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1868 Born
1894 Russia
n Tsar Alexander III
dies and is succeeded by his son Nicholas II
.
1905 Tsar
Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma
).
1905 Tsar Nicholas II
is forced to grant Russia
's first constitution, conceding a national assembly (Duma
) with limited powers.
1909 A revolution
forces Mohammad Ali Shah, Persian Shah of the Qajar dynasty to abdicate in favor of his son Ahmad Shah Qajar
. He proceeds in leaving Persia
for Imperial Russia, reportedly seeking the assistance of Nicholas II of Russia in regaining the throne.
1917 March 15 (N.S.) (March 2, O.S.) - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates for himself and for his teenage son Alexei Nikolaevich.
1918 July 17 — By order of the Bolshevik Party
and carried out by Cheka
, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia
, his immediate family, and retainers were murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
1918 Died
1992 Two skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg are identified as Czar Nicholas II
and Tsarina Alexandra.
1998 In St. Petersburg
, Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel, 80 years after he and his family were killed by Bolshevik
s.
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