Historical place archive

Saint Petersburg in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Saint Petersburg in Austria. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1837–1899

Historical events in Saint Petersburg

1837

30 October 1837
First Russian Passenger Railway
Franz Anton von Gerstner · Civil Engineering

Introduces regular passenger railway service in the Russian Empire.

30 October 1837
Tsarskoye Selo Railway Opening
Franz Anton von Gerstner · Civil Engineering

Opens the railway linking Saint Petersburg with Tsarskoye Selo.

1899

1899
Ambassador
Graf Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal · Government of Austria

Appointed Ambassador in Saint Petersburg

Provenance

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