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15 December 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Huber Matos is sentenced to twenty years
26 November 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Che Guevara becomes president of the National Bank
28 October 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Camilo Cienfuegos disappears
21 October 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Huber Matos is arrested
21 October 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Anti-Castro aircraft drops leaflets over Havana
19 October 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Huber Matos resigns his command
15 October 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Raúl Castro becomes minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
26 July 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Peasants rally in Havana
17 July 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Manuel Urrutia resigns as president
17 July 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Osvaldo Dorticós becomes president
17 May 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution First Agrarian Reform Law is signed
17 May 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution INRA is created to implement land reform
17 May 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Agrarian reform prohibits foreign ownership of farmland
17 May 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Agrarian reform grants titles to peasant families
2 May 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro proposes a Latin American development programme
20 April 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro’s Washington visit ends
19 April 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro meets Vice President Nixon
16 April 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro addresses the American Society of Newspaper Editors
15 April 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro begins a visit to the United States
10 March 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Urban rents are reduced
3 March 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Government reduces telephone rates
3 March 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution The state intervenes in the Cuban Telephone Company
16 February 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro becomes prime minister
13 February 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution José Miró Cardona resigns as prime minister
7 February 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Fundamental Law reorganizes the state
7 February 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution The revolutionary cabinet receives legislative authority
27 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Che Guevara discusses the social ideas of the Rebel Army
23 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro visits Venezuela
21 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Operation Truth mass rally
21 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Workers and peasants assemble for Operation Truth
8 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro enters Havana
8 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro addresses the crowd at Camp Columbia
7 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution United States recognizes the new government
5 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Manuel Urrutia assumes the presidency
3 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro says the revolution is beginning rather than ending
2 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Che Guevara enters Havana
2 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Camilo Cienfuegos occupies Camp Columbia
2 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution The revolutionary general strike secures the victory
1 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Batista flees Cuba
1 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro rejects a military succession
1 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Revolutionaries call a general strike
1 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Santiago de Cuba passes to the Rebel Army
1 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro declares that the revolution will not be frustrated
31 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebel forces secure Santa Clara
30 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Yaguajay garrison surrenders
29 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels derail the armoured train
29 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Captured train weapons strengthen the rebels
28 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of Santa Clara begins
28 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Workers assist the attack on Santa Clara
26 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels capture Caibarién
26 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels capture Remedios
23 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels take Placetas
23 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Revolutionary forces enter Sancti Spíritus
20 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Column 8 declares a liberated territory
19 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of Yaguajay begins
18 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels capture Fomento
15 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle for Fomento begins
10 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Las Villas offensive cuts roads and railways
1 December 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Pact of El Pedrero coordinates Las Villas forces
30 November 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels win the Battle of Guisa
27 November 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Radio Rebelde commemorates the executed medical students
24 November 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels appeal to the residents of Guisa
20 November 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of Guisa begins
14 November 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Radio Rebelde broadcasts reports from the fronts
8 November 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebel command regulates movement through liberated territory
3 November 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Batista holds controlled elections
2 November 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Radio Rebelde reports the expanding national war
20 October 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Radio Rebelde announces agrarian reform in liberated zones
16 October 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Che Guevara reaches the Escambray
10 October 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebel Army promulgates Agrarian Law No. 3
21 September 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Congress of Peasants in Arms meets in rebel territory
31 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebel columns begin the westward campaign
21 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Che Guevara receives orders to invade Las Villas
21 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Column 8 receives a national strategic mission
18 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Camilo Cienfuegos receives an invasion mission
18 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro answers government propaganda on Radio Rebelde
6 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Operation Verano collapses
31 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of Las Mercedes begins
28 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Second Santo Domingo battle ends
25 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Second Battle of Santo Domingo begins
21 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Army battalion surrenders at El Jigüe
21 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Captured soldiers are released after El Jigüe
20 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Pact of Caracas unites opposition organizations
11 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of El Jigüe begins
11 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels encircle Battalion 18 at El Jigüe
29 June 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels halt the advance at Santo Domingo
27 June 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution First Battle of Santo Domingo begins
27 June 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebel intelligence slows the Santo Domingo offensive
24 May 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Operation Verano begins
24 May 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Peasant communities are displaced during Operation Verano
14 April 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro broadcasts his first major Radio Rebelde speech
9 April 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution The April general strike begins
9 April 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Batista’s forces suppress the general strike
9 April 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Workers face repression during the April strike
17 March 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro calls for total war against the dictatorship
13 March 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution United States suspends arms shipments to Batista
24 February 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Radio Rebelde begins broadcasting
24 February 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Women help sustain Radio Rebelde
17 February 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels win the Second Battle of Pino del Agua
16 February 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Second Battle of Pino del Agua begins
29 November 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of Mar Verde
10 September 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution First Battle of Pino del Agua
5 September 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Cienfuegos naval uprising
5 September 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Government forces retake Cienfuegos
20 August 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of Palma Mocha
5 August 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution General strike protests the killing of Frank País
30 July 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Police kill Frank País
30 July 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Santiago residents mourn Frank País
12 July 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Sierra Maestra Manifesto is signed
12 July 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Sierra Manifesto promises free elections
28 May 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of El Uvero
28 May 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebel doctors treat wounded from both sides at El Uvero
20 April 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Humboldt 7 massacre
20 April 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Police informant exposes the Humboldt 7 safe house
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Revolutionary Directorate attacks the Presidential Palace
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Radio Reloj broadcasts a revolutionary appeal
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution José Antonio Echeverría is killed
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Women support the Presidential Palace operation
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Student militants seize Radio Reloj
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Palace attackers confront Batista’s guards
24 February 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution New York Times publishes the Castro interview
17 February 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Herbert Matthews interviews Fidel Castro
22 January 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of Arroyo del Infierno
17 January 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels attack La Plata outpost
18 December 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Survivors reunite at Cinco Palmas
5 December 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Ambush at Alegría de Pío
2 December 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Granma lands in Oriente
2 December 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Peasant networks assist Granma survivors
30 November 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Santiago uprising supports the expected landing
30 November 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels display July 26 uniforms in Santiago
30 November 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Vilma Espín participates in the Santiago uprising
25 November 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Granma departs from Mexico
25 November 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Celia Sánchez prepares support for the Granma landing
30 August 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Mexico Pact links student and July 26 movements
20 June 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Mexican police arrest Cuban revolutionaries
30 October 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro raises support among Cuban emigrants in New York
9 July 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro meets Che Guevara in Mexico
8 July 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro begins exile in Mexico
7 July 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro leaves Cuba for Mexico
12 June 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution The July 26 Movement is organized
15 May 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Moncada prisoners receive amnesty
15 May 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Released rebels return to political organizing
15 May 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Haydée Santamaría and Melba Hernández resume organizing
15 May 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Released prisoners are welcomed at Havana station
1 November 1954 Cuba Cuban revolution Batista holds an uncontested presidential election
16 October 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution History Will Absolve Me defence
16 October 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro receives a fifteen-year sentence
16 October 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro presents a five-point reform programme
16 October 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Moncada defence links Martí to social revolution
21 September 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution The Moncada trial opens
1 August 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro is captured
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels assemble for the Moncada operation
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Attack on the Moncada Barracks begins
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels occupy the civilian hospital
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Raúl Castro’s group occupies the Palace of Justice
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Simultaneous attack at Bayamo
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution The Moncada assault is defeated
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Abel Santamaría is captured
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Women revolutionaries preserve testimony of the attack
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro addresses the Moncada participants
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Women support the Moncada operation
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Artemisa revolutionaries suffer heavy losses
10 March 1952 Cuba Cuban revolution Batista seizes power in a military coup
10 March 1952 Cuba Cuban revolution The planned 1952 election is cancelled
31 December 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 Soviet Russia recognizes Finnish independence
27 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The banks are nationalized
22 December 1917 Belarus Russian Revolution of 1917 Peace negotiations open at Brest-Litovsk
20 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Cheka is established
15 December 1917 Belarus Russian Revolution of 1917 Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice
11 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet government orders the arrest of Cadet leaders
6 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Senior government salaries are limited
6 December 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 Finland declares independence
4 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Citizens receive the right to recall elected representatives
1 December 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 A Soviet government is established in Vladivostok
27 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Decree on Workers’ Control is adopted
25 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Voting begins for the Constituent Assembly
23 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Class estates and civil ranks are abolished
22 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Dukhonin is removed as commander-in-chief
20 November 1917 Ukraine Russian Revolution of 1917 The Ukrainian People’s Republic is proclaimed
16 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Soviet forces secure the Moscow Kremlin
16 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Sverdlov becomes chair of the Soviet executive
15 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia is issued
13 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Soviet forces defeat Krasnov’s advance
11 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The eight-hour working day is decreed
11 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Military cadets rebel in Petrograd
11 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Vikzhel demands a broad socialist coalition
9 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky and Krasnov advance toward Petrograd
9 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Soviet authority spreads to major cities
8 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Winter Palace is captured
8 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Congress adopts the Decree on Peace
8 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Congress adopts the Decree on Land
8 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 A workers’ and peasants’ government is formed
8 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Congress abolishes capital punishment
7 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Revolutionary forces seize key state institutions
7 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Military Revolutionary Committee announces the government’s overthrow
7 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens
7 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky leaves Petrograd
6 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government moves against Bolshevik newspapers
6 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Red Guards secure Petrograd’s bridges and strategic points
6 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin reaches the Smolny Institute
2 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The war minister demands immediate peace
1 November 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Factory committees support Soviet power
31 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kamenev and Zinoviev publicly oppose the uprising
25 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet creates the Military Revolutionary Committee
23 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolshevik Central Committee approves an uprising
23 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolsheviks create a Politburo
20 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks walk out of the Pre-Parliament
19 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soldiers’ Soviet rejects government command
18 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolsheviks decide to leave the Pre-Parliament
8 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Trotsky is elected chairman of the Petrograd Soviet
6 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks approve Constituent Assembly candidates
1 October 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky orders the Baltic Fleet committee dissolved
1 October 1917 Uzbekistan Russian Revolution of 1917 The Tashkent Soviet takes local power
1 October 1917 Uzbekistan Russian Revolution of 1917 Government troops retake Tashkent
27 September 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin urges the Bolsheviks to assume power
27 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Democratic Conference opens
25 September 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin completes The State and Revolution
22 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet reaffirms its demand for Soviet government
21 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Baltic Fleet sailors reject government authority
18 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Moscow Soviet adopts a Bolshevik resolution
14 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Russia is proclaimed a republic
14 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet votes for Soviet power
13 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Kornilov movement collapses
10 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Railway workers obstruct Kornilov’s forces
10 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Agitators persuade Kornilov’s soldiers not to fight
9 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky dismisses Kornilov
9 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kornilov sends troops toward Petrograd
9 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Workers organize armed resistance to Kornilov
8 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Cadet ministers leave the government
8 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government doubles the official grain price
4 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky requests a cavalry corps for Petrograd
3 September 1917 Latvia Russian Revolution of 1917 German forces occupy Riga
1 September 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kornilov requests permission to move troops toward Petrograd
31 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet votes against the death penalty
27 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kornilov demands stronger military rule
25 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Moscow State Conference opens
25 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Moscow workers strike against the State Conference
8 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolshevik Sixth Congress opens
8 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolsheviks conclude that peaceful transfer is impossible
8 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The congress affirms democratic centralism
6 August 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky forms the second coalition government
31 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kornilov becomes supreme commander
25 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The death penalty is restored at the front
25 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government intensifies political censorship
24 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin goes into hiding
21 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky becomes head of the Provisional Government
20 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government orders Lenin’s arrest
19 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kronstadt sailors retreat to the Peter and Paul Fortress
19 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Stalin mediates the sailors’ disarmament
18 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Government forces destroy Pravda’s offices
18 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolshevik headquarters is raided
18 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Mass arrests follow the July demonstrations
17 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 A huge demonstration reaches the Tauride Palace
17 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Government forces attack demonstrators
16 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The July Days begin
16 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Workers join the armed demonstrations
16 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks support a peaceful presentation of demands
14 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Second Machine Gun Regiment demands Soviet power
14 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Third Infantry Regiment resists front deployment
14 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The First Machine Gun Regiment enters Petrograd
9 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Returning grenadiers join the Kronstadt movement
7 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Izvestia reports planned factory closures
6 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kronstadt anarchists demand prisoners’ release
4 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Putilov workers strike amid hunger and war
4 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Machine-gunners refuse unconditional deployment
1 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky launches a new military offensive
1 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Mass demonstrations demand peace and Soviet power
1 July 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Anarchists raid Petrograd prisons
24 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The demand to disarm Bolshevik workers is withdrawn
24 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet authorizes a demonstration for 18 June
23 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet bans a planned Bolshevik demonstration
18 June 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 Finland’s parliament asserts sovereignty
18 June 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government moves against Finnish autonomy
16 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens
16 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet Congress supports continued war
16 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Congress backs the Provisional Government
13 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 War Minister Guchkov resigns
13 June 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kerensky becomes minister of war
30 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Kronstadt Soviet declares local authority
17 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Trotsky arrives in Petrograd
15 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Milyukov resigns from the government
14 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet approves coalition government
3 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Milyukov Note becomes public
3 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Armed anti-war demonstrations fill Petrograd
3 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks demand power for the soviets
1 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Workers celebrate May Day across Russia
1 May 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Milyukov promises the Allies continued war
25 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Freedom of association and assembly is legalized
17 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin presents the April Theses
16 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin returns to Petrograd
13 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Plekhanov returns after decades in exile
9 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government presents the war as national defence
3 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Lenin’s Letters from Afar begin appearing
3 April 1917 Canada Russian Revolution of 1917 British authorities detain Trotsky in Canada
2 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Religious and ethnic restrictions are abolished
1 April 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The government postpones land reform
31 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Stalin joins the Soviet Executive Committee
30 March 1917 Poland Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government refuses Polish independence
27 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet appeals for peace
27 March 1917 United States Russian Revolution of 1917 Trotsky leaves New York for revolutionary Russia
25 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Stalin returns to Petrograd
25 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government abolishes the death penalty
22 March 1917 United States Russian Revolution of 1917 The United States recognizes the Provisional Government
21 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet creates a Contact Commission
21 March 1917 Finland Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government rejects Finnish independence
19 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government grants a political amnesty
18 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Pravda resumes publication
16 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet orders Nicholas II’s arrest
15 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Nicholas II abdicates
15 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Grand Duke Michael declines the throne
15 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Provisional Government is established
14 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet issues Order No. 1
14 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Soviet recognizes the Duma committee conditionally
13 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Revolutionary forces take control in Moscow
13 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Tsarist ministers are arrested
13 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Kronstadt sailors rise against their officers
13 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Izvestia publishes its first issue
12 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Volynsky Regiment mutinies
12 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Insurgent soldiers seize the Main Arsenal
12 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Political prisoners are freed from Kresty prison
12 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd Soviet is formed
12 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Duma leaders create a Provisional Committee
11 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Police arrest revolutionary organizers
11 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Troops fire on Petrograd demonstrators
11 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Pavlovsky soldiers rebel against repression
10 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Vyborg workers attack symbols of police authority
10 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 General Khabalov threatens to suppress demonstrations
9 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The strike expands to about 200,000 workers
9 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Workers fraternize with soldiers and Cossacks
8 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Women textile workers launch the February Revolution
8 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 The Petrograd strike reaches 128,000 workers
7 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Nicholas II leaves for military headquarters
7 March 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Putilov management locks out striking workers
27 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Ninety thousand Petrograd workers strike
27 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks call for the overthrow of the tsar
23 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Rodzianko warns Nicholas II of approaching upheaval
23 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Bolsheviks call a Petrograd anti-war strike
13 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Petrograd’s food stocks approach exhaustion
13 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Women challenge food shortages in Petrograd
8 February 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Police arrest the Workers’ Group
22 January 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Moscow workers commemorate Bloody Sunday
22 January 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 A mass political strike spreads through Petrograd
14 January 1917 Latvia Russian Revolution of 1917 Russian troops resist the German offensive near Riga
14 January 1917 Russia Russian Revolution of 1917 Desertion exposes the army’s deep crisis
28 December 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The Moscow uprising is defeated
21 December 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The December strike spreads beyond Moscow
20 December 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The Moscow uprising begins
16 December 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Leaders of the St Petersburg Soviet are arrested
15 December 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The St Petersburg Soviet publishes the Financial Manifesto
5 December 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 General Sakharov is assassinated in Saratov province
8 November 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Sailors and soldiers mutiny at Kronstadt
3 November 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The St Petersburg Soviet ends the October strike
2 November 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Nikolai Bauman’s funeral becomes a mass demonstration
2 November 1905 Ukraine Russian Revolution of 1905 An anti-Jewish pogrom begins in Odessa
1 November 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Witte becomes head of the Council of Ministers
31 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Crowds demand the release of political prisoners
30 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The October Manifesto is issued
29 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The railway strike becomes empire-wide
28 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The government restricts political meetings at universities
27 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 A mass meeting recognizes the St Petersburg Soviet
25 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The St Petersburg Soviet takes shape
23 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 A general strike paralyses Moscow
22 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Railway delegates call for a national strike
20 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The October general strike begins
16 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Moscow workers form a council of deputies
15 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 St Petersburg printers join the strike movement
2 October 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Moscow printers begin an economic strike
9 September 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Universities receive greater autonomy
5 September 1905 United States Russian Revolution of 1905 Russia and Japan sign the Treaty of Portsmouth
19 August 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The Bulygin Duma plan is published
29 June 1905 Ukraine Russian Revolution of 1905 The Potemkin leaves Odessa
28 June 1905 Ukraine Russian Revolution of 1905 The Potemkin reaches Odessa during a general strike
27 June 1905 Ukraine Russian Revolution of 1905 The battleship Potemkin mutiny begins
25 June 1905 Poland Russian Revolution of 1905 Imperial forces suppress the Łódź uprising
21 June 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Ivanovo-Voznesensk workers hold a mass funeral
21 June 1905 Poland Russian Revolution of 1905 The Łódź uprising begins
20 June 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Troops attack workers in Ivanovo-Voznesensk
6 June 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Zemstvo representatives demand national representation
27 May 1905 Japan Russian Revolution of 1905 The Battle of Tsushima begins
25 May 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The Ivanovo-Voznesensk strike begins
14 May 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 May Day demonstrations challenge the authorities
3 March 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The tsar orders plans for a consultative assembly
3 March 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The Shidlovsky Commission collapses
20 February 1905 China Russian Revolution of 1905 The Battle of Mukden begins
17 February 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Grand Duke Sergei is assassinated
28 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Moscow railway workers join the strike wave
28 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Bulygin becomes interior minister
26 January 1905 Poland Russian Revolution of 1905 Workers strike in Łódź
26 January 1905 Latvia Russian Revolution of 1905 Troops fire on demonstrators in Riga
25 January 1905 Latvia Russian Revolution of 1905 The revolutionary strike spreads to Riga
24 January 1905 Poland Russian Revolution of 1905 Workers strike in Warsaw
23 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Martial law is imposed in St Petersburg
22 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Bloody Sunday
21 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Intellectuals warn the government against violence
20 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 A general strike grips St Petersburg
19 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Workers decide to petition the tsar
18 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The St Petersburg strike expands
17 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Gapon seeks support for the Putilov strikers
16 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The Putilov strike begins
15 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Putilov workers demand the reinstatement of dismissed colleagues
9 January 1905 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 Putilov workers discuss the dismissal of four workers
4 January 1905 Switzerland Russian Revolution of 1905 Lenin publishes the first issue of Vperyod
2 January 1905 China Russian Revolution of 1905 Port Arthur surrenders to Japan
25 December 1904 Russia Russian Revolution of 1905 The tsar promises limited administrative reforms
11 July 1880 France Paris Commune France grants a full amnesty to the Communards
23 May 1880 France Paris Commune Supporters hold the first commemoration at the Communards’ Wall
3 May 1872 France Paris Commune The first convoy of Commune deportees leaves France
28 November 1871 France Paris Commune Rossel, Ferré and Bourgeois are executed at Satory
29 May 1871 France Paris Commune Fort Vincennes surrenders after the fall of the Commune
28 May 1871 France Paris Commune The last major Commune resistance is defeated
28 May 1871 France Paris Commune Eugène Varlin is captured and killed
27 May 1871 France Paris Commune Fighting reaches Père-Lachaise Cemetery
26 May 1871 France Paris Commune Hostages are killed in the Rue Haxo
26 May 1871 France Paris Commune Jean-Baptiste Millière is summarily executed
25 May 1871 France Paris Commune Communards defend the Butte-aux-Cailles
25 May 1871 France Paris Commune Charles Delescluze is killed at a barricade
24 May 1871 France Paris Commune The Hôtel de Ville burns during the fighting
24 May 1871 France Paris Commune Archbishop Darboy and other hostages are executed
23 May 1871 France Paris Commune Montmartre falls to the Versailles Army
22 May 1871 France Paris Commune Barricades spread as Versailles forces advance
21 May 1871 France Paris Commune Versailles troops enter Paris
19 May 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune orders the secularization of education
17 May 1871 France Paris Commune An explosion destroys the Avenue Rapp ammunition factory
16 May 1871 France Paris Commune The Vendôme Column is pulled down
15 May 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune appeals to the major cities of France
15 May 1871 France Paris Commune A minority withdraws from the Commune’s council
10 May 1871 France Paris Commune Rossel resigns as delegate for war
10 May 1871 France Paris Commune France and Germany sign the Treaty of Frankfurt
9 May 1871 France Paris Commune Versailles troops capture Fort Issy
7 May 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune authorizes free recovery of low-value pawned goods
1 May 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune creates a Committee of Public Safety
30 April 1871 France Paris Commune Cluseret resigns as delegate for war
28 April 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune appeals to rural France
28 April 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune schedules the end of night work in bakeries
28 April 1871 France Paris Commune A commission is formed for secular and vocational education
27 April 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune prohibits workplace fines and wage deductions
24 April 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune requisitions vacant housing
19 April 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune adopts the Declaration to the French People
17 April 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune extends the moratorium on commercial bills
16 April 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune orders workers to organize abandoned workshops
16 April 1871 France Paris Commune Paris holds supplementary Commune elections
12 April 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune suspends debt collection proceedings
12 April 1871 France Paris Commune Courbet is authorized to reopen the city’s museums
11 April 1871 France Paris Commune Women organize the Union for the Defence of Paris
6 April 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune adopts the Decree on Hostages
6 April 1871 France Paris Commune MacMahon takes command of the Versailles Army
6 April 1871 France Paris Commune Dąbrowski becomes commander of the defence of Paris
3 April 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune decrees the separation of church and state
3 April 1871 France Paris Commune Communard forces launch an unsuccessful offensive
2 April 1871 France Paris Commune Versailles forces attack at Courbevoie
29 March 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune creates ten governing commissions
29 March 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune abolishes conscription and the standing army
29 March 1871 France Paris Commune The Commune cancels three quarters of unpaid rent
28 March 1871 France Paris Commune The Paris Commune is publicly proclaimed
27 March 1871 France Paris Commune The elected Commune takes office
26 March 1871 France Paris Commune Paris elects the Council of the Commune
22 March 1871 France Paris Commune A hostile demonstration confronts the National Guard
19 March 1871 France Paris Commune The Central Committee announces municipal elections
18 March 1871 France Paris Commune Paris rises after the army attempts to seize the cannons
18 March 1871 France Paris Commune Generals Lecomte and Clément-Thomas are killed
17 March 1871 France Paris Commune The government decides to seize the National Guard’s cannons