Historical place archive

Novgorod in History

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

10 records6 event labels8 people1176–1831

Historical events in Novgorod

1176

1176
Treaty of Novgorod
Vsevolod III · House of Rurik

Novgorod granted right to select prince. 1st Novgorod Treaty with German towns & Gotland

1389

1389
Capture of Novgorod
Vasily I · Military

Captures Nizhini Novgorod

1478

1478
Capture of Novgorod
Ivan III the Great · House of Moscow

Moscow captures Novgorod

1494

1494
Capture of Novgorod
Ivan III the Great · Civil War

Earns the name Ivan the Great. Closes the Hanseatic Kontor & extends rule to the Urals by taking Novgorod

1526

1526
Archbishop
Macarius Makary · Russian Orthodox Church

Appointed Archbishop of Novgorod

1617

25 February 1617
Rule of Novgorod
Michael · Russia War

Under the Treaty of Stolbovo Russia secures the return of Novgorod from Sweden

1650

1650
Reballion of Rebels in Novgorod
Alexis I Mikhaylovich · Revolution of Russia

A rebellion at Novgorod is caused by bad harvests, plague & oppression by landlords

1650
Reballion of Rebels in Novgorod
Alexis I Mikhaylovich · Military

A rebellion at Novgorod is caused by bad harvests, plague & oppression by landlords

1724

1724
Archbishop
Feofan Prokopovich · Russian Orthodox Church

Appointed Archbishop of Novgorod

1831

July 1831
Reballion of to suppress the
Nicholas I · Military

Uses troops to suppress the rebellion in Novgorod

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Novgorod. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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