# Nicholas II - Emperor of all Russia

URL: https://history-russia.com/rulers/nicholas-ii
Reign: 1894 - 1917
Born-Died: 1868 - 1918
Dynasty: Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II

Nicholas II, the last emperor, faced defeat by Japan, the 1905 Revolution and the First World War. He abdicated in March 1917 and was murdered with his family in 1918.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Alexander III](https://history-russia.com/rulers/alexander-iii)
- Succeeded by: [Georgy Lvov](https://history-russia.com/rulers/georgy-lvov)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1894 - [Nicholas II becomes Emperor](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1894-nicholas-ii-becomes-emperor)
- 1896 - [Khodynka tragedy](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1896-khodynka-tragedy)
- 1897 - [First census and the gold standard](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1897-first-census-and-the-gold-standard)
- 1898 - [Social Democrats and the Moscow Art Theatre](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1898-social-democrats-and-the-moscow-art-theatre)
- 1903 - [Bolsheviks and Mensheviks split](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1903-bolsheviks-and-mensheviks-split)
- 1904 - [Russo-Japanese War begins](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1904-russo-japanese-war-begins)
- 1905 - [Bloody Sunday](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1905-bloody-sunday)
- 1905 - [Battle of Tsushima](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1905-battle-of-tsushima)
- 1905 - [Mutiny on the Potemkin](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1905-mutiny-on-the-potemkin)
- 1905 - [October Manifesto](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1905-october-manifesto)
- 1906 - [First State Duma](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1906-first-state-duma)
- 1906 - [Stolypin's agrarian reform](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1906-stolypin-s-agrarian-reform)
- 1907 - [Anglo-Russian Convention](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1907-anglo-russian-convention)
- 1908 - [Tunguska event](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1908-tunguska-event)
- 1910 - [Death of Leo Tolstoy](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1910-death-of-leo-tolstoy)
- 1911 - [Assassination of Stolypin](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1911-assassination-of-stolypin)
- 1912 - [Lena goldfields massacre](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1912-lena-goldfields-massacre)
- 1913 - [Romanov tercentenary and the Silver Age](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1913-romanov-tercentenary-and-the-silver-age)
- 1914 - [Russia enters the First World War](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1914-russia-enters-the-first-world-war)
- 1914 - [Battle of Tannenberg](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1914-battle-of-tannenberg)
- 1915 - [The Great Retreat](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1915-the-great-retreat)
- 1916 - [Brusilov offensive](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1916-brusilov-offensive)
- 1916 - [Murder of Rasputin](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1916-murder-of-rasputin)
- 1917 - [February Revolution](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1917-february-revolution)
- 1917 - [Lenin returns: the April Theses](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1917-lenin-returns-the-april-theses)
- 1917 - [July Days and Kerensky's government](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1917-july-days-and-kerensky-s-government)
- 1917 - [Kornilov affair](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1917-kornilov-affair)
- 1917 - [October Revolution](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1917-october-revolution)
- 1917 - [The Cheka is created](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1917-the-cheka-is-created)