“therefore the world is not large enough to come to an understanding on the affairs of Poland, if it is a question of its restoration”
- #wikipedia
- #quote
Figure timeline
Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I of Russia, nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825. He ruled Russia during the chaotic period of the Napoleonic Wars.
politics · Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825 · monarch · also Alexander I of Russia, Alexander the Blessed, Alexander I, Russia
Born 12 December 1777 · Died 19 November 1825 · Q15193
69 published statements · 0 followers
Updated 1 day agoSee & hear
Photos & media
14 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Unverified headlines, straight from trusted outlets’ feeds
Checking the wires…
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Connections
Related figures
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
- Award
- Award
- Award
- Award
- Award
20269 items
The Guardian: Ukraine ‘offering Russia deal to halt attacks on civilian ships in Black Sea’
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Russia frees ex-US marine four years after sentence disputed by his family
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Ukraine war briefing: Russia bans voting against the war
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Ukraine drone strike on oil refinery deep inside Russia kills at least 13
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: US intelligence ‘believes Russia was behind Leipzig airport drone bomb’
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Ukraine confirms strikes on oil refinery in Russia’s Tatarstan – as it happened
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Ukraine war briefing: North Korea sending 50,000 troops to Russia – Zelenskyy
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Ukraine war briefing: Turkey calls for ‘moratorium’ on Black Sea attacks by Russia and Ukraine
- #news
- #headline
20141 item
Japanese musical production Napoleon: The Man Who Never Sleeps by Takarazuka Revue Alexander was played by Mao Yuuki and Sazanami Reira
- #wikipedia
- #event
19881 item
Japanese musical production War and Peace by Takarazuka Revue Alexander was played by You Akira, Uzuki Kei and Minoru Kou
- #wikipedia
- #event
190034 items
Awarded Knight of the Order of Saint Michael.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Military Order of Maria Theresa.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of the Black Eagle.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of the Most Holy Annunciation.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of St. George.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of Saint Louis.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of the Garter.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of St. Andrew.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Won Medal For love for native land.
- #wikidata
- #trophy
- #achievement
Awarded Order of the White Eagle.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of Saint Stanislaus.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of St. George, 4th class.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Legion of Honour.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Won Order of the Golden Fleece.
- #wikidata
- #trophy
- #achievement
Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of the White Falcon.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Commander of the Order of Military Virtue.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of Saint Hubert.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of the Crown.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of Saint Januarius.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Order of Fidelity.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Career landmark: Diet of Porvoo.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
Career landmark: Battle of Friedland.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
Career landmark: Treaties of Tilsit.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
18254 items
Died 1825-11-19.
- #wikidata
- #death
“Opis: Napoleon I do Józefiny, podczas Tylży.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:pl
“If someone cuts off your arm, no doubt you would shout and cry in paint; last night I was deprived of Speransky and he was my right arm. [...] You will examine [his] papers but you will find nothing; he was not a traitor”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
“Opis: o koronacji Aleksandra I.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:pl
18231 item
The 1817–1824 cholera pandemic reached Astrakhan, and the Tsar ordered an anti-cholera campaign that was imitated in other countries
- #wikipedia
- #event
18221 item
Issued orders that a deputation from the Greek Morea province to the Congress of Verona be turned back on the road
- #wikipedia
- #event
18181 item
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William (1818).
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
18151 item
From the end of the year 1818 Alexander's views began to change
- #wikipedia
- #event
18141 item
Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1814).
- #wikidata
- #trophy
- #achievement
18131 item
Awarded Iron Cross (1813), 2nd class (1813).
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
18122 items
The Sixth Coalition was formed with Russia, Prussia, Great Britain, Sweden, Spain, and other nations
- #wikipedia
- #event
When Napoleon's invasion of Russia descended into a catastrophe for the French
- #wikipedia
- #event
18101 item
Withdrew Russia from the Continental System and trade between Britain and Russia grew
- #wikipedia
- #event
18093 items
Declared plainly that he would not allow the Austrian Empire to be crushed out of existence
- #wikipedia
- #event
After Sweden's refusal to join the Continental System
- #wikipedia
- #event
Was widely rumoured to have had an affair with the Finnish noblewoman Ulla Möllersvärd and to have had a child by her, but this is not confirmed
- #wikipedia
- #event
18081 item
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1808).
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
18051 item
Joined Britain in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon, but after suffering massive defeats at the battles of Austerlitz and Friedland, he switched sides and formed an alliance with Napoleon in the Treaty o
- #wikipedia
- #event
18031 item
Beethoven dedicated his Opus 30 Violin Sonata to Alexander who in response gave the famous composer a diamond at the Congress of Vienna where they met in 1814
- #wikipedia
- #event
18014 items
And created a new social category of "free ploughman", for peasants voluntarily emancipated by their masters, in 1803
- #wikipedia
- #event
Alexander appointed Pavel Tsitsianov, a die-hard Russian imperialist of Georgian origin, as Russian commander in chief of the Caucasus
- #wikipedia
- #event
Career landmark: Emperor of all the Russias (1801–1825).
- #wikidata
- #milestone
A subject of Persia for centuries, and the incorporation of the Derbent Khanate as well quickly thereafter, Alexander was determined to increase and maintain Russian influence in the strategically valuable Caucasus regio
- #wikipedia
- #event
17771 item
Born 1777-12-12.
- #wikidata
- #birth