Historical place archive

Leipzig in History

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

6 records3 event labels6 people1813–1900

Historical events in Leipzig

1813

16 October 1813
Battle of Leipzig
Alexander I · Napoleonic Wars

Russia joins Prussia, Austria and other allies in defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig.

1900

24 December 1900
Iskra Editorial Board
Pavel Borisovich Axelrod · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Works with Plekhanov and Lenin on Iskra.

24 December 1900
Iskra Editorial Board
Vera Ivanovna Zasulich · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Works on Iskra as part of the exile editorial circle.

24 December 1900
Iskra Founded
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Serves as senior Marxist figure in the Iskra group.

24 December 1900
Iskra Founded
Julius Martov · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Joins Lenin and Plekhanov in the Iskra editorial group.

24 December 1900
Iskra Founded
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Helps launch Iskra as a central paper for Russian Marxists.

Provenance

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