Leading Events to the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

Czar Nicholas' Rule

Period: Mar 28, 1894 to Jul 16, 1918

Alexei was born

Aug 12, 1904

Russia and Japan

Jan 1, 1905

The relationship between Russia and Japan begins to deteriorte. Created the Russo-Japanese war, which the Russians sadly lost.

Bloody Sunday

Jan 22, 1905

Demonstrators marched at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Troops surrounded them and opened fire. The people where clearly devoted to Nichoas, and he, himself never gave orders to open fire. This began the public hatred towards Nicholas.

October Manifesto

Aug 28, 1905

Promised to introduce basic civil liberies to the Russian populace.

World War 1

Mar 28, 1914

World war 1 begins. Russia become on the side aganist Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Poland

Mar 28, 1915

Russia losses Poland to Germans

End

Mar 1, 1917

Popular opposition forced Nicholas to abdicate, which ended the Romanov dynasty. Nicholas was imprisoned with his family in there house on July 16, 1918.