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Events
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Year
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Date
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The Coronation of Louis XVI
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1775
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June 11th
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Necker presents the Compte Rendu
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1781
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February 19th
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Necker Resigns
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1781
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May 19th
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The American Civil War
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1775 - 1783
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The Diamond Necklace Affair
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1784 - 1785
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The King convenes the Assembly of Notables
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1787
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February 22nd
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Calonne is dismissed and replaced by Brienne
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1787
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April 8th
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The Parliaments rebel against The King and are exiled
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1787
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August
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The King holds a royal session
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1787
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November 19th
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The Parliaments says that the king must submit fiscal reform to the Estates General
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1788
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May 3rd
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The King calls the Estates General for May of 1789
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1788
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August 8th
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The royal treasury suspends payments
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1788
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August 16th
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Brienne resigns and Necker is recalled
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1788
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August 24th
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The king reopens the parliaments, the Paris parelments demand that Estates-General vote by order
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1788
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September 25th
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The Assembly of notables meet again to discuss make up of Estates-General
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1788
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October - December
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Formal call for Estates General meeting
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1789
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January 24th
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What is the 3rd estate is published
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1789
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February
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The E.G elections and drafting of the cahiers take place
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1789
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February - May
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The Revellion Riots
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1789
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April 27th and 28th
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The E.G opens
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1789
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May 5th
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The 3rd estate demand voting by head
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1789
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May 6th
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Clergy and Nobility accept the principle of equality in taxation
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1789
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May 20th - 22nd
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Some Parish Priests join the 3rd Estate
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1789
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June 13th
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The 3rd estate declares itself the Assembly
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1789
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June 17th
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The tennis court oath
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1789
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June 20th
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A group of Nobles join with the 3rd
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1789
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June 25th
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The three orders unite
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1789
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June 27th
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The King calls in the troops
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1789
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June 30th
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Protests occur against the troops but the King does not withdraw them
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1789
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July 2nd - 10th
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The King sacks Necker, people get rowdy and Desmoulins encourages taking up arms
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1789
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July 11th - 13th
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The invasion of Les Invalides and the Bastille
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1789
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July 14th
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The King accepts the revolution, Bailly becomes mayor and Lafayette becomes head of the National Guard
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1789
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July 15th
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The troops are withdrawn and Necker is recalled
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1789
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July 16th
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Foulon and Berthier are killed by the crowd
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1789
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July 22nd
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The Great Fear
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1789
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Late July
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Feudalism is abolished in the August Decrees
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1789
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August 4th - 11th
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Declaration of the rights of man and citizen
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1789
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August 26th
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The Assembly grants king suspensive veto and decides on unicameral system
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1789
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September
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The October Days
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1789
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October 5th - 6th
|
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Nationalisation of Church property
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1789
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November 27th
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Abolition of religious orders with exception of education and healthcare
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1790
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February 13th
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France is turned into 83 departments
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1790
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February 26th
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Honorific titles and nobility are abandoned
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1790
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June 19th
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Civil constitution of the clergy is decreed
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1790
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July 12th
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Lafayette organises the festival of federation
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1790
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July 14th
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Assembly takes control of the treasury
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1790
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September 4th - 6th
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The Pope condemns the civil constitution
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1791
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April 13th
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The King is prevented from going to Saint Cloud
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1791
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April 18th
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The flight to Varennes, and the King's return
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1791
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June 20th and 21st
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The King is reinstated
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1791
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July 16th
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Champ de Mars massacre
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1791
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July 17th
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European nations form coalition against France
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1791
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July 25th
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The King approves the constitution of 1791 and the National Assembly is dissolved
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1791
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September 13th - 14th
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The legislative assembly meets for the first time
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1791
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October 1st
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Brissot suggests the revolutionary war
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1791
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October 20th
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The Assembly orders the emigrated nobles to return or lose their land
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1791
|
|
November
|
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The committee of surveillance is established
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1791
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|
November 25th
|
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France makes an ultimatum to Austria
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1792
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January 25th
|
|
France declares war
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1792
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April 20th
|
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Guillotine is used for the first time
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1792
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April 25th
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The Assembly passes a new law against refractory priests
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1792
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May 27th
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Brissontin ministry is dismissed and Prussia declares war on France
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1792
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June 13th
|
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The King is humiliated at the Tuileries
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1792
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June 20th
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The decree of the country in danger
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1792
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July 11th
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The Brunswick manifesto is issued
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1792
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July 25th
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Federal troops (from Marseille) arrive in Paris
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1792
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July 30th
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The radical Paris sections demand that the King be dethroned
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1792
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August 3rd
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The invasions of the Tuileries
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1792
|
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August 10th
|
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The Assembly votes for the abolition of the active/passive distinction
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1792
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August 12th
|
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The extraordinary tribunal is established
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1792
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August 17th
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Lafayette defects to Austria
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1792
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August 19th
|
|
Prussians capture Verdun
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1792
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September 2nd
|
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September Massacres
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1792
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September 2nd
|
|
The convention meets for the first time
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1792
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September 21st
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The republic is proclaimed
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1792
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September 22nd
|
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The trial of the King is held
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1792
|
|
December 3rd - 26th
|
|
The condemnation of the king, passing of the death sentence and vote against reprive
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1793
|
|
January 7th - 18th
|
|
Le Pelletier is assassinated
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1793
|
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January 20th
|
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The king is executed
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1793
|
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January 21st
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France declares war on Great Britain and the Dutch Republic
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1793
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|
February 1st
|
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The Assembly decrees conscription of an army of 300,000 men
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1793
|
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February 24th
|
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Food shortages cause riots in Paris
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1793
|
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February 25th - 27th
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|
The revolutionary tribunal is established
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1793
|
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March 10th
|
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The Vendée rebellion begins
|
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1793
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March 11th
|
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The revolutionary committees are established
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1793
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March 21st
|
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Committee of Public Safety is created
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1793
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April 6th
|
|
Girondins fail to try Marat
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1793
|
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April 13th - 24th
|
|
Federalist rebellion in Marseille
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1793
|
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April 29th
|
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Convention decrees the Maximum on food prices
|
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1793
|
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May 4th
|
|
The commission of twelve is appointed
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|
1793
|
|
May 20th
|
|
Popular uprising in Paris against the Girondins
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|
1793
|
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May 31st
|
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The Girondins are removed from the Convention
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1793
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June 2nd
|
|
The Jacobin constitution is accepted by the Convention
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1793
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June 24th
|
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Danton quits the committee of public safety
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1793
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July 10th
|
|
Marat is assassinated by Charlotte Corday
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1793
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July 13th
|
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The death penalty is introduced for hoarding
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1793
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July 26th
|
|
Robespierre becomes a member of the Committee of Public Safety
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1793
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July 27th
|
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The Levée en Masse is decreed
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1793
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August 23rd
|
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Government by terror is introduced
|
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1793
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5th September
|
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The Battle of Hondschoote is a turning point for the French in the War
|
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1793
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September 8th
|
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The law of suspects makes arrests essentially arbitrary
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1793
|
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September 17th
|
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The law of the general maximum is decreed
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1793
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September 29th
|
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The revolutionary government is declared
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1793
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October 10th
|
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The Trial of the Girondins takes place
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1793
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October 24th - 31st
|
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The rebellion in Saint-Domingue forces the Convention to abolish slavery
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1794
|
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February 4th
|
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The Heberists are arrested and executed
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1794
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March 13th - 24th
|
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The revolutionary armies are disbanded
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1794
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March 27th
|
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Danton and Desmoulins are tried and executed
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1794
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April 5th
|
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The festival of the supreme being is held
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1794
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June 8th
|
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Wage controls are introduced in Paris
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1794
|
|
July 5th
|
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Robespierre and his associate fall
|
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1794
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July 27th - 28th
|
|
Trial of the Jacobins
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1795
|
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March
|
|
The rebellion of Germinal
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|
1795
|
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April 1st - 2nd
|
|
The rebellion of Prarial
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|
1795
|
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April 20th - May 2nd
|
|
Rebellion of Vendémiaire
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|
1795
|
|
October 5th
|
|
The convention closes down
|
|
1795
|
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October 26th
|
|
The directory is established
|
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1795
|
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November 2nd
|
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The coronation of Tsar Nicolas II
|
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1896
|
|
May 26th
|
|
The Japanese attack port Arthur, sparking the Russo-Japanese war
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|
1904
|
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February 8th
|
|
Port Arthur surrenders to the Japanese
|
|
1904
|
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December 20th
|
|
Major strikes begin in St Petersburg
|
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1905
|
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January 7th
|
|
Bloody Sunday petition and massacre
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1905
|
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January 9th
|
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Strikes continue
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1905
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January 10th
|
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Second national Zemstvo congress calls for a constituent assembly
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1905
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April
|
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Russians defeated at the battle of Tsushima
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1905
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May 14th
|
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The Potemkin sailors mutiny
|
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1905
|
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June 14th
|
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The Russo-Japanese war is ended with the treaty of Portsmouth
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1905
|
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September 5th
|
|
The Octoberists form
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1905
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October
|
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St petersburg paralysed by strikes
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1905
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October 14th
|
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The Kadets are formed
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1905
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October 12th
|
|
October manifesto issued
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1905
|
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October 17th
|
|
Moscow soviet is formed
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1905
|
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November 21st
|
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St Petersburg soviet orders a general strike
|
|
1905
|
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December 6th
|
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Moscow uprising is suppressed by force
|
|
1905
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December 8th
|
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Laws passed to allow rights to assembly and association
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1906
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March 4th
|
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Witte is dismissed
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|
1906
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April
|
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The fundamental laws are passed
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1906
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April 23rd
|
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The first Dumas opens
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1906
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April 27th
|
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Stolypin is appointed prime minister
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1906
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June
|
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The first Dumas is dissolved
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1906
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July 8th
|
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The second Dumas opens
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1907
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February 20th
|
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The second Dumas is dissolved
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|
1907
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June 3rd
|
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Third Dumas opens (remains until 1912)
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1907
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November 7th
|
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Stolypin is assisnated
|
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1911
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September 1st
|
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Striking workers at Lena goldfields are killed by the Imperial army
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1912
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April 4th
|
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The fourth Dumas opens
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1912
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November 15th
|
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International women's day prompts widespread demonstrations throughout Russia
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|
1913
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March 21st
|
|
Germany declares war on Russia
|
|
1914
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August 1st
|
|
Russian army defeated at battle of Tannenburg
|
|
1914
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August 28th - 31st
|
|
The Russians defeated at the Masurian lakes
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|
1914
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|
September 9th - 14th
|
|
The Tsar heads for the front
|
|
1915
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August
|
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Tsar Dismisses Dumas
|
|
1915
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September 2nd
|
|
Brusilov's offensive
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|
1916
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|
June 4th - September 20th
|
|
Rasputin murdered
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|
1916
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December 16th
|
|
Putilov steel works strike
|
|
1917
|
|
January 26th
|
|
Women's day marches
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1917
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February 23rd
|
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Dumas defies Tsar's closing order
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1917
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February 26th
|
|
1917
|
|
Soviet order No.1
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1917
|
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March 1st
|
|
Abdication of the Tsar/ Prov Government formed
|
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1917
|
|
March 2nd
|
|
Lenin arrives in Petrograd
|
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1917
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April 3rd
|
|
Lenin announces April Theses
|
|
1917
|
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April 4th
|
|
Trotsky returns
|
|
1917
|
|
April 20th
|
|
Coalition government introduced, including soviet leaders
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|
1917
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|
May 5th
|
|
The June offensive begins
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|
1917
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|
June 18th
|
|
The July days
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1917
|
|
July 3rd - 5th
|
|
Kerensky becomes prime minister
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1917
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July 8th
|
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Kornilov is announced supreme commander of the armed forces
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1917
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July 18th
|
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Kornilov affair
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|
1917
|
|
August 24th - 27th
|
|
Bolsheviks achieve majority in Moscow soviet
|
|
1917
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September 2nd
|
|
Bolsheviks achieve majority in Petrograd soviet
|
|
1917
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September 8th
|
|
Trotsky elected chairman of Petrograd soviet
|
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1917
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|
September 25th
|
|
Bolshevik central committee discusses whether to overthrow the Provisional Government
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1917
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October 10th
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Milrevcom meets for the first time
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1917
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October 20th
|
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Kerensky orders arrest of leading Bolsheviks, the closure of Bolshevik newspaper and the raising of bridges in central Petrograd
|
|
1917
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October 23rd - 24th
|
|
Milrevcom troops retake city from Provisional Government forces
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1917
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October 24th
|
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Lenin declares the overthrow of the Provisional Government
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1917
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|
October 25th
|
|
Bolsheviks capture the winter palace and overthrow the Government + Lenin issues first decrees
|
|
1917
|
|
October 26th
|
|
Sovnarkom is established, and the Soviet central executive committee is elected (CEC)
|
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1917
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October 27th
|
|
Fighting in Moscow between Milrevcom and pro-Provisional Government forces
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1917
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October 31st
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Milrevcom troops gain control of Moscow
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1917
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|
November 2nd
|
|
Formal ranks and titles abolished
|
|
1917
|
|
November 10th
|
|
Elections for constituent assembly begin
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1917
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|
November 12th
|
|
State bank refuses to give the Government cash
|
|
1917
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|
November 14th
|
|
Criminal justice system replaced by People's courts
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1917
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|
November 22nd
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Kadet party banned and its leaders arrested
|
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1917
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|
November 28th
|
|
Ceasefire with Germany
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|
1917
|
|
December 2nd
|
|
Decree on marriage
|
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1917
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December 5th
|
|
Cheka created
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|
1917
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|
December 7th
|
|
Left SRs enter Sovnarkom
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|
1917
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|
December 9th - 10th
|
|
Banks are nationalised
|
|
1917
|
|
December 14th
|
|
Formal ranks and saluting abolished in armed forces
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1917
|
|
December 16th
|
|
Assassination attempt on Lenin
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|
1918
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|
January 1st
|
|
Constituent Assembly opens
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1918
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|
January 5th
|
|
Constituent Assembly dissolved by Government
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|
1918
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|
January 6th
|
|
Third All-Russian congress declares 'Soviet' republic
|
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1918
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January 8th
|
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Foreign debts are cancelled
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1918
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January 21st
|
|
Decree on separation of church and state
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|
1918
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|
January 23rd
|
|
Ukraine declared independence (not recognised)
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|
1918
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|
January 28th
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|
Gregorian calendar introduced
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|
1918
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February 1st
|
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Fighting with Germany resumes after talks stall in Brest-Litovsk
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1918
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|
February 18th
|
|
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed by Sovnarkom
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1918
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|
March 3rd
|
|
Bolshevik SDs change name to communist party
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1918
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|
March 8th
|
|
Russian capital moved from Petrograd to Moscow
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|
1918
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|
March 10th
|
|
Left SRs withdraw from Sovnarkom
|
|
1918
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|
March 15th
|
|
Founding of the Red Army
|
|
1918
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|
February 23rd
|
|
Czech legion overthrows soviets along trans siberian railway
|
|
1918
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|
May 22nd
|
|
Formation of SR dominated Komuch
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|
1918
|
|
June 8th
|
|
Formation of committees of poor
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|
1918
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|
June 11th
|
|
Right SRs and Mensheviks expelled from soviets
|
|
1918
|
|
June 14th
|
|
War communism begins
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|
1918
|
|
June 28th
|
|
Class based rationing beings
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|
1918
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|
July
|
|
SR uprising and von Mirbach assassinated
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|
1918
|
|
July 5th - 6th
|
|
Left SRs expelled from soviets
|
|
1918
|
|
July 9th
|
|
Tsar and family executed
|
|
1918
|
|
July 17th
|
|
Constitution ratified by 5th congress of soviets
|
|
1918
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|
July 19th
|
|
American and British troops land at Vladivostok
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|
1918
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|
August 2nd - 4th
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Petrograd CHEKA cheif assassinated; Kaplan wounds Lenin
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1918
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August 30th
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Decree on Red Terror
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1918
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September 5th
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Komuch becomes Provisional All-Russian Government
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1918
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September 23rd
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Armistice between central powers and allies
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1918
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November 11th
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Soviets renege on Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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1918
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November 13th
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Ban on Mensheviks lifted
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1918
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November 30th
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Committees of poor dissolved
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1918
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December 2nd
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Grain requisitioning squads begin
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1919
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January
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Ban on SRs lifted
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1919
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February
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First congress of Comintern
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1919
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March 2nd - 6th
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Kolchak's campaigns in Siberia and Urals begin
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1919
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March 4th
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Forced labour camps begin
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1919
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April 11th
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First campaign by Yudenish against Petrograd
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1919
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May
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Hyperinfaltion after bank told to print more notes
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1919
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May 15th
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Mahkno's Green uprising in Ukraine begins
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1919
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June 4th
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Second campaign against Petrograd by Yudenich
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1919
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November
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Execution of Kolchak
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1920
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February 7th
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Polish-Soviet war begins
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1920
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April 26th
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Outbreak of green resistance in Tambov
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1920
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August
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Armistice between Poland and Soviet Russia
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1920
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October 12th
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Last of White armies leave Crimea
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1920
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November 14th
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Mass strikes in Moscow and Petrograd
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1921
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February
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Planning Commission (GOSPLAN) established
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1921
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February 21st
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Kronstadt sailors call for soviets without communists
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1921
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March 1st
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Launch of Red army assault on Kronstadt
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1921
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March 7th
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NEP introduced at 10th party congress
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1921
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March 8th - 16th
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Red Army captures Kronstadt
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1921
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March 17th
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Treaty of Riga between Poland and Soviet Russia
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1921
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March 18th
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Disastrous harvest
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1921
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June - July
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CHEKA is renamed the GPU
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1922
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February 6th
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Church resists confiscation of riches for famine relief
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1922
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February 26th
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Trade agreement with Britain
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1922
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March 16th
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Stalin appointed General Secretary
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1922
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April 3rd
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Lenin's first stroke
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1922
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May 26th
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Start of SR show trials
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1922
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June 6th
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RSFSR becomes USSR
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1922
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September 23rd
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Lenin's second stroke
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1922
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December 15th
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Lenin dictates his 'Testament'
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1922
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December 25th
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Lenin urges removal of Stalin from General Secretary role
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1923
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January 4th
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Lenin's third stoke
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1923
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March 10th
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'Scissors crisis' analysed by Trotsky
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1923
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April 17th - 25th
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Death of Lenin
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1924
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January 21st
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Petrograd renamed Leningrad
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1924
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January 26th
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Thirteenth party congress
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1924
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May
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Red Army reorganised and troop numbers reduced
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1924
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October
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Stalin espouses theory of Socialism in One Country
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1924
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December 17th
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Trotsky replaced as Commissar for War
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1925
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January
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Tsaritsyn renamed Stalingrad
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1925
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April
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Further industrialisation backed by 14th party congress
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1925
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December
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Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev unite against Stalin
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Early 1926
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Zinoviev, Kamenev and Trotsky expelled from the party
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1926
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October - November
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New Economic Plan abandoned by Stalin
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1928
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