Russia

597 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Russia, 1700 CE to 2024 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

18th century

328 entries, 1700 CE to 1799 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

170013 July - Treaty of Constantinople, Russian tsardom relieved from paying the annual tribute to the Crimean Khanate paid since the occupation of Muscovy by the Golden Horde.Russia source
1703Peter the Great assaults and captures the island fortress of Nöteborg, renaming it Shlisselburg.Russia source
17098 July - Russians win the Battle of Poltava, halting the Swedish invasion of Russia.Russia source
1713Treaty of Adrianople (1713) was signedRussia source
1717November 14 – Alexander Sumarokov, poet, play write (died 1777)Russia source
17227 August: The Russo-Persian War begins.Russia source
172426 November - Willem Mons was executed.Russia source
1731The Ladoga Canal, connecting the Volga River to the Baltic Sea, is completed.Russia source
1735Andrey Osterman's wife, Anna Ivanona Zhemchugova, is believed to have died around this time, although exact details are unclear. She was connected to one of the most influential statesmen in Anna's court.Russia source
174028 October - Anna, empress of Russia (born 1693)Russia source
1744Administrative divisions of Russia: The Vyborg Governorate is formed on parts of Finland and St. Petersburg Governorate, and Orenburg Governorate is created from Siberian and Astrakhan lands.Russia source
1752August 11 – Alexander Tormasov, Russian general (d. 1819)Russia source
1755Anastasija Trubetskaya, courtier (born 1700)Russia source
1761December — Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, military leader (d.1818)Russia source
1766Catherine the Great started educational reforms.Russia source
1769Stepan Glotov, Russian navigatorRussia source
1775January 21 - Yemelyan Pugachev (born 1742)Russia source
1778Nikolas Novikov takes over the Moscow University Press and begins publishing "The Drone" for which he is later imprisoned by Catherine II.Russia source
1781Great Gatchina Palace completedRussia source
1783Vladimir Central Prison foundedRussia source
1785Charter to the Gentry codified rights of nobilityRussia source
1787Crimean journey of Catherine the GreatRussia source
1789Kirov Plant (factory) establishedRussia source
1791Prince Alexander of Kartli (1726–1791), Georgian princeRussia source
1796Ulyanovsk (then "Simbirsk") granted city statusRussia source

19th century

207 entries, 1800 CE to 1898 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1800April 2 - Treaty of Constantinople (1800)Russia source
1802Ministry of War of the Russian EmpireRussia source
1804July - September - Siege of Erivan (1804)Russia source
1805Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Mary (Saint Petersburg) builtRussia source
1806February 20: Death of Russian commander Pavel TsitsianovRussia source
1809September 17 - Treaty of Fredrikshamn - Sweden cedes Finland to RussiaRussia source
1810State Council (Russian Empire)Russia source
1811The Kazan Cathedral finishes construction.Russia source
1813October 24 - Treaty of Gulistan ends the warRussia source
1818Change of command at the Russian-American Company (RAC)Russia source
18268 July - Start of the Russo-Persian WarRussia source
1830The November Uprising (November Insurrection)Russia source
1837Peter Chaadev publishes Apology of a Madman.Russia source
1848Russia suffers major disasters such as a major cholera epidemic, a bad harvest, and an increase in fires due to weather.Russia source
1851Caucasian War: over the winter of 1851–1852 Russian forces tighten their control around Greater Chechnya. In November 1851 the Avar leader Hadji Murad defects from Imam Shamil to the Russians.Russia source
1856Russia lost The Russo Crimean War (1853-1856) due to an Alliance of France, and The Ottoman EmpireRussia source
1858June 10 - Establishment of Bolhrad High School in MoldaviaRussia source
186113 March – Tsushima incident: the Russian corvette Posadnik arrives at Tsushima Island in the Korea Strait, Japan, provoking a reaction from the Japan.Russia source
1866Kalinin Machine-Building PlantRussia source
1872Special Tribunal of the Ruling SenateRussia source
1876Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary anarchist, Died in Bern, SwitzerlandRussia source
1880Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev was appointed to the post of Chief Prosecutor of the Holy SynodRussia source
1886Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical UniversityRussia source
1891Eastern journey of Nicholas IIRussia source
1893A detailed medical report was published by Dr. Frank Clemow documenting the cholera epidemic in the Caucasus region of Russia. The study analyzed how geography influenced the spread and severity of the outbreak, showing that the low-lying Northern Caucasus suffered more cases than the mountainous Southern Caucasus.Russia source

20th century

58 entries, 1900 CE to 1995 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1900Russian polar expedition of 1900–02Russia source
1900The launching of the cruiser AuroraRussia source
19017 September – End of the Boxer Rebellion.Russia source
1902December - The Russian News Agency TASS begins life as the Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnoe Agentstvo).Russia source
190314 January - Opening of Hotel National, MoscowRussia source
19049 February – Battle of Chemulpo Bay: a naval engagement at Chemulpo Bay in Korea between Russian and Japanese forces at the start of the Russo-Japanese War.Russia source
1905January 2 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur in Qing dynasty China.Russia source
1905January 1 – The official opening of the Trans-Siberian Railway.Russia source
1905December 15 – The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.Russia source
1907Coup of June 1907, a coup d'état against the State Duma.Russia source
190914 November - first tram line opened in PskovRussia source
191015 October – Manchurian plague outbreak in the Russian Far East.Russia source
19117 December - Qiqihar Protocol between Russia and China on border demarcation in the Argun River areaRussia source
191125 March - murder of Andrei Yushchinsky, a student of the preparatory class of the Kiev Sophia religious school. The authorities (including the Minister of Justice) put pressure on the investigation and contributed to the adoption of a religious-ritual version of the murder. The Jew Mendel Beilis was accused of the crime, but the jury acquitted him. The murder investigation and the ensuing trial, known as the "Beilis case", were widely covered in the Russian and world press.Russia source
19113 January - 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people.Russia source
1912Sedov Expedition - Sedov-led expedition set out on 14 August 1912 from Arkhangelsk but was forced to stop for the winter in September. In June 1913, part of the crew returned to Arkhangelsk raise support from donors. The crew spent the winter of 1914 near Franz Joseph Land. In February 1914, Sedov attempted walking to the North Pole to attain his goal but died on the way.Russia source
19149 September - Allied forces halt German advance into France during First Battle of the Marne.Russia source
191429 June - world's first high-speed long-range flight of a heavy aircraft Ilya Muromets started, on the route Saint Petersburg - Orsha - Kopys - Kiev - Saint PetersburgRussia source
1917November 7 – Iran refuses to support the Allied Forces after the October Revolution.Russia source
1917Sergei Rachmaninoff - Études-Tableaux, Op. 39Russia source
1917March 8 – (N.S.) (February 23, O.S.) – The February Revolution begins: Women calling for bread in Petrograd create riots, which spread throughout the city.Russia source
191818 November - Admiral Alexander Kolchak seizes power from the Ufa Directory which moved to Omsk month before. The council of ministers appointed him to the post of the Supreme Ruler of Russia (chosen to avoid the words "president" and "regent", believing that the form of government will be determined by the Constituent Assembly after the end of the civil war)Russia source
1920Polish and allied Ukrainian forces capture Kiev in the Kiev offensive of the Polish-Soviet War (7 May)Russia source
1921Nikolai M. Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and OceanographyRussia source
192110th Russian Communist Party CongressRussia source

21st century

4 entries, 2014 CE to 2024 CE

20141 April – NATO suspends "all practical civilian and military cooperation" with Russia as a result of the annexation of Crimea, and no sign that Russian troops have withdrawn from the Ukrainian border.Russia source
201921 May – Tengku Ismail Leon Petra, son of Muhammad V of Kelantan and Oksana Voevodina.Russia source
202323 August – 2023 Wagner Group plane crash.Russia source
202422 March – Crocus City Hall attack: At least 151 people are killed and 609 are injured in a shooting and arson attack claimed by the Islamic State in the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast.Russia source