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April 22, 1870: ·Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, later known as [Lenin], in the Russian city of Simbirsk. March 13, 1881: ·Assassination of [Tsar Alexander II]. May 20, 1887: ·Alexander Ulyanov, Lenin's brother, [hanged] in St. Petersburg. December 17, 1887: ·Lenin arrested in student protest at [Kazan] University, later expelled from the University. November 1891: ·Lenin passes law examination as external student at [St. Petersburg] University. Summer 1895: ·Lenin goes abroad for the first time, meets Plekhanov. December 21, 1895: ·Lenin arrested by the Tsar's [police]. February 1897: ·Lenin exiled to [Siberia] for three years. March 1898: ·Social Democratic Party, first Russian [Marxist] party, founded in Minsk. July 22, 1898: ·Lenin marries [Nadezhda Krupskaya] in Shushenskoe, Siberia. February 10, 1900: ·Lenin's [exile] ends, and he returns to St. Petersburg. July 1900: ·Lenin travels to [Western Europe]. December 1900: ·First issue of [Iskra] published in Germany. March 1902: ·Publication of Lenin's What Is To Be Done? July-August 1903: ·Second Congress of Social Democrats in Brussels and London; [Bolshevik-Menshevik] split emerges for the first time. February 1904: ·Outbreak of [Russo-Japanese War]. January 22, 1905: ·"Bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg, beginning of 1905 Revolution. April-May 1905: ·Third Congress in London; Lenin dominates. October 30, 1905: ·Nicholas II issues "October Manifesto," promising civil liberties and a democratically elected "Duma." November 1905: ·Lenin returns to Russia. December 1905: ·Lenin in Finland for a Bolshevik conference, where he meets Stalin for the first time. December 1907: ·Lenin returns to Western Europe, settles in Switzerland December 1908: ·Lenin moves to Paris, meets Inessa Armand. January-February 1912: ·Split with Mensheviks becomes official, Bolsheviks form their own party. June 1912: ·Lenin moves to Krakow in Austrian Poland. May 1913: ·Lenin settles in Polish village of Poronin. August-September 1914: ·Outbreak of World War I (1914-1918); Lenin leaves Poland for Switzerland. March 8, 1917: ·Beginning of Revolution in St. Petersburg. March 15, 1917: ·Nicholas II abdicates, Provisional Government formed. April 1917: ·Lenin takes "sealed train" through Germany back to Russia. April 16-17, 1917: ·Lenin reaches St. Petersburg/Petrograd, issues "April Theses" advocating overthrow of Provisional Government. July 17, 1917: ·Attempted Bolshevik coup in Petrograd ("July Days"); Lenin goes into hiding. July 24, 1917: ·Kerensky becomes Prime Minister. November 6-7, 1917: ·Bolsheviks seize power, Kerensky flees. December 15, 1917: ·Temporary armistice signed with Germany. December 1917: ·White armies begin to form in the Ukraine, beginning of civil war. January 18, 1918: ·Constituent Assembly convenes, and is forcibly broken up by Bolsheviks. March 3, 1918: ·Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed with Germany, ending Russia's involvement in World War I. March 13, 1918: ·Trotsky appointed People's Commissar for War, takes charge of the Red Army. Spring-Summer 1918: ·Allied forces land in Murmansk, Archangel, and Vladivostok. July 17, 1918: ·Murder of Nicholas II and his family in Ekaterinburg. August 30, 1918: ·Assassination attempt on Lenin by Fanya Kaplan. September 1918: ·Official beginning of the Red Terror when Lenin orders the Red troops to begin taking hostages. White armies driven back along the Volga. November 1918: ·End of World War I in Western Europe. April 1919: ·First concentration camps established in Russia. April 26, 1920: ·Poland invades Russia. June 1920: ·Poles driven back to Warsaw by Red Army. September 24, 1920: ·Inessa Armand dies. November 1920: ·Evacuation of the last White forces across the Black Sea. 1921: ·Famine in Russia, nearly 5 million die. March 1921: ·Military uprising on Kronstadt Island. March 8, 1921: ·Tenth Party Congress in Moscow, Lenin announces New Economic Policy. April 1922: ·Stalin appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party. May 26, 1922: ·Lenin suffers first stroke. Summer 1922: ·Lenin convalesces at Gorki. December 16, 1922: ·Lenin suffers second stroke. December-January 1922-23: ·Lenin dictates his "Testament", warning against Stalin. March 10, 1923: ·Lenin suffers his third stroke, loses the power of speech. January 21, 1924: ·Lenin dies January 27, 1924: ·Lenin's embalmed body installed in Red Square mausoleum.