ROMANOV BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS

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.

JANUARY

January 5, 1762 - Death of Empress Elizabeth of Russia

January 14, 1872 - Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia goes on a buffalo hunting expedition with Gen. Phil Sheridan and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer

January 24, 1779 - Birth of Luise of Baden (Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna), wife of Tsar Alexander I

January 25, 1755 - Birth of Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna), first wife of Tsar Paul I

January 30, 1676 – Death of Tsar Alexis I

January 30, 1730 - Death of Tsar Peter II of Russia

FEBRUARY

February 7, 1693 - Birth of Empress Anna

February 8, 1696 – Death of Tsar Ivan V

February 8, 1725 - Death of Peter I (the Great)

February 15, 1922 – Death of Catherine Dolgorukova, morganatic wife of Tsar Alexander II

February 21, 1613 - Michael Romanov becomes the first Romanov Tsar

February 21, 1728 - Birth of Tsar Peter III

MARCH

March 2, 1855 - Death of Tsar Nicholas I

March 3, 1861 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia abolishes serfdom

March 6, 1913 - 300th anniversary of Romanov rule in Russia celebrated

March 10, 1845 - Birth of Tsar Alexander III

March 13, 1881 - Assassination of Tsar Alexander II

March 15, 1917 - Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II

March 20, 1629 – Birth of Tsar Alexis I

March 23, 1801 - Murder of Tsar Paul I

APRIL
April 6, 1875 – Birth of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III

April 15, 1684 - Birth of Empress Catherine I of Russia, born Martha Skavronskaya, daughter of Samuil Skavronski, a Lithuanian peasant

April 20, 1960 – Death of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III

April 26, 1776 – Death of Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna) in childbirth, first wife of the future Tsar Paul I

April 28, 1841 – Wedding of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (Empress Maria Alexandrovna)

April 29, 1818 – Birth of Tsar Alexander II of Russia

MAY

May 2, 1729 - Birth of Empress Catherine II (the Great) of Russia, born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst

May 2, 1870 – Death of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III of Russia

May 6, 1871 – Birth of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III

May 7, 1682 – Death of Tsar Feodor III of Russia

May 16, 1826 – Death of Louise of Baden (Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna), wife of Tsar Alexander I of Russia

May 17, 1727 - Death of Empress Catherine I of Russia

May 18, 1868 - Birth of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia

May 26, 1896 - Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in Moscow

JUNE

June 6, 1872 - Birth of Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna), wife of Tsar Nicholas II

June 7, 1869 – Birth of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III

June 8, 1880 – Death of Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (Empress Maria Alexandrovna), wife of Tsar Alexander II of Russia

June 9, 1661 – Birth of Tsar Feodor III of Russia

June 9, 1672 – Birth of Peter I "The Great”

June 10, 1897 – Birth of Grand Duchess Tatiana of Nikolaevna, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II

June 13, 1882 – Birth of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III

June 18, 1901 - Birth of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II

June 25, 1755 – Birth of Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna), first wife of the future Tsar Paul I of Russia

June 26, 1899 - Birth of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II

JULY

July 6, 1796 - Birth of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia

July 13, 1798 - Birth of Charlotte of Prussia (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna), wife of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia

July 13, 1817 - Wedding of Tsar Nicholas I and Charlotte of Prussia (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)

July 13, 1918 - Execution of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III

July 14, 1704 – Death of Sophia Alexeievna), Regent of Russia during the minority of her brothers Peter I and Ivan V

July 16, 1764 - Death of Tsar Ivan VI of Russia

July 17, 1762 – Assassination of Tsar Peter III of Russia

July 17, 1918 - Execution by firing squad of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family

July 17, 1998 - Remains of Tsar Nicholas II, his family and the servants murdered are buried at the traditional burial place of the Romanovs, the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul in St. Petersburg, Russia

July 18, 1918 – Murder of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia and five other Romanovs

• Those murdered with the Grand Duchess: Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich; three sons of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich: Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, Prince Igor Konstantinovich; a son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley; and Varvara Yakovleva, a nun from the Grand Duchess's convent.

July 22, 1596 - Birth of Michael Feodorovich Romanov, first Romanov tsar

July 23, 1645 - Death of Tsar Michael I

AUGUST

August 6, 1894 - Wedding of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III, and Grand Duke Alexander Mikailovich

August 8, 1824 - Birth of Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (Empress Maria Alexandrovna), wife of Tsar Alexander II of Russia

August 9, 1899 - Death of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III

August 9, 1901 - Wedding of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and Peter of Oldenburg

August 12, 1904 - Birth of Tsarevich Alexei, son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia

August 21, 1745 – Wedding of Peter III and Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst (Empress Catherine II “the Great”)

August 23, 1740 - Birth Tsar Ivan VI of Russia

SEPTEMBER

September 6, 1666 – Birth of Tsar Ivan V

September 27, 1657 – Birth of Sophia Alexeievna, Regent of Russia, daughter of Tsar Alexei I of Russia

September 27, 1967 - Death of Prince Felix Yussupov, assassin of Rasputin

September 29, 1773 – Wedding of Tsar Paul I and Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna)

OCTOBER

October 1, 1754 – Birth of Tsar Paul I

October 9, 1793 – Wedding of Tsar Alexander I and Luise of Baden (Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna)

October 13, 1928 – Death of Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna), wife of Tsar Alexander III

October 23, 1715 – Birth of Tsar Peter II

October 25, 1759 – Birth of Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (Empress Maria Feodorovna), second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia

October 28, 1740 – Death of Empress Anna I

NOVEMBER

November 1, 1860 – Death of Charlotte of Prussia (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna), wife of Tsar Nicholas I

November 1, 1894 - Death of Tsar Alexander III of Russia

November 1, 1916 – Wedding of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III, and Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovski

November 5, 1828 – Death of Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (Empress Maria Feodorovna), second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia

November 9, 1866 - Wedding of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna)

November 14, 1847 – Birth of Catherine Dolgorukova, morganatic second wife Tsar Alexander II of Russia

November 15, 1895 - Birth of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II

November 17, 1796 - Death of Catherine II (the Great) of Russia

November 24, 1960 – Death of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III

November 26, 1847 - Birth of Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna), wife of Tsar Alexander III of Russia

November 26, 1894 - Wedding of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)

DECEMBER

December 1, 1825 – Death of Tsar Alexander I of Russia

December 4, 1878 - Birth of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III

December 23, 1777 - Birth of Tsar Alexander I of Russia

December 29, 1709 - Birth of Empress Elizabeth of Russia

December 29, 1916 - Murder of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin