19th Century Time Line – The Age of Dostoevsky
| Dostoevsky | Russian History | World History | |
| 1800 | 1798-1814 French Predominance in Central Europe | ||
| 1801 | 1801-25 Reign of Alexander I | ||
| 1802 | |||
| 1803 | |||
| 1804 | 1804-14 Reign of Napoleon I: The Empire, 1804-1811 Napoleonic Codes |
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| 1805 | |||
| 1806 | 1806-12 Russo-Turkish War, Russia acquires Bessarabia | 1806 End of Holy Roman Empire1806-25 Latin American countries win independence | |
| 1807 | Franco-Russian Alliance | British slave trade ended | |
| 1808 | 1808-09 Russo-Swedish War; Russia acquires Finland | 1808-13 Peninsular War in Spain | |
| 1809 | 1809-11 Napoleon at height of power | ||
| 1810 | |||
| 1811 | 1811-48 V. Belinsky ushers in Russian Literary Criticism | ||
| 1812 | Napoleon invades Russia | US British War | |
| 1813 | 1813-14 German War of Liberation: Leipzig | ||
| 1814 | 1814-15 Congress of Vienna1814-24 Louis XVIII of France | ||
| 1815 | Hundred Days War: Waterloo | ||
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| 1817 | |||
| 1818 | |||
| 1819 | |||
| 1820 | |||
| 1821 | Dostoevsky born Oct. 10 in Moscow | ||
| 1822 | |||
| 1823 | Monroe Doctrine | ||
| 1824 | 1824-30 Reign of Charles X of France | ||
| 1825 | Decembrists1825-55 Reign of Nicholas I | ||
| 1826 | 1826-28 War with Persia; Russia gains Armenia | ||
| 1827 | |||
| 1828 | 1828-29 Russo-Turkish War; Russia penetrates into the Balkans | ||
| 1829 | |||
| 1830 | Revolutionary Flurries1830-48 July Monarchy in France: Louis Philippe | ||
| 1831 | A. Pushkin writes Eugene and Onegin and the play Boris Godunov |
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| 1832 | |||
| 1833 | Abolition Act abolishes slavery in Britain | ||
| 1834 | Enters Chermak Private High School in Moscow | ||
| 1835 | |||
| 1836 | |||
| 1837 | D’s mother dies at age 37. | Death of Pushkin | 1837-1901 Victoria queen in Britain |
| 1838 | Enters St. Petersburg Military Engineering Academy | ||
| 1839 | D’s father, Mikhail Andreevich, is killed by village serfs | First Anglo-Chinese (Opium) War | |
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| 1841 | |||
| 1842 | Gogol published Dead Souls | ||
| 1843 | Graduates from Military Academy. Begins work as a draughtsman | ||
| 1844 | Begins work on Poor People. Resigns from job as draughtsman | ||
| 1845 | |||
| 1846 | Poor People is published | ||
| 1847 | Starts visiting the Petrashevsky Circle | ||
| 1848 | Marx & Engels write The Communist Manifesto
Revolution: Second French Republic |
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| 1849 | Arrested, tried, and sentenced to death with other Petrashevsky Circle members |
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| 1850 | 1850-54 incarcerated at Omsk maximum security prison | 1850-73: Golden Age of British Capitalism: Free Trade | |
| 1851 | |||
| 1852 | 1852-70: Reign of Napoleon III | ||
| 1853 | Russo-Turkish War | ||
| 1854 | 1854-59 Military exile in Siberia | 1854-56 Crimean War | 1854-68 Westernizing of Japan |
| 1855 | 1855-81 Reign of Alexander II | ||
| 1856 | Proposes to Maria Isaeva | ||
| 1857 | Marries Maria IsaevaAchieves the rank of lieutenant | ||
| 1858 | Begins work as editor of Time | Formation of Rumania | |
| 1859 | Darwin writes Origin of Species
1859-70 Unification of Italy |
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| 1860 | Returns to St. PetersburgPublishes The House of the Dead | Russians found Vladivostok | Westren Europe – free trade with England |
| 1861 | Publishes The Insulted and Injured | Emancipation of Serfs | 1861-65 American Civil War |
| 1862 | Travels to Paris and several European countries | Turgenev publishes Fathers and Sons | |
| 1863 | |||
| 1864 | Notes from the UndergroundpublishedHis wife dies
His brother dies |
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| 1865 | The Complete Works of Dostoevsky published | ||
| 1866 | Proposes to Anna Gregorievna Snitkina | ||
| 1867 | Marries Anna. The Dostoevskys go to Europe ans stay for four years |
Russia sells Alaska to the US | Dominion of CanadaMarx writes Capital |
| 1868 | Birth of first child, Sofia, who dies after three monthsThe Idiot published | ||
| 1869 | Mendeleev devises the periodic table of the elements | ||
| 1870 | 1870-80 Populism and Nihilism | Vatican Council IFranco-Prussian War
1870-1940 Third Republic in France |
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| 1871 | Publishes Demons | 1871-1918 German Empire (Bismark)Darwin writes Descent of Man | |
| 1872 | |||
| 1873 | 1873-76 Tolstoy writes Anna Karenina | ||
| 1874 | |||
| 1875 | Publishes The Raw Youth | ||
| 1876 | Publishes The Writer’s Diary | ||
| 1877 | Russo-Turkish WarTchaikovsky composes the score for Swan Lake | ||
| 1878 | Son Alexei dies at age 3 | Autonomy of Bulgaria; Independence of SiberiaCongress of Berlin | Bismark’s Anti-Socialist Laws |
| 1879 | |||
| 1880 | 1880-90 Socialist parties founded; revisionism1880-1914 Height of Imperialism | ||
| 1881 | Brothers KaramazovfinishedDostoevsky dies | Assassination of Alexander II1881-94 Reign of Alexander III | |
| 1882 | |||
| 1883 | 1883-93 French in Indochina | ||
| 1884 | |||
| 1885 | 1885-98 Partition of Africa | ||
| 1886 | |||
| 1887 | |||
| 1888 | 1888-1918 Reign of William II of Germany | ||
| 1889 | |||
| 1890 | Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty | ||
| 1891 | |||
| 1892 | Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker | ||
| 1893 | Triple Entente with France and Britain | ||
| 1894 | 1894-1917 Reign of Nicholas II | 1894-1906 Dreyfus Affair in France | |
| 1895 | |||
| 1896 | Chekhov: The Sea Gull | ||
| 1897 | Lenin arrested for radical activities | ||
| 1898 | Formation of Russian Social Democratic Labor Party | Spanish-American War; Fashoda crisis | |
| 1899 | Chekhov: Uncle Vanya | 1899-1902 Boer War | |
| 1900 | Freud writes Interpretation of Dreams | ||
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| 1902 | Anglo-Japanese War | ||
| 1903 | Bolshevik-Menshevik split in the Social Democratic Labor party |
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| 1904 | Russo-Japanese WarChekhov: The Cherry Orchard
Pavlov wins Nobel prize for Physiology and Medicine |
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| 1905 | Revolution in RussiaTrans-Siberian railroad completed | ||
| 1914 | World War I begins | ||
| 1917 | Lenin successfully topples the monarchyRussia becomes a socialist state |