Nicholas II of Russia died on 17 July 1918 in Yekaterinburg, aged 50. The last emperor of Russia, Nicholas II came to the throne in 1894 on the death of his father Alexander III. His reign saw Russia's defeat in the war with Japan, the 1905 revolution after Bloody Sunday, and the creation of an elected parliament, the Duma, which he tried to limit. He took personal command of the army in the First World War, leaving the government to his wife Alexandra and her adviser Rasputin, which damaged the monarchy. After the February Revolution of 1917 he abdicated. In July 1918 he, his wife, their five children and several servants were shot by Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg. The Russian Orthodox Church canonized the family in 2000.
Before and after
- from 1 June 1918 to 26 June 1918Battle of Belleau Wood
- from June 1918 to March 1920North Russia intervention
- 14 July 1918Birth of Ingmar Bergman
- 16 July 1918Execution of the Romanov family
- 17 July 1918Death of Nicholas II of Russia
- 18 July 1918Birth of Nelson Mandela
- from August 1918 to July 1920Siberian Intervention
- from 8 August 1918 to 11 November 1918Hundred Days Offensive
- from 8 August 1918 to 12 August 1918Battle of Amiens
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