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 Emperor Alexander I
January 25, 1755 – Birth of Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna), first wife of Emperor Paul I
January 30, 1676 – Death of Tsar Alexis I
January 30, 1730 – Death of Emperor 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 EmperorPeter I (the Great)
February 15, 1922 – Death of Catherine Dolgorukova, morganatic wife of Emperor Alexander II
February 21, 1613 – Michael Romanov becomes the first Romanov Tsar
February 21, 1728 – Birth of Emperor Peter III
MARCH
March 2, 1855 – Death of Emperor Nicholas I
March 3, 1861 – Emperor Alexander II of Russia abolishes serfdom
March 6, 1913 – 300th anniversary of Romanov rule in Russia celebrated
March 10, 1845 – Birth of Emperor Alexander III
March 13, 1881 – Assassination of Emperor Alexander II
March 15, 1917 – Abdication of Emperor Nicholas II
March 20, 1629 – Birth of Tsar Alexis I
March 23, 1801 – Murder of Emperor Paul I
APRIL
April 6, 1875 – Birth of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Emperor 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 Emperor Alexander III
April 26, 1776 – Death of Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna) in childbirth, first wife of the future Emperor Paul I
April 28, 1841 – Wedding of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (Empress Maria Alexandrovna)
April 29, 1818 – Birth of Emperor 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 Emperor Alexander III of Russia
May 6, 1871 – Birth of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, son of Emperor 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 Emperor Alexander I of Russia
May 17, 1727 – Death of Empress Catherine I of Russia
May 18, 1868 – Birth of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia
May 26, 1896 – Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia in Moscow
JUNE
June 6, 1872 – Birth of Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna), wife of Emperor Nicholas II
June 7, 1869 – Birth of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, son of Emperor 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 Emperor Peter I “The Great”
June 10, 1897 – Birth of Grand Duchess Tatiana of Nikolaevna, daughter of Emperor Nicholas II
June 13, 1882 – Birth of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, daughter of Emperor Alexander III
June 13, 1918 – Execution of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III
June 18, 1901 – Birth of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Emperor Nicholas II
June 25, 1755 – Birth of Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna), first wife of the future Emperor Paul I of Russia
June 26, 1899 – Birth of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Emperor Nicholas II
JULY
July 6, 1796 – Birth of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia
July 13, 1798 – Birth of Charlotte of Prussia (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna), wife of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia
July 13, 1817 – Wedding of Emperor Nicholas I and Charlotte of Prussia (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)
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 Emperor Ivan VI of Russia
July 17, 1762 – Assassination of Emperor Peter III of Russia
July 17, 1918 – Execution by firing squad of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and his family
July 17, 1998 – Remains of Emperor 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 Emperor Alexander III, and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich
August 8, 1824 – Birth of Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (Empress Maria Alexandrovna), wife of Emperor Alexander II of Russia
August 9, 1899 – Death of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, son of Emperor Alexander III
August 9, 1901 – Wedding of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and Peter of Oldenburg
August 12, 1904 – Birth of Tsarevich Alexei, son of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia
August 21, 1745 – Wedding of Emperor Peter III and Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst (Empress Catherine II “the Great”)
August 23, 1740 – Birth Emperor 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 Emperor Paul I and Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna)
OCTOBER
October 1, 1754 – Birth of Emperor Paul I
October 9, 1793 – Wedding of Emperor Alexander I and Luise of Baden (Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna)
October 13, 1928 – Death of Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna), wife of Emperor Alexander III
October 23, 1715 – Birth of Emperor Peter II
October 25, 1759 – Birth of Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (Empress Maria Feodorovna), second wife of Emperor 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 Emperor Nicholas I
November 1, 1894 – Death of Emperor Alexander III of Russia
November 1, 1916 – Wedding of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, daughter of Emperor Alexander III, and Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovski
November 5, 1828 – Death of Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (Empress Maria Feodorovna), second wife of Emperor Paul I of Russia
November 9, 1866 – Wedding of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna)
November 14, 1847 – Birth of Catherine Dolgorukova, morganatic second wife Emperor Alexander II of Russia
November 15, 1895 – Birth of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Emperor Nicholas II
November 17, 1796 – Death of Empress Catherine II (the Great) of Russia
November 24, 1960 – Death of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, daughter of Emperor Alexander III
November 26, 1847 – Birth of Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna), wife of Emperor Alexander III of Russia
November 26, 1894 – Wedding of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)
DECEMBER
December 1, 1825 – Death of Emperor Alexander I of Russia
December 4, 1878 – Birth of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, son of Emperor Alexander III
December 23, 1777 – Birth of Emperor Alexander I of Russia
December 29, 1709 – Birth of Empress Elizabeth of Russia
December 29, 1916 – Murder of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin