The Russo-Persian War of 1826 to 1828 was the last major war between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran, and it followed an earlier war that had ended with Persia losing much of the Caucasus. Persia, led by Crown Prince Abbas Mirza and encouraged by Britain's reluctance to help Russia, attacked to recover its lost territories, but the Russian army under General Ivan Paskevich won decisive victories and took Yerevan. The war ended with the Treaty of Turkmenchay, in which Persia ceded the khanates of Erivan and Nakhichevan, paid a large indemnity and granted extraterritorial rights to Russians. The treaty fixed the border along the Aras River, and the Russian envoy Alexander Griboyedov was killed in Tehran in 1829.
Before and after
- 15 January 1826Founding of Le Figaro
- from 21 June 1826 to 28 August 1826Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani
- 4 July 1826Death of John Adams
- 4 July 1826Death of Thomas Jefferson
- from 31 July 1826 to 22 February 1828Russo-Persian War of 1826–28
- 17 September 1826Birth of Bernhard Riemann
- from 18 November 1826 to 24 November 1826Battle of Arachova
- 5 March 1827Death of Pierre-Simon Laplace
- 5 March 1827Death of Alessandro Volta
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