State1721–1917
Russian Empire
The Russian state from Peter I’s adoption of the imperial title (1721) to the revolution of 1917.
- Dates
- 1721 – 1917
- Events
- 33 events
- Regions
- Central and Northern Asia, Eastern Europe, Balkans and Anatolia, East Asia, Western and Central Europe, North America, Middle East and Egypt
- In the threads
- Russia at the turn of the 19th century, The world in the Age of Revolution, French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
Events
- Billings–Sarychev expedition25 October (5 November) 1785 – March 1794 · Central and Northern Asia
- Syrym Datuly’s uprising1783–1797 · Central and Northern Asia
- Siege of Izmail11 (22) December 1790 · Eastern Europe
- Treaty of Jassy29 December 1791 (9 January 1792) · Balkans and Anatolia
- Second Partition of Poland12 (23) January 1793 · Eastern Europe
- Adam Laxman’s embassy to Japan13 (24) September 1792 – 8 (19) September 1793 · East Asia
- Kościuszko Uprising24 March – 16 November 1794 · Western and Central Europe
- Third Partition of Poland13 (24) October 1795 · Eastern Europe
- Death of Catherine the Great6 (17) November 1796 · Eastern Europe
- Siege and capture of Corfu24 October (4 November) 1798 – 20 February (3 March) 1799 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Suvorov’s Italian campaign3 (14) April 1799 – 31 August (11 September) 1799 · Western and Central Europe
- Suvorov’s Swiss campaign10 (21) September 1799 – 27 September (8 October) 1799 · Western and Central Europe
- Assassination of Paul I12 (24) March 1801 · Eastern Europe
- Rezanov’s embassy to Japan26 September (8 October) 1804 – April 1805 · East Asia
- First Russian circumnavigation26 July (7 August) 1803 – 7 (19) August 1806 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Austerlitz20 November (2 December) 1805 · Western and Central Europe
- Treaties of Tilsit25 June (7 July) 1807 · Western and Central Europe
- Finnish War9 (21) February 1808 – 5 (17) September 1809 · Western and Central Europe
- First Serbian Uprising14 February 1804 – 7 October 1813 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Continental System21 November 1806 – 11 April 1814 · Western and Central Europe
- Treaty of Bucharest16 (28) May 1812 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Founding of Fort RossMarch – 30 August (11 September) 1812 · North America
- Battle of Borodino26 August (7 September) 1812 · Eastern Europe
- Fire of Moscow (1812)2 (14) September 1812 – 6 (18) September 1812 · Eastern Europe
- French invasion of Russia24 June – 14 December 1812 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of the Berezina14 (26) November 1812 – 17 (29) November 1812 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Leipzig4 (16) October 1813 – 7 (19) October 1813 · Western and Central Europe
- Treaty of Gulistan12 (24) October 1813 · Middle East and Egypt
- Battle of Paris18 (30) March 1814 – 19 (31) March 1814 · Western and Central Europe
- Napoleon’s abdication and exile to Elba6 April – between 3 May and 4 May 1814 · Western and Central Europe
- Congress of ViennaSeptember 1814 – 9 June 1815 · Western and Central Europe
- Hundred Days20 March – 8 July 1815 · Western and Central Europe
- Holy Alliance14 (26) September 1815 · Western and Central Europe
Often together with
Kingdom of PrussiaNapoleon IAlexander IFirst French EmpireAustrian EmpireCatherine the GreatGrande ArméePyotr BagrationMikhail KutuzovOttoman EmpireAlexander SuvorovMichael Andreas Barclay de Tolly