Events from the year 1807 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Alexander I
Events
Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) War of the Fourth Coalition February 3: Battle of Allenstein February 7–8: Battle of Eylau June 5–6: Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen June 10: Battle of Heilsberg June 14: Battle of Friedland July 7 and 9: Treaties of Tilsit end war Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) May 22: Battle of the Dardanelles June 18: Battle of Arpachai July 1–2: Battle of Athos Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) begins October 26: Russia declares war Lovers of the Russian Word Kalashnikov Concern
Births
Vladimir Benediktov, poet and translator (d. 1873) Ignatius Brianchaninov, Russian Orthodox bishop, theologian, and saint (d. 1867) Pyotr Grigoryevich Demidov, nobleman and general (d. 1862) Alexey Galakhov, writer, educator, and literary historian (d. 1892) Karolina Pavlova, poet and novelist (d. 1893) Vladimir Pecherin, nihilist, poet, priest (d. 1885) Nikolay Yakovlevich Rosenberg, chief manager of the Russian-American Company 1850-1853 (d. 1857) Kozma Spassky-Avtonomov, geographer, studied and wrote about Baku (d. 1890) Nikolai Stepanov, artist, caricaturist, and editor (d. 1877) Vladimir Titov, writer, statesman, diplomat (d. 1891) Otto Moritz von Vegesack, Baltic German diplomat (d. 1874) Semen Zhivago, painter (d. 1863)
Deaths
Pavel Dashkov, engineer (b. 1763) Pyotr Glebov-Streshnev, general (b. 1773) Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn, diplomat, philanthropist, art collector (b. 1723) Mikhail Kheraskov, poet and playwright (b. 1733) Avdotya Mikhaylova, actress and opera singer (b. 1746) Mikhail Nikitich Muravyov, poet and writer (b. 1757) Aleksey Okhotnikov, soldier and lover of Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna (b. 1780) Yakov Povalo-Shveikovsky, General of the Infantry, Privy Councillor (b. 1750) Ivan Rakhmaninov, publisher, translator of Voltaire (b. 1753) Nikolai Rezanov, statesman, ambassador to Japan, promoted Russian colonization of Alaska and California (b. 1764) Franciszek Smuglewicz, Polish/Lithuanian draughtsman, painter (b. 1745) Marko Voinovich, admiral (b. 1750)
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