Tag: Autocracy

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13th March 1881: Tsar Alexander II of Russia assassinated in a St Petersburg street by a member of the People’s Will revolutionary movement

13th March 2026
Tagged as: Alexander II, Assassination, Autocracy, Democracy, Revoluion, Russia

Suffering from severe bleeding, the Tsar was taken to the Winter Palace where he died from his wounds.

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16th January 1547: Ivan the Terrible formally crowned as the first Tsar of Russia

16th January 2025
Tagged as: Autocracy, Ivan IV, Ivan the Terrible, Kingdom of Rus, Monarchy, Russia

The coronation ceremony was an elaborate event designed to emphasize Ivan’s authority and the sanctity of his rule, and he followed it by pursuing a series of reforms and expansionist policies aimed at consolidating his power and strengthening the state.

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1st November 1894: Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of his father, Tsar Alexander III

1st November 2024
Tagged as: Alexander III, Autocracy, Monarchy, Nicholas II, Russia, Russian Revolution, Tsar

The 26 year old Tsar Nicholas II inherited an autocratic government, which had long resisted democratic reforms, and a society that was increasingly dissatisfied with the existing order.

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13th March 1881: Tsar Alexander II of Russia assassinated in a St Petersburg street by a member of the People’s Will revolutionary movement

16th January 1547: Ivan the Terrible formally crowned as the first Tsar of Russia

1st November 1894: Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of his father, Tsar Alexander III

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

14th September 1814: USA’s national anthem lyrics written as the poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry”

13th September 1501: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David

12th September 1940: Prehistoric cave paintings discovered at Lascaux, in the Dordogne region of southwestern France

11th September 1978: Janet Parker becomes the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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