestvenski, Zinovy | |
| 27th May Tsushimar Leads the Russians in the Suvarov but the Russians are defeated
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| 27th May Tsushimar Within a few days the Russian Fleet is destroyed
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| Bloody Sunday Nicholas II | |
| 22nd Jan Winter Palace Troops kill 100 workers & wound 300
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| Chairman Lugansk Soviet Voroshilov Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Aug Lugansk Appointed Chairman of the Lugansk Soviet, 1st term
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| Chairman Petrograd Soviet Nosar Nosar, George | |
| Oct Appointed Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet
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| Closure Schools Nicholas II | |
| 18th Mar All secondary schools & universities are closed for the remainder of the year
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| Congress of SDP Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 25th April London Held 25 April-10 May
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| 25th April London onvened by Lenin who believes that revolution is imminent
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| 25th April The Congress is only attended by the Bolshevik s
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| Constitution of Russia Nicholas II | |
| 18th Feb Asks for "suggestions" "concerning improvement of the state & the nation's well-being"
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| 19th Aug Moscow Signs a manifesto summoning the Imperial Duma
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| 19th Aug Moscow The Duma has advisory powers but is without legislative authority
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| 17th Oct Signs the "October Manifesto", establishing the State Duma as the elected legislature
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| 17th Oct Under the October Manifesto laws must be approved by the State Duma
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| 30th Oct St Petersburg Issues a manifesto granting a suffrage law for election s to the Duma
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| 30th Oct St Petersburg Issues a manifesto granting freedom of speech, conscience & Assembly
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| 30th Oct St Petersburg Issues a manifesto granting the right of Labour to organize
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| Constitution of Russia Trotsky, Leon | |
| "We are given a Constitution but absolutism remains"
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| Constitution of Russia Witte | |
| 17th Oct Under the October Manifesto laws must be approved by the State Duma
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| 22nd Oct Moscow Writes to the Tsar warning Russia is on the verge of revolution
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| 30th Oct Moscow Appointed Prime Minister of Russia, Russia's 1st Prime Minister
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| Coup d'Etat of Russia Bazarov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich | |
| St Petersburg Supports the Bolshevik s
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| Coup d'Etat of Russia Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Agrees with Plekhav that the RSDP should not sieze power as the revolution is bourgois
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| Death of Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich | |
| Organizes the assassination of Grand Duke Sergey Alexanderovich
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| Death of Serge Serge | |
| 17th Feb Moscow The Tsar 's uncle is assassinated
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| Demonstration Bloody Sunday Nicholas II | |
| 22nd Jan Winter Palace Sparks off the 1905 revolution
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| 22nd Jan Winter Palace The Union of Liberation organizes a procession to the Winter Palace
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| 22nd Jan Winter Palace The Union of Liberation presents a petition to the Tsar
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| 22nd Jan Winter Palace Troops kill 100 workers & wound 300
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| Demonstration Bloody Sunday Witte | |
| St Petersburg Called up by the Tsar to solve the industrial unrest following Bloody Sunday
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| Demonstration St Petersburg Sviatopolk-Mirskii | |
| 18th Jan St Petersburg Allows the demonstration but forbids demonstrators to go near the Winter Palace
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| Dismissal of Sviatopolk Sviatopolk-Mirskii | |
| 18th Jan Moscow Dismissed as Minister of the Interior after demonstrations in St Petersburg
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| Duma Lvov Lvov | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Duma
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| Editor Golos Martov Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Appointed co-editor of Golos, an anti-war journal published in Paris
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| Exile of Radek Radek, Karl Bernhardovich | |
| Fights in exile in Poland
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| Exile of Savinkov Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich | |
| Arrested & condemned to death but escapes & flees to Switzerland
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| Governor General Trepov, Vladimir Federovich | |
| 18th Jan St Petersburg Appointed Governor General of St Petersburg
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| Governor Saratov Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| Saratov Appointed Governor of Saratov
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| Izvestia Trotsky, Leon | |
| "We are given a Constitution but absolutism remains"
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| Manifesto October Manifesto Nicholas II | |
| 17th Oct Grants freedom of conscience, speech, meeting & association
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| 17th Oct Signs the October manifesto making concessions to the strikers
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| 17th Oct Under the October Manifesto laws must be approved by the State Duma
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| Manifesto October Manifesto Witte | |
| 15th Oct Grants freedom of conscience, speech, meeting & association
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| 15th Oct Submits the draft of the October manifesto in order to make concessions to strikers
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| Manifesto October Nicholas II | |
| 17th Oct Grants freedom of conscience, speech, meeting & association
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| 17th Oct Signs the "October Manifesto", establishing the State Duma as the elected legislature
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| 17th Oct Signs the October manifesto making concessions to the strikers
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| 17th Oct Under the October Manifesto laws must be approved by the State Duma
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| Manifesto October Witte | |
| 15th Oct Grants freedom of conscience, speech, meeting & association in the October Manifesto
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| 15th Oct Submits the draft of the October manifesto in order to make concessions to strikers
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| Minister of Interior Bulygin | |
| 18th Jan Appointed Minister of the Interior
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| Minister of Russia Izvolski | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister
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| Mobilization Baltic Fleet Rozhdestvenski, Zinovy | |
| 16th Mar Madagascar The Russian Fleet departs Madagascar across the Indian Ocean
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| 14th May Vladivostock The Russian Fleet leaves Vladivostock
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| Mutiny Potemkin Nicholas II | |
| June The Potemkin Mutiny is followed by strikes all over Russia
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| Mutiny Potemkin Witte | |
| June The Potemkin Mutiny is followed by strikes all over Russia
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| Party Leader RSDRP Martov Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Menshevik s
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| Party Leader UU Miliukov Miliukov, Paul | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Union of Unions
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| Petition Nicholas II Nicholas II | |
| 22nd Jan Winter Palace The Union of Liberation presents a petition to the Tsar
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| Prime Minister of Russia Witte | |
| 30th Oct Moscow Appointed Prime Minister of Russia, Russia's 1st Prime Minister
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| Publication of Lenin Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Publication of, "Two Tactics of Social Democracy"
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| Publication of Yushkevich Yushkevich, Semyon Solomonovich | |
| Publication of, "Golod"
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| Rebellion of Krondstadt Nicholas II | |
| 8th Nov Krondstadt A rebellion breaks out among the sailors of the Krondstadt fortress
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| 8th Nov Krondstadt A rebellion breaks out among the sailors of the Krondstadt fortress
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| Rebellion of Peasants Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| Uses force to suppress a peasant rebellion
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| Uses force to suppress a peasant rebellion
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| Uses force to suppress a peasant rebellion
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| Reform of Duma Nicholas II | |
| 17th Oct Signs the "October Manifesto", establishing the State Duma as the elected legislature
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| Reform of Franchise Miliukov, Paul | |
| Joins Liberal & radical groups demanding parliamentary Government & universal suffrage
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| SDP Iakovlev Iakovlev, Vasili Vasilevich | |
| Appointed Member of the Social Democratic Party
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| Siege of Mukden Nicholas II | |
| Mukden Russia is forced to surrender Mukden to Japan
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| Siege of Port Arthur Nicholas II | |
| 1st Jan Port Arthur Russia offers terms of surrender at Port Arthur to Japan
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| Siege of Port Arthur Stoessel, Anatoli | |
| 2nd Jan Port Arthur Nogi accepts the Russian surrender
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| Soviet of St Petersburg Trotsky, Leon | |
| 26th Oct St Petersburg Helps found the St Petersburg Soviet, 50 such Soviets are soon founded all over Russia
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| SRP Kerensky Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Socialist Revolution ay Party
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| Strike Lodz Nicholas II | |
| Lodz Russian Poland is put under a state of siege
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| Lodz Socialist revolution aries seek to overthrow the Tsar
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| Strike Moscow Nicholas II | |
| 6th May Tsarkoe Selo Prince Troubetskoi visits the Tsar saying revolution is underway
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| Strike Moscow Troubetskoi | |
| 6th May Tsarkoe Selo Prince Troubetskoi visits the Tsar saying revolution is underway
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| Strike Odessa Nicholas II | |
| Jan Odessa Strikers are joined by the crew of the Potemkin, 2,000 demonstratos are killed
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| June Odessa 2,000 are killed during unrest & the Potemkin mutiny
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| Strike Railways Nicholas II | |
| Oct Railworkers go on strike & paralyze the whole Russian rail network
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| Strike Railways Witte | |
| Oct Railworkers go on strike & paralyze the whole Russian rail network
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| Strike Riga Nicholas II | |
| 13th Jan Riga During a strike in Riga trops charge demonstrators & 70 are killed
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| Strike Witte | |
| June The Potemkin Mutiny is followed by strikes all over Russia
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| Strike St Petersburg Fullon, Ivor | |
| 7th Jan St Petersburg Appeals to workers to stay away from the demonstrations threatening to use force
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| Strike St Petersburg Gapon, George | |
| 6th Jan St Petersburg Schedules a demonstration followed by a petition to be handed to the Tsar on 9th Jan
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| 7th Jan St Petersburg 7-8 January, leads an industrial strike in St Petersburg
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| 8th Jan St Petersburg Informs the Tsar there of a peaceful demonstration the following day with a petition
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| 9th Jan St Petersburg 200 are killed by Cossacks
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| 9th Jan St Petersburg Leads a peaceful demonstration to hand a petition to the Tsar
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| 22nd Jan St Petersburg Asks the Tsar to end the war with Japan
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| 22nd Jan St Petersburg Gapon asks the Tsar to reduce the working day to 8 hrs & improve conditions & wages
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| 22nd Jan St Petersburg Meets the Tsar to hand over a petition signed by 150,000
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| Strike St Petersburg Nicholas II | |
| 7th Jan St Petersburg 82,000 workers go out on strike
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| 7th Jan St Petersburg Gapon asks the Tsar to reduce the working day to 8 hrs & improve conditions & wages
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| 7th Jan St Petersburg More than 80,000 workers go on strike in St Petersburg
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| 8th Jan St Petersburg 120,000 workers go out on strike
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| 8th Jan St Petersburg Troops open fire & 200 are killed & 800 injured
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| 10th Jan St Petersburg The Government appeals in vain for the workers to return to work
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| Strike Warsaw Nicholas II | |
| 12th Jan Warsaw Strikers in Warsaw loot & burn shops, 93 are killed by Russian troops
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| 14th Jan Warsaw 93 are killed during strikes in Warsaw
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| Surrender Nicholas II | |
| 2nd Jan Port Arthur Russia's offer of surrender is accepted by Japan
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| Treaty of Portsmouth Witte | |
| 5th Sep Portsmouth Tsar Nicholas II recalls Witte to negotiate peace
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| UU Miliukov, Paul | |
| Demands parliamentary Government & universal suffrage
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