Russian Royal Timeline

A note on Russian dates: Russia used the Julian Calendar (Old Style or O.S.) until after the Russian Revolution. The Gregorian Calendar (New Style or N.S.) was not adopted in Russia until 1918. By 1918, the calendar used in Russia was 13 days behind the calendar used in the rest of the world. The day after January 31, 1918 (O.S.) became February 14, 1918 (N.S.). The dates here are in the New Style.


1596

July
22 - Born: Michael Feodorovich Romanov, first Romanov tsar, son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov (later known as Patriarch Filaret)


1612

September
12 - Died: Tsar Vasili IV, the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia


1613

February
21 - Mikhail Romanov becomes the first Romanov Tsar


1629

March
20 - Born: Tsar Alexis I, son of Tsar Michael and Eudoxia Streshneva


1645

July
22 - Died: Tsar Michael I


1651

September

01 - Born: Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina, second wife of Tsar Alexei of Russia, mother of Peter the Great


1661

June
09 - Born: Tsar Feodor III, son of Tsar Alexis and Maria Miloslavskaya


1666

September
06 - Born: Tsar Ivan V, son of Tsar Alexis and Maria Miloslavskaya


1672

June
09 - Born: Peter I "The Great,” son of Tsar Alexis and Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina


1676

January
30 - Died: Tsar Alexis I


1682

May
07 - Died: Tsar Feodor III


1684

April
15 - Born: Empress Catherine I, second wife of Peter I, born Martha Skavronskaya, daughter of Samuil Skavronski, a Lithuanian peasant


1693

February
07 - Born: Empress Anna I, daughter of Tsar Ivan V


1696

February
08 - Died: Tsar Ivan V


1709

December
29 - Birth of Empress Elizabeth I of Russia, daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I


1715

October
23 - Born: Tsar Peter II, son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich (son of Peter the Great) and Princess Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel


1725

February
08 - Died: Peter I "The Great"


1727

May
17 - Died: Empress Catherine I


1728

February
21 - Born: Tsar Peter III, son of Anna Petrovna (daughter of Emperor Peter the Great) and Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp


1729

May
02 - Born: Empress Catherine II (the Great), wife of Tsar Peter III, born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, daughter of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst and Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp


1730

January
30 - Died: Tsar Peter II


1740

August
23 - Born: Tsar Ivan VI, son of Anna Leopoldovna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (granddaughter of Ivan V) and Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Lüneburg

October
28 - Died: Empress Anna I


1754

October
01 - Born: Tsar Paul I, son of Tsar Peter III and Empress Catherine II (the Great)


1755

January
25 - Born: Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt, first wife of Tsar Paul I (Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna), daughter of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Caroline of Zweibrücken


1759

October
25 - Born: Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, second wife of Tsar Paul I (Empress Maria Feodorovna), daughter of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg and Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt


1762

January
05 - Died: Empress Elizabeth I

July
14 - Death of Tsar Peter III


1764

July
16 - Died: Tsar Ivan VI


1773

September
29 – Married: Tsar Paul I and Princess Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna)


1776

April
26 - Died: Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna, first wife of Tsar Paul I (in childbirth)
October
07 - Married: Tsar Paul I and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (Empress Maria Feodorovna)


1777

December
23 - Birth of Tsar Alexander I, son of Tsar Paul I and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (Empress Maria Feodorovna)


1779

January
24 - Born: Princess Luise of Baden, wife of Tsar Alexander I (Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna), daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden and Amelia Frederica of Hesse-Darmstadt


1793

October
09 - Married: Tsar Alexander I and Princess Luise of Baden (Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna)


1796

July
06 - Born: Tsar Nicholas I, son of Tsar Paul I and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (Empress Maria Feodorovna)
November
17 - Died: Empress Catherine II (The Great) (1796)


1798

July
13 - Born: Princess Charlotte of Prussia, wife of Tsar Nicholas I (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna), daughter of Frederick William III, King of Prussia, and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz


1801

March
24 - Murdered: Tsar Paul I


1817

July
13 - Married: Tsar Nicholas I and Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)


1818

April
29 - Born: Tsar Alexander II, son of Tsar Nicholas I and Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)


1824

August
08 - Born: Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, wife of Tsar Alexander II (Empress Maria Alexandrovna), acknowledged daughter of Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (probable father Baron August von Senarclens de Grancy) and Princess Wilhelmine of Baden


1825

December
01 - Died: Tsar Alexander I


1826

May
16 - Died: Empress Elizabeth Alexeevna, wife of Tsar Alexander I


1828

November
05 - Died: Empress Maria Feodorovna, second wife of Tsar Paul I


1841

April
28 - Married: Tsar Alexander II and Princess Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (Empress Maria Alexandrovna)


1845

March
10 - Born: Tsar Alexander III, son of Tsar Alexander II and Princess Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (Empress Maria Alexandrovna)


1847

November
26 - Born: Princess Dagmar of Denmark, wife of Tsar Alexander III (Empress Maria Feodorovna), daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Princess Louise of Hesse-Cassel


1855

March
02 - Died: Tsar Nicholas I


1860

November
01 - Died: Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicholas I


1864

November
01 - Born: Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna), daughter of Grand Duke Louis of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom


1866

November
09 - Married: Tsar Alexander III and Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna)


1868

May
18 - Born: Tsar Nicholas II, son of Tsar Alexander III and Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna)


1869

June
07 - Born: Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III and Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna)


1870

May
02 - Died: Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III and Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna)


1871

May
06 - Born: Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III and Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna)


1872

June
06 - Born: Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, wife of Tsar Nicholas II (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna), daughter of Grand Duke Louis of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom


1875

April
06 - Born: Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III and Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna)


1878

December
04 - Born: Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III and Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna)


1880

June
08 - Died: Empress Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II


1881

March
13 - Assassinated: Tsar Alexander II


1882

June
13 - Born: Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III and Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna)


1894

August
06 - Married: Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna and Grand Duke Alexander Mikailovich

November
01 - Died: Tsar Alexander III
26 - Married: Tsar Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)


1895

November
15 - Born: Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaevna, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)


1896

May
26 - Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II in Moscow


1897

June
10 - Born: Grand Duchess Tatiana of Nicholaevna, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)


1899

June
26 - Born: Grand Duchess Maria Nicholaevna, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)


August
09 - Died: Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III


1901

June
18 - Born: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaevna, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)
August
09 - Married: Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrova and Duke Peter of Oldenburg


1904

August
12 - Born: Tsarevich Alexei Nicholaevich, son of Tsar Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)


1911

October
29 - Married: Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich and Natalia Sergeevna Sheremetievskaja


1913

March
06 - 300th anniversary of Romanov rule in Russia


1916

November
01 - Married: Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovski
December
16 - Murdered: Grigori Efimovich Rasputin


1917

March
15 - Abdicated: Tsar Nicholas II


1918

July
13 - Executed: Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III
17 - Executed: Tsar Nicholas II and his family in Yekaterinburg, Siberia
18 - Executed: Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and five other Romanovs


1928

October
13 - Died: Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Alexander III, mother of Tsar Nicholas II


1960

April
20 - Died: Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III

November
24 - Died: Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III


1998

July
17 - Buried: The remains of Tsar Nicholas II, his family and the servants murdered along with them at the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul in St. Petersburg