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Historical Events
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0911-09-02 - Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines
0990-01-01 - Russia adopts Julian calendar
1238-02-07 - The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
1238-03-04 - The Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia.
1323-08-12 - Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first time.
1326-06-03 - Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
1380-09-08 - Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars
1399-08-05 - Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers
1440-02-21 - The Prussian Confederation is formed.
1454-02-04 - In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.
1454-03-06 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish king agrees to help in their struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
1456-10-17 - The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
1480-10-08 - Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which resulted in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and eventual disintegration of the Horde.
1510-07-19 - 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin Prussia
1514-09-08 - Battle at Ozra: Polish/Latvia army beats Russians
1514-09-08 - Battle of Orsha - in one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
1547-02-03 - Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova
1557-02-27 - 1st Russian Embassy arrives in London
1558-04-04 - Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders
1563-02-15 - Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania
1579-07-08 - Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
1582-01-15 - Russia cedes Livonia & Estonia to Poland, loses access to Baltic
1589-01-26 - Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
1598-01-07 - Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I
1598-02-17 - Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia
1605-06-10 - Valse Dimitri crowned Russian tsar for 1st time
1606-05-16 - 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia
1608-06-01 - Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-govt
1610-06-24 - Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia & Sweden
1610-07-04 - Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russian & Sweden
1610-08-27 - Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia
1612-11-01 - (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
1613-02-07 - Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia
1613-02-21 - Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar
1617-03-09 - Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa
1618-12-11 - Russia & Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino
1634-02-19 - Battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]
1634-03-01 - Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians
1634-06-14 - Russia & Poland sign Peace treaty of Polianov
1642-03-27 - The sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Joseph takes office.
1645-07-13 - Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar of Russia
1652-07-25 - Nikita Minin becomes patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
1653-10-01 - Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine
1654-09-16 - Russian troops occupy Smolensk on Poland
1655-07-31 - Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
1656-09-19 - Treaty of Labiau: Sweden gives Prussia, Brandenburg
1656-10-24 - Treaty of Vilnius: Russia & Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant
1656-11-03 - Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant [NS]
1659-06-29 - The Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.
1661-06-21 - Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty
1667-01-03 - Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland
1667-01-03 - Russia & Poland sign Truce of Androsovo
1667-01-20 - Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland & Russia
1667-01-30 - Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia & Poland sign peace treaty
1667-02-09 - Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty
1670-10-01 - -4] Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers
1671-04-14 - Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin
1675-08-06 - Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut
1676-01-29 - Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia
1676-01-29 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.
1682-06-29 - Sofia names herself regent of Russia
1689-08-27 - The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
1689-09-01 - Russia began taxing men's beards
1689-09-08 - China & Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul)
1689-10-11 - Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1698-01-07 - Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England
1698-08-18 - Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
1698-08-19 - Russian czar Peter the Great begins term
1698-09-05 - Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
1699-11-22 - Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden
1699-12-20 - Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1
1700-01-01 - Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar
1700-01-01 - Russia begins using the Anno Domini era and no longer uses the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
1700-07-13 - Russian-Turkish peace
1700-11-16 - Monarch of Brandenburg becomes king of Prussia
1700-11-19 - Battle at Narva: Swedish king Karel XII beats Russians
1700-11-30 - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva [NS]
1700-11-30 - Turkey declares war on Russia
1701-01-18 - Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia
1701-01-18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia.
1703-05-01 - Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians
1706-02-13 - Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen
1707-08-22 - Sweden & Prussia sign military treaty
1708-07-04 - Swedish King Karel XII beats Russians
1708-09-28 - Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
1708-10-09 - Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
1709-07-08 - Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes
1710-01-27 - Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget
1713-04-11 - Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty
1713-07-27 - Russia & Turkey sign peace treaty
1713-08-13 - King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia
1714-06-12 - Prussia & Russia sign secret treaty
1714-07-14 - Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet
1714-07-27 - Battle at Hango (Hangut): Russians beat Swedish fleet
1714-08-07 - The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.
1715-05-01 - Prussia declares war on Sweden
1715-12-12 - Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund [NS=12/23]
1715-12-23 - Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund
1716-04-04 - Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar
1716-04-08 - Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia & marries Czar Peter the Great's niece
Famous Birthdays
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1191-02-08 - Yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246)
1220-05-30 - Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)
1314-05-13 - Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint
1326-03-30 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muscovy (d. 1359)
1353-07-15 - Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1415-03-10 - Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)
1440-01-22 - Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania
1490-05-17 - Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia
1530-08-25 - Ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84)
1557-05-31 - Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)
1557-05-31 - Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)
1572-11-08 - Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia
1578-11-01 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
1581-10-19 - Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of Ivan IV "the Terrible"
1582-10-19 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d. 1591)
1596-06-21 - Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov
1605-05-24 - Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
1620-02-16 - Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia
1621-11-20 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)
1629-03-09 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)
1629-03-19 - Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia
1629-08-12 - Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)
1651-09-01 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)
1653-01-07 - Bernhard Albinus, Germany, court-physician (Frederick of Prussia)
1657-07-11 - Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13)
1657-09-27 - Sophia, regent of Russia (1682-89)
1661-06-09 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
1666-08-27 - Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89)
1667-06-18 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
1668-10-30 - Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. 1705)
1669-08-09 - Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)
1671-06-06 - Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader
1672-03-30 - Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia (1682-1725)
1672-05-30 - Peter I, (the Great), tsar of Russia (1682-1725) [NS=June 9]
1672-06-09 - Peter I "the Great" Romanov, tsar of Russia (1682-1725) [OS=May 30]
1676-07-03 - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)
1684-02-24 - Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia
1684-04-15 - Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)
1684-10-26 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
1686-04-19 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)
1686-05-14 - Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]
1686-06-09 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
1687-03-16 - Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757)
1688-08-14 - Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)
1688-08-15 - Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)
1690-02-28 - Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great
1690-11-23 - Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI
1690-11-29 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
1693-01-28 - Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)
1693-02-07 - Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS]
1696-06-11 - Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)
1696-08-02 - Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia
1699-05-14 - Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
1700-12-25 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1758)
1702-08-20 - Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal
1703-03-05 - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
1709-12-18 - Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I)
1709-12-29 - Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great
1711-07-22 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d. 1753)
1711-11-19 - Michail V Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet
1712-01-24 - Frederick II, (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86)
1712-12-11 - Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)
1715-10-02 - Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30)
1715-10-23 - Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30)
1718-09-29 - Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/diplomat (plot against Peter III)
1721-01-12 - Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)
1721-02-03 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)
1722-08-09 - Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (d. 1758)
1726-01-18 - Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat
1728-02-10 - Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia (1761-62)
1728-02-21 - Peter III, Kiel Germany, Russian tsar (1762)/husband of Catherine
1729-04-21 - Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96)
1729-05-02 - Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)
1729-11-24 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
1733-07-22 - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)
1737-08-10 - Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. 1773)
1738-05-08 - Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809)
1740-05-07 - Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)
1740-08-23 - Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)
1743-07-14 - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (d. 1816)
1743-12-23 - Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803)
1744-09-20 - Giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater)
1744-09-25 - Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97)
1744-10-07 - Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (d. 1819)
1745-07-17 - Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)
1745-09-16 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
1751-08-07 - Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V
1751-10-16 - Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Queen of Prussia (d. 1805)
1753-11-06 - Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802)
1755-06-25 - Princess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
1755-11-12 - Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War (1807-10)
1757-07-24 - Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)
1757-09-03 - Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia
1759-07-19 - Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)
1759-09-26 - Hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian fieldmarshal/gov-gen
1759-10-25 - Maria Fyodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (d. 1828)
1760-09-15 - Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (d. 1824)
1760-09-21 - Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837)
1760-10-27 - August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal
1761-08-16 - Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (d. 1800)
Famous Deaths
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1113-04-16 - Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050)
1125-05-19 - Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)
1157-05-15 - Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
1175-06-28 - Andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince
1246-09-30 - Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1191)
1263-11-14 - Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian ruler (1252-63), dies at 43
1303-03-04 - Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)
1318-11-22 - Mikhail Yaroslavich, Russian prince (b. 1271)
1340-03-31 - Ivan I of Russia, Prince of Moscow (b. 1288)
1383-06-05 - Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
1392-09-25 - Sergius van Radonesj, Russian saint, dies at 78
1462-03-27 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
1505-10-27 - Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies
1505-10-27 - Ivan III of Russia (b. 1440)
1568-03-20 - Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77
1569-10-09 - Vladimir of Staritsa, Russian prince (b. 1533)
1570-07-25 - Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed
1584-03-18 - Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53
1591-05-15 - Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9
1598-01-07 - Theodorus I, [Fedor Ivanovitch], czar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40
1598-01-17 - Fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557)
1603-11-05 - Irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies
1605-04-12 - Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies
1605-04-15 - Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies
1606-05-17 - Forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered
1610-12-11 - Forges Dimitri 2, czar of Russia, murdered
1612-09-12 - Tsar Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)
1619-12-23 - Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47
1642-04-30 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
1645-07-23 - Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies
1645-08-18 - Eudoxia Streshneva, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia (b. 1608)
1652-04-15 - Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church
1671-06-06 - Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed
1676-01-29 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
1676-02-08 - Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46
1681-07-05 - Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies
1682-04-14 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (b. 1621)
1682-04-27 - Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies
1682-05-07 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
1686-06-25 - Simon Ushakov, Russian painter (b. 1626)
1694-02-04 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651)
1696-01-29 - Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies
1700-02-12 - Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
1704-07-03 - Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)
1713-02-25 - Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55
1721-09-07 - Bernhard Albinus, [Weiss], German artist (Frederik of Prussia), dies
1725-01-28 - Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]
1725-02-08 - Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52
1727-05-06 - Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42
1727-05-17 - Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies
1728-11-10 - Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admirals (b. 1661)
1728-11-21 - Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian gen-admiral, dies at about 57
1730-01-18 - Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
1730-01-30 - Peter II Alekseyevitch, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
1730-11-06 - Hans Hermann von Katte, Prussian lieutenant, beheaded
1736-09-16 - Daniel G Fahrenheit, Prussian/Neth physicist (thermometer), dies at 50
1738-07-15 - Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed
1740-05-31 - Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51
1740-10-28 - Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47
1746-03-18 - Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718)
1747-03-16 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)
1747-04-07 - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1676)
1747-05-31 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
1750-01-16 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)
1750-07-15 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
1751-04-19 - Peter Lacy, Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. 1678)
1751-12-16 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)
1753-08-06 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711)
1757-05-06 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
1758-06-12 - Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (b. 1722)
1758-08-29 - Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal, dies at 56
1758-10-14 - Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)
1761-12-25 - Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51
1762-01-05 - Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 [NS]
1762-01-05 - Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
1762-07-06 - Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34
1762-07-17 - Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34
1764-07-16 - Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23
1765-04-15 - Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53
1768-08-17 - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
1772-12-28 - Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82
1773-01-04 - Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)
1773-08-27 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
1775-01-10 - Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies
1775-01-11 - Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
1783-04-11 - Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64
1786-08-17 - Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74
1788-10-15 - Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
1789-04-26 - Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67
1790-12-12 - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733)
1791-10-05 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b. 1739)
1794-11-28 - Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64
1796-11-06 - Catherine II of Russia (b. 1729)
1796-11-07 - Catharina II, "the Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1796-11-17 - Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1796-11-18 - Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1797-11-16 - Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53
1797-11-16 - Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
1800-05-18 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
1801-03-23 - Tsar Paul I of Russia (1796-1801) is struck with a sword, strangled, and trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle aged 46
