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The Great Northern War was fought between Sweden's Charles XII and Russia's Peter the Great because Russia thought Sweden dominated the Baltic Sea too much. The result of the war was that Sweden lost.
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In December of 1825 in St. Petersburg, Russia, a group of military officials staged a revolt against Czar Nicholas I. These rebels were liberals who felt threatened by the new ruler's conservative views. They were, however, defeated by the tsar's forces. As a result of this revolt, Nicholas I implemented a variety of new regulations to prevent the spread of the liberal movement in Russia.
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Czar Alexander II, who succeeded Nicholas I in 1855, was a conservative who saw no alternative but to implement change. Alexander initiated substantial reforms in education, the government, the judiciary, and the military. In 1861 he proclaimed the emancipation of about 20 million privately held serfs.
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Alexander II is killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary "People's Will" group.
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The Russo-Japnese War was a war between Russia and Japan that lasted from Feburary 8, 1904 to September 5, 1905. This was a war in which Japan forced Russia to abandon its expansionist policy in the Far East.
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Bloody Sunday was the massacre of thousands of innocent people when Father Gapon lead them to St. Petersburg when Nicholas II ordered his soldiers to shoot at the group.
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The 1905 Russian Revolution was sparked off by a peaceful protest held on January 22nd. This protest may well have been the turning point in the relationship the czar Nicholas II, enjoyed with his people. Bloody Sunday was the start of the Revolution of 1905.
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The March revolution of 1917 (also known as the February Revolution and the spring Revolution) occur in Russia during WW1. It all stared when 90 000 textile workers went on strike in Russia protesting about the shortage of fuel and bread. Many people joined and by the end of the week 400 000 people had joined the cause. Signs that said "Down with the Czar" and "Down with the War" were displayed.
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During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne on this day in 1917, after strikes and general revolts break out in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg).
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World War 1 broke out when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia. This war consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the so-called Central Powers) against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan (the Allied Powers).
