Historical place archive

Saint Petersburg in History

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

9 records9 event labels4 people1805–1918

Historical events in Saint Petersburg

1805

1805
Coalition, 3rd
William Pitt · Napoleonic Wars

Builds the Third Coalition while Trafalgar secures British command of the sea.

1826

4 April 1826
Independence of Great Britain
Arthur Wellesley · Tory Party

Wellington signs the Saint Petersburg Protocol with Russia to intervene in the Greek revolt against Turkey

4 April 1826
Independence of Greece
Arthur Wellesley · Tory Party

Wellington signs the Saint Petersburg Protocol with Russia to intervene in the Greek revolt against Turkey

4 April 1826
Protocol-Saint Petersburg
Arthur Wellesley · Tory Party

Wellington signs the Saint Petersburg Protocol with Russia to intervene in the Greek revolt against Turkey

1907

1907
Convention
Edward Grey · Liberal Party Government

Russia and Great Britain signed the Convention of Saint Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russias sphere of influence

1907
Convention of Saint Petersburg
Edward Grey · Liberal Party Government

Russia and Great Britain signed the Convention of Saint Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russias sphere of influence

1907
Rule of Afghanistan
Edward Grey · Liberal Party Government

Russia and Great Britain signed the Convention of Saint Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russias sphere of influence

1917

1917
Conference of Saint Petersburg
Alfred Milner · World War, 1st

Attends the Allied Conference in Saint Petersburg

1918

26 March 1918
Allied Generalissimo
Alfred Milner · World War, 1st

Instrumental in getting General Ferdinand Foch appointed as Allied Generalissimo

Provenance

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