Trotsky took part in the 1917 October Revolution, immediately becoming a leader within the Communist Party. He was one of the seven members of the first Politburo. He was a prominent figure in the early People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army After the rise of Joseph Stalin, Trotsky was removed from his positions and eventually expelled from the Soviet Union in February 1929. He spent the rest of his life in exile, and was assassinated in 1940 in Mexico City by Ramón Mercader, a Soviet agent.
Trotsky's ideas developed the basis of Trotskyism, a prime school of Marxist thought that opposes the theories of Stalinism. He was written out of the history books under Stalin and was one of the few Soviet political personalities who was not rehabilitated by the Soviet administration under Nikita Khrushchev in the 1950s. (Intro from Wikipedia)
November 7, 1879 - Yanovka (today Bereslavka), Ukraine - Lev Davidovich Bronstein is born of a ukranian jewish family
September(?) 1(?), 1886(?) - Gromoklei - Lev enrolls in a yiddish-language school at the village of Gromoklei, aged 7
August(?) 1(?), 1887 - Yanovka - While spending Summer at Yanovska, his 28-year-old journalist cousin, Moishe Shpentser, convince Lev's father to let them bring Lev to their cramped house so he could attend school in Odessa
September(?) 1(?), 1888 - Odessa, Ukraine - Lev's rich parents decide to put him on the german-speaking "Realschule" in Odessa when he was 9
July 8, 1896 - Nikolayev (Mykolaiv, Ukraine) - Lev moves to Nikolayev to prepare for university entrance
August(?) 1(?), 1896 - Nikolayev - 17-year-old Lev Bronstein is introduced to Franz Shvigovskii, a key figure in a commune of revolutionaty youngsters. He is also introduced to the only woman of the commune, 22-year-old Aleksandra Sokolovskaya
October(?) 1(?), 1896 - Yanovka - Lev returns to his father's house as a "guest" after fainting in Nikolayev
November(?) 1(?), 1896 - Odessa, Ukraine - Lev goes to stay with an uncle in Odessa, to attend mathematics lectures at the University
December 1(?), 1896 - Nikolayev - Lev returns to the Nikolayev Commune, to politics and to the company of Aleksandra Sokolovskaya
January 1, 1897 - Nikolayev - New Year's party with Shvigovskii and Aleksandra
February 1(?), 1897 - Nikolayev - Lev helps organize the South Russian Workers' Union in Nikolayev. He begins writing revolutionary leaflets and proclamations, signing as "Lvov" =(START)
January 28, 1898 - Nikolayev - Lev is arrested with other 200 member of the Union
February 18(?), 1898 - Kherson - Lev is moved to Kherson prison after 3 weeks
March 1, 1898 - While in Kherson - The first congress of the Social Democratic party meets at Minsk
April(?) 1(?), 1898 - Odessa - Lev is moved to Odessa prison
November 1(?), 1899 - Moscow - After being sentenced to 4 years in exile in Siberia, Lev is held in a Moscow transit prison for 6 months. Marries Aleksandra Sokolovskaya in prison
October(?) 1(?), 1900 - Ust-Kut, Siberia - Lev Bronstein reaches his exile place in Ust-Kut, Siberia
November(?) 1(?), 1900 - While in Ust-Kut - In London, the newspaper "Iskra" (the spark) is founded
December 1, 1900 - While in Ust-Kut - The first edition of "Iskra" is published in Leipzig, Germany
March 27, 1901 - Ust-Kut, Siberia - Daughter Zinaida Volkova is born
January(?) 1(?), 1902 - Verkholensk - Daughter Nina is born
August(?) 1(?), 1902 - Verkholensk - With support from Aleksandra, Bronstein escapes from Siberia hidden in a load of hay on a wagon. Having stolen a passport in the name of "Leon Trotsky" (a former jailer in Odessa), it becomes his revolutionary pseudonym
August(?) 15(?), 1902 - Samara - Train stop at Samara. Through friends of Lenin, "Leon Trotsky" joins the Iskra organization under the name of "Pero"
September(?) 1(?), 1902 - Kharkov | Poltava | Kiev - Trotsky visits Kharkov, Poltava and Kiev to meet Iskra revolutionaries at the request of the Samara organization
October(?) 1(?), 1902 - Kiev - Reaches Kiev on his way to London
October(?) 5(?), 1902 - Brody - At Brody, a farmer takes Trotsky to the austrian border
October(?) 6(?), 1902 - Kamenetz-Podolsk - Trotsky crosses the Austrian border at Kamenetz-Podolsk
October(?) 8(?), 1902 - Vienna, Austria - Trotsky arrives in Vienna and manages to get the address of Victor Adler, the leader of the Austrian Social Democracy, and visit him
October(?) 12(?), 1902 - Zurich, Switzerland - Reaches Zurich on his way to London
October(?) 15(?), 1902 - Paris - Reaches Paris on his way to London
October 20(?), 1902 - London - Trotsky reaches London and goes straight to the house where Lenin was staying. He begins writing for "Iskra"
December(?) 1(?), 1902 - Paris - Lecture tour of Brussels, Liège and Paris. Meets Natalia Sedova in Paris
March 1(?), 1903 - Paris - Lenin decides that Trotsky should not return to Russia but stay abroad and be co-opted on the editorial board of "Iskra"
May 1(?), 1903 - Geneva, Switzerland - The editorial board of "Iskra" moves to Geneva. Trotsky was already living together with Natalia Sedova
July 30, 1903 - Brussels - First session of the 2nd congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
August 11, 1903 - London - The 2nd Congress of the RSDLP moves to London
August 24, 1903 - London - After the congress, Lenin leads a group of bolsheviks to Highgate Cemetery to visit the grave of Karl Marx
November 17, 1903 - London - The party splits into two irreconcilable factions: the bolsheviks, headed by Lenin, and the Mensheviks, headed by Julius Martov
December(?) 1(?), 1903 - Paris(?) - Trotsky marries Natalia Sedova
April 1(?), 1904 - Munich, Germany - Moves to Munich, Germany
September 1(?), 1904 - Munich - Trotsky leaves the mensheviks over their insistence on an alliance with russian liberals and their opposition to a reconciliation with Lenin and the Bolsheviks
January 3, 1905 - While in Geneva - A strike breaks out at the Putilov Works in Saint Petersburg
January 7, 1905 - While in Geneva - The strike in Saint Petersburg grows into a general strike with 140,000 strikers
January 9, 1905 - While in Geneva - Bloody Sunday - Father Georgi Gapon leads a peaceful procession of citizens through the streets to the Winter Palace to beseech the Tsar for food and relief from the oppressive government. The Palace Guard fires on the peaceful demonstration, resulting in the deaths of some 1,000 demonstrators
January 10, 1905 - Geneva - Trotsky learns about the Bloody Sunday
January 23, 1905 - Geneva - Returns to Geneva from a lecture tour
February 17, 1905 - Vienna, Austria - Trotsky learns about Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich's assassination
February 20(?), 1905 - Kiev - Following the events of Bloody Sunday, Trotsky returns to Russia in secret, via Kiev
March(?) 1(?), 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Trotsky returns to Saint-Petersburg with a passport of a landowner named Vikentiev
May 1, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Natalia Sedova is arrested. Trotsky goes into hiding
July(?) 1(?), 1905 - Rauha, Finland - Flees to Finland from Saint-Petersburg
August 6, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - In Saint-Petersburg when the Tsar offers his opponents the right to summon a purely consultative "parliamentary" assembly
September 19, 1905 - While in Rauha - The typesetters at the Ivan Sytin's printing house in Moscow go out on strike for shorter hours and higher pay
September 24, 1905 - While in Rauha - By the evening of 24 September, the workers at 50 other printing shops in Moscow are also on strike
October 7, 1905 - While in Rauha - The railway workers of the Moscow–Kazan Railway go out on strike
October 14, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Attends a meeting of the Saint-Petersburg Soviet
October 15, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Speaks before the Saint Petersburg Soviet Council of Workers Deputies, which was meeting at the Technological Institute in the city. Also attending were some 200,000 people crowded outside to hear the speeches—about half of all workers in Saint Petersburg
November 13, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - In alliance with the mensheviks, Trotsky starts the newspaper "Nachalo" (the Beginning)
December 3, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Trotsky is arrested
February 24, 1906 - Saint-Petersburg - Son Lev Sedov is born
September 19, 1906 - Saint-Petersburg - The trial of the Soviet of Workers' delegated begins
October 4, 1906 - Saint-Petersburg - He is convicted and sentenced to exile in the village of Obdorsk, within the Arctic circle
January 3, 1907 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Natalia Sedova from transfer prison
January 11, 1907 - on his way to Obdorsk, via Tyuman - Letter to Natalia Sedova on his way to Obdorsk
February 10(?), 1907 - Tobolsk - Trotsky reaches Tyuman by train. The group then reaches Tobolsk on horseback.
February 12, 1907 - Berezovka, NNE of Tobolsk - The 14 prisoners and their 52 guards reach Berezovka after a journey of 33 days
February 17, 1907 - Berezovka, NNE of Tobolsk - Trotsky escapes while en route to exile in Obdorsk, Siberia
February 24(?), 1907 - Ural Mountains - With the help of local zyryan people, Trotsky makes 700km to the Ural Mountains in a week
February 25(?), 1907 - Perm - Trotsky reaches Perm and telegraphs to Natalia in Terioki, Finland. He then boards a train heading west in safety
February 28(?), 1907 - Saint-Petersburg - Trotsky reaches Saint-Petersburg in just 11 days
March(?) 10(?), 1907 - near Helsinki, Finland - Trotsky moves with Natalia and their youngest child to the safety of Finland
May 13, 1907 - London - Attends the 5th Congress of the RSDLP (until June 1st)
October 1(?), 1907 - Vienna, Austria - Moves to Vienna
March 21, 1908 - While in Vienna - Son Sergei Sedov is born
October 1(?), 1908 - Vienna - Trotsky is asked to join the editorial staff of the russian-language social democrat newspaper "Pravda" (truth)
January 3, 1909 - Vienna - Publication of the article "The Young Turks" on "Kievskaya Mysl"
August 27(?), 1910 - Germany - Lenin, coming from Paris, and Trotsky, coming from Vienna, end up at the same railway station awaiting a connection to Copenhagen. Lenin is furious with Trotsky because of his article on Russian Social Democracy for the newspaper of the german Social Democratic Party "Vorwärts"
August 28, 1910 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Copenhagen International Socialist Congress begins
September 3, 1910 - Copenhagen - The Copenhagen International Socialist Congress ends
August 20, 1911 - Berne, Switzerland - The Conference of the Foreign Bureau of the Central Committee begins
August 23, 1911 - Berne - The Conference of the Foreign Bureau of the Central Committee ends
September 1(?), 1911 - Jena, Germany - Social Democratic congress at Jena
August 1(?), 1912 - Vienna, Austria - Trotsky organizes a "unification" conference of russian social democratic factions in Vienna
September 30(?), 1912 - Belgrade, Serbia - Newspaper "Kievskaya Mysl" sends him to the Balkans as its war correspondent
October 6, 1912 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Trotsky arrives in Sofia
September 1(?), 1913 - Black Sea Coast - Trotsky tours the Black Sea Coast, describing the life of isolated communities of russian religious sects that had settled in the region
January 1(?), 1914 - Vienna, Austria - Trotsky is visited by Duma deputies Skobelev and N.S.Chkheidze
July 19, 1914 - While in Vienna - Germany declares war on Russia
August 3, 1914 - Vienna - Trotsky is forced to flee Vienna for neutral Switzerland to avoid arrest as a russian émigré (Austria-Hungary fought against the Russian Empire)
August 10(?), 1914 - Zurich, Switzerland - Moves to Zurich
November 19, 1914 - Paris - Moves to Paris as correspondent for the "Kievskaya Mysl"
January 29, 1915 - Paris - Trotsky begins editing "Nashe Slovo" (Our Word), an internationalist socialist newspaper
September 5, 1915 - Zimmerwald, Switzerland - Attends the Zimmerwald Conference (until September 9th)
July 4, 1916 - Paris - Publishes the article "On the Events in Dublin" for "Nashe Slovo"
October 30, 1916 - Irun, Spanish-french border - Trotsky is deported to Spain for his anti-war activities
October 31, 1916 - San Sebastian - Spends a night in San Sebastian
November 1, 1916 - Madrid - Arrives in Madrid
November 12, 1916 - Madrid - Trotsky is released but put on a train to Cádiz to abandon Spain
November 13, 1916 - Cádiz - Arrives in Cádiz by train
November 30, 1916 - Cádiz - Natalia Sedova and the children doesn't arrive in time and they miss the steamer to New York
December 21, 1916 - Madrid - Spends a day in Madrid while travelling by train between Cádiz and Barcelona
December 28, 1916 - Barcelona - Sails to the United States on board the steamer "Montserrat"
January 14, 1917 - New York, United States - Trotsky arrives in New York on board the steamer "Montserrat"
March 27, 1917 - New York - Trotsky departs from the United States aboard the "SS Kristianiafjord"
March 29, 1917 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - "SS Kristianiafjord" is intercepted by british naval officials
April 3, 1917 - Amherst Internment Camp, Nova Scotia - Trotsky is imprisoned at Amherst Internment Camp in Nova Scotia
April 29, 1917 - Amherst Internment Camp, Nova Scotia - The british government releases him
May 3, 1917 - Halifax - Trotsky sails from Halifax on board the danish ship "Helig Olav"
May 17, 1917 - Petrograd - Returns to Petrograd (Saint-Petersburg was renamed in September 1st, 1914)
June 16, 1917 - Petrograd - Elected a member of the first All-Russian Central Executive Committee at the First Congress of Soviets (until July7th) from the Mezhraiontsy faction
August 7, 1917 - Petrograd - Trotsky is arrested after an unsuccessful pro-bolshevik uprising in Petrograd (Saint-Petersburg)
September 17(?), 1917 - Petrograd - Released from prison after 40 days
September 25, 1917 - Petrograd - Trotsky is elected chairman of the Petrograd Soviet after the bolsheviks gain a majority
October 25, 1917 - Petrograd - In the early hours of 25 October, Stalin joins Lenin in a Central Committee meeting in the Smolny Institute, from where the Bolshevik coup—the October Revolution—was being directed. Armed Bolshevik militia had seized Petrograd's electric power station, main post office, state bank, telephone exchange, and several bridges. A Bolshevik-controlled ship, the "Aurora", sails up to the Winter Palace, and opens fire, with the assembled delegates of the Provisional Government surrendering and being arrested by the Bolsheviks
October 26, 1917 - Petrograd - The Second All Russian Congress of Soviet holds its opening session - Trotsky dismissed the opposing Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries from Congress
December 22, 1917 - Brest-Litovsk, Belarus - Trotsky leads the soviet delegation during the peace negotiations in Brest-Litovsk
January 7, 1918 - Petrograd - Trotsky returns from Brest-Litovsk with an ultimatum from the Central Powers: either Russia accept Germany's territorial demands or the war would resume
February 18, 1918 - While in Petrograd - Germany resumes military operations against. Lenin is forced to send a radiogram accepting the final Brest-Litovsk peace terms. Trotsky abstains
March 13, 1918 - Petrograd - Trotsky resigns as Commissar for Foreign Affairs. He is appointed People's Commissar of Army and Navy affairs, and chairman of the Supreme Military Council. Trotsky gains control of the Red Army
August 17, 1918 - Petrograd - In response to the failed assassination of Lenin on August 30th and the assassination of the Petrograd Cheka Moisei Uritsky on August 17th, the bolsheviks instruct Felix Dzerzhinsky to commence the "Red Terror". Trotsky writes on the "Red Gazette": "The bourgeoisie today is a falling class... We are forced to tear it off, to chop it away. The Red Terror is a weapon utilized against a class, doomed to destruction, which does not wish to perish. If the White Terror can only retard the historical rise of the proletariat, the Red Terror hastens the destruction of the bourgeoisie"
January 1(?), 1919 - Kronstadt - Visit to Kronstadt, following a disastrous naval attack on Tallinn
March 18, 1919 - Moscow - The 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party begins in Moscow
March 23, 1919 - Moscow - The 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party ends
July 3, 1919 - Moscow(?) - During a Central Committee meeting, the majority disagrees with Trotsky's plan to capture Siberia before the winter so that more divisions could be freed up for the Southern Front
July 5, 1919 - Moscow(?) - Trotsky offers his resignation. The Politburo and the Central Committee unanimously reject it
October 1(?), 1919 - Petrograd - Trotsky departs to Petrograd with support of Stalin and Zinoviev (who prevailed against Lenin in the Central Committee). He believed that Petrograd shouldn't be abandoned to defend Moscow
October 22, 1919 - Petrograd - The Red Army resumes the offensive under Trotsky
November 5(?), 1919 - Petrograd - General Nikolay Yudenich's troops are driven back to Estonia, where they are disarmed and interned. Trotsky is awarded the Order of the Red Banner for his actions
December(?) 1(?), 1919 - Urals - Trotsky spends the Winter in the Urals Region, trying to restart its economy
May 5, 1920 - Moscow - At Sverdlov Square, Lenin, Trotsky and Kamenev motivate the troops to fight on the Soviet-Polish War
September 22, 1920 - Moscow - Trotsky arrives in Petrograd from Siberia. He presents an ultimatum to the rebels in Kronstadt
March 5, 1921 - Petrograd - Trotsky arrives in Petrograd from Siberia. He presents an ultimatum to the rebels in Kronstadt
March 7, 1921 - While in Petrograd - Military operations begin against the Island of Kronstadt
March 8, 1921 - Moscow - The 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party begins
March 16, 1921 - Moscow - The 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party ends
September 11, 1922 - Moscow - Lenin proposes that Trotsky become his deputy at the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom). The Politburo approves the proposal but Trotsky refuses
April 11, 1923 - Moscow - The 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party begins
April 25, 1923 - Moscow - The 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party ends
January 16, 1924 - Moscow - The 13th Party Conference begins
January 18, 1924 - Moscow - The 13th Party Conference ends
January 21, 1924 - On the way to the Caucasus - Trotsky learns about Lenin's death on his way to a Caucasian resort to recover from his prolonged illness
January 27, 1924 - While on his way back to Moscow - Lenin's funeral. His body is carried to the Red Square. Stalin is one of the pallbearers
May 23, 1924 - Moscow - The 13th Communist Party Congress begins - Lenin's political testament is read
May 31, 1924 - Moscow - The 13th Communist Party Congress ends - Embarrassed by its contents, Stalin offers his resignation as General Secretary; this act of humility saves him and he is retained in the position
November 7, 1924 - Moscow - Attends the October Revolution Parede on the Red Square
January 6, 1925 - Moscow - Trotsky is forced to resign as People's Commissar of Army and Fleet Affairs and Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council. Zinoviev demands his expulsion from the Communist Party but Stalin refuses
May 1(?), 1925 - Moscow - Trotsky is given the posts of Chairman of the Concessions Committee, Head of the Eletrotechnical board, and Chairman of the scientific-technical board of Industry
July 30, 1926 - Moscow - Trotsky and Stalin bear the coffin of Felix Dzerzhinsky
October 1(?), 1926 - Moscow - 15th Party Conference - Trotsky can barely speak because of interruptions and catcalls. He looses his Politburo seat
October 1(?), 1927 - Moscow - Zinoviev and Trotsky are removed from the Central Committee
November 12, 1927 - Moscow - Zinoviev and Trotsky are expelled from the Communist Party
November 16, 1927 - Moscow - Soviet diplomat Adolph Joffe commits suicide. Trotsky gives the eulogy at his funeral
January 31, 1928 - Alma Ata, Kazakhstan - Trotsky is exiled to Alma Ata, Kazakhstan
February 1(?), 1929 - Istanbul, Turkey - Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Union to Turkey, accompanied by his wife Natalia Sedova and their eldest son, Lev
April 1(?), 1929 - Büyükada Island - Trotsky and Natalia Sedova are moved to the Island of Büyükada
November 14, 1932 - Istanbul - Trotsky departs to Denmark aboard the "SS Praga", via Naples and Marseille
November 19(?), 1932 - Naples, Italy - Trotsky arrives in Naples. Short sightseeing trip to Pompeii and Sorrento
November 21, 1932 - Marseille, France - Trotsky arrives in Marseille. Travels by train to Dunkirk
November 22, 1932 - Dunkirk - Trotsky boards a ship to Denmark
November 23, 1932 - Esbjerg, Denmark - Trotsky arrives in Denmark
November 27, 1932 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Speech in Copenhagen to an audience of 2,500 people
December 8, 1932 - Brindisi, Italy - Press statement
December 11, 1932 - Istanbul - Trotsky returns to Turkey. Press Statement
July 1(?), 1933 - Royan, France - Trotsky is offered exile in France by Prime Minister Édouard Daladier. Trotsky accepts the offer but is forbidden to live in Paris
February 1(?), 1934 - Barbizon, France - Following the 6 February 1934 Crisis in France, the authorities instruct Trotsky to move to a residence in the tiny village of Barbizon
May 2, 1935 - Barbizon - France and the Soviet Union conclude the Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistence. Trotsky is officially informed that he has to abandon France
June 18, 1935 - Norderhov, near Hønefoss, Norway - Trotsky and wife become guests of Konrad Knudsen, editor of a working class paper, at Norderhov, near Hønefoss, Norway
September 19, 1935 - Oslo, Norway - Hospitalized for a few weeks
August 5, 1936 - Norderhov, near Hønefoss - Knudsen's house is burgled by fascists while he and Trotsky were out on a seashore trip. Trotsky sends the first copies of the finished manuscript "The Revolution Betrayed" to the american and french translators
August 14, 1936 - While in Norderhov - The Soviet Press Agency TASS announces the discovery of a "Trotskyist-Zinovievist" plot and the imminent start of the Trial of the 16 accused
August 26, 1936 - Norderhov, near Hønefoss - Norwegian policemen arrive at Knudsen's house demanding that Trotsky sign new conditions for residing in Norway
September 2, 1936 - Hurum, Norway - Prime-Minister Trygve Lie orders that Trotsky and his wife be transfered to a farm in Hurum, under house arrest
December 18, 1936 - Hurum - Trotsky manages to smuggle a letter titled "The Moscow Confessions"
December 19, 1936 - Oslo - Trotsky and his wife are deported from Norway and depart to Mexico on board the norwegian freighter "Ruth"
December 27, 1936 - Off Azores Islands - The "Ruth" passes the Azores Islands
January 9, 1937 - Tampico, Mexico - Leon Trotsky and Natalia Sedova arrive in Mexico at Tampico. Frida Kahlo is waiting for them on the dock
January 15(?), 1937 - Coyoacán, Mexico City - Trotsky and Natalia Sedova are offered the "La Casa Azul" (Blue House) as a residence. Frida Kahlo begins an affair with him
April 1(?), 1937 - Coyoacán - Diego Rivera and Trotsky set up a Joint Commission of Inquiry into the Moscow Trials. it is chaired by the philosopher John Dewey. This Commission clears Trotsky of the accusation brought against him by Stalin
July 7, 1937 - 80 miles from Mexico City - Trotsky and his party move to a hacienda 80 miles from Mexico City due to security concerns. End of the affair with Frida Kahlo
July 27, 1937 - Coyoacán - Returns to the "La Casa Azul"
April 15, 1938 - Coyoacán - Letter to James Cannon
July 25, 1938 - Coyoacán - André Breton, Rivera and Trotsky tour Mexico and together write "A Manifesto for a Free Revolutionary Art" (signed by Breton and Rivera, but likely co-authored by Trotsky). Frida Kahlo travels to New York and Paris where some of her paintings were being exhibited for the first time
October 30, 1938 - Coyoacán - Letter to James Cannon
November 1(?), 1938 - Coyoacán - Rivera and Frida Kahlo protest against the government, calling for a demonstration against the "vandalism of the authorities" (Their friend Juan O'Gorman had painted murals at the Mexican international airport, including caricatures of Hitler and Mussolini. Because of the Anglo-US boycott of Mexican oil, the government had been forced to sell to the Axis powers. General Mujica ordered that the murals be destroyed). Trotsky condemns Rivera's position. Rivera resigns from Trotsky's Fourth International
January 12, 1939 - Coyoacán - Letter to Frida Kahlo
March 27, 1939 - Coyoacán - Letter to James Cannon, condemning Diego Rivera's position
April 1(?), 1939 - Coyoacán - Rivera quarrels with Trotsky after finding out about his affair with Frida Kahlo. Trotsky and Natalia Sedova leave the "La Casa Azul"
June 12, 1939 - Coyoacán - Letter to Diego Rivera
February 27, 1940 - Coyoacán - Trotsky writes his "Political Testament"
May 24, 1940 - Coyoacán - A gang from the Communist Party of Mexico attacks Trotsky's home. They machine gun Trotsky's bedroom but fail to hit him. That gang was led by the Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros
June 8, 1940 - Coyoacán - Trotsky writes the article "Stalin seeks my Death"
August 20, 1940 - Coyoacán - Leon Trotsky is attacked in his study by Ramón Mercader, who fails to kill him using an ice axe. His bodyguards save him and take him to hospital
August 21, 1940 - Coyoacán - Leon Trotsky dies of exsanguination and shock, aged 60 =(END)
August(?) 1(?), 1896 - Nikolayev - 17-year-old Lev Bronstein is introduced to Franz Shvigovskii, a key figure in a commune of revolutionaty youngsters. He is also introduced to the only woman of the commune, 22-year-old Aleksandra Sokolovskaya
October(?) 1(?), 1896 - Yanovka - Lev returns to his father's house as a "guest" after fainting in Nikolayev
November(?) 1(?), 1896 - Odessa, Ukraine - Lev goes to stay with an uncle in Odessa, to attend mathematics lectures at the University
December 1(?), 1896 - Nikolayev - Lev returns to the Nikolayev Commune, to politics and to the company of Aleksandra Sokolovskaya
January 1, 1897 - Nikolayev - New Year's party with Shvigovskii and Aleksandra
February 1(?), 1897 - Nikolayev - Lev helps organize the South Russian Workers' Union in Nikolayev. He begins writing revolutionary leaflets and proclamations, signing as "Lvov" =(START)
January 28, 1898 - Nikolayev - Lev is arrested with other 200 member of the Union
February 18(?), 1898 - Kherson - Lev is moved to Kherson prison after 3 weeks
March 1, 1898 - While in Kherson - The first congress of the Social Democratic party meets at Minsk
April(?) 1(?), 1898 - Odessa - Lev is moved to Odessa prison
November 1(?), 1899 - Moscow - After being sentenced to 4 years in exile in Siberia, Lev is held in a Moscow transit prison for 6 months. Marries Aleksandra Sokolovskaya in prison
October(?) 1(?), 1900 - Ust-Kut, Siberia - Lev Bronstein reaches his exile place in Ust-Kut, Siberia
November(?) 1(?), 1900 - While in Ust-Kut - In London, the newspaper "Iskra" (the spark) is founded
December 1, 1900 - While in Ust-Kut - The first edition of "Iskra" is published in Leipzig, Germany
March 27, 1901 - Ust-Kut, Siberia - Daughter Zinaida Volkova is born
January(?) 1(?), 1902 - Verkholensk - Daughter Nina is born
August(?) 1(?), 1902 - Verkholensk - With support from Aleksandra, Bronstein escapes from Siberia hidden in a load of hay on a wagon. Having stolen a passport in the name of "Leon Trotsky" (a former jailer in Odessa), it becomes his revolutionary pseudonym
August(?) 15(?), 1902 - Samara - Train stop at Samara. Through friends of Lenin, "Leon Trotsky" joins the Iskra organization under the name of "Pero"
September(?) 1(?), 1902 - Kharkov | Poltava | Kiev - Trotsky visits Kharkov, Poltava and Kiev to meet Iskra revolutionaries at the request of the Samara organization
October(?) 1(?), 1902 - Kiev - Reaches Kiev on his way to London
October(?) 5(?), 1902 - Brody - At Brody, a farmer takes Trotsky to the austrian border
October(?) 6(?), 1902 - Kamenetz-Podolsk - Trotsky crosses the Austrian border at Kamenetz-Podolsk
October(?) 8(?), 1902 - Vienna, Austria - Trotsky arrives in Vienna and manages to get the address of Victor Adler, the leader of the Austrian Social Democracy, and visit him
October(?) 12(?), 1902 - Zurich, Switzerland - Reaches Zurich on his way to London
October(?) 15(?), 1902 - Paris - Reaches Paris on his way to London
October 20(?), 1902 - London - Trotsky reaches London and goes straight to the house where Lenin was staying. He begins writing for "Iskra"
December(?) 1(?), 1902 - Paris - Lecture tour of Brussels, Liège and Paris. Meets Natalia Sedova in Paris
March 1(?), 1903 - Paris - Lenin decides that Trotsky should not return to Russia but stay abroad and be co-opted on the editorial board of "Iskra"
May 1(?), 1903 - Geneva, Switzerland - The editorial board of "Iskra" moves to Geneva. Trotsky was already living together with Natalia Sedova
July 30, 1903 - Brussels - First session of the 2nd congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
August 11, 1903 - London - The 2nd Congress of the RSDLP moves to London
August 24, 1903 - London - After the congress, Lenin leads a group of bolsheviks to Highgate Cemetery to visit the grave of Karl Marx
November 17, 1903 - London - The party splits into two irreconcilable factions: the bolsheviks, headed by Lenin, and the Mensheviks, headed by Julius Martov
December(?) 1(?), 1903 - Paris(?) - Trotsky marries Natalia Sedova
April 1(?), 1904 - Munich, Germany - Moves to Munich, Germany
September 1(?), 1904 - Munich - Trotsky leaves the mensheviks over their insistence on an alliance with russian liberals and their opposition to a reconciliation with Lenin and the Bolsheviks
January 3, 1905 - While in Geneva - A strike breaks out at the Putilov Works in Saint Petersburg
January 7, 1905 - While in Geneva - The strike in Saint Petersburg grows into a general strike with 140,000 strikers
January 9, 1905 - While in Geneva - Bloody Sunday - Father Georgi Gapon leads a peaceful procession of citizens through the streets to the Winter Palace to beseech the Tsar for food and relief from the oppressive government. The Palace Guard fires on the peaceful demonstration, resulting in the deaths of some 1,000 demonstrators
January 10, 1905 - Geneva - Trotsky learns about the Bloody Sunday
January 23, 1905 - Geneva - Returns to Geneva from a lecture tour
February 17, 1905 - Vienna, Austria - Trotsky learns about Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich's assassination
February 20(?), 1905 - Kiev - Following the events of Bloody Sunday, Trotsky returns to Russia in secret, via Kiev
March(?) 1(?), 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Trotsky returns to Saint-Petersburg with a passport of a landowner named Vikentiev
May 1, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Natalia Sedova is arrested. Trotsky goes into hiding
July(?) 1(?), 1905 - Rauha, Finland - Flees to Finland from Saint-Petersburg
August 6, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - In Saint-Petersburg when the Tsar offers his opponents the right to summon a purely consultative "parliamentary" assembly
September 19, 1905 - While in Rauha - The typesetters at the Ivan Sytin's printing house in Moscow go out on strike for shorter hours and higher pay
September 24, 1905 - While in Rauha - By the evening of 24 September, the workers at 50 other printing shops in Moscow are also on strike
October 7, 1905 - While in Rauha - The railway workers of the Moscow–Kazan Railway go out on strike
October 14, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Attends a meeting of the Saint-Petersburg Soviet
October 15, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Speaks before the Saint Petersburg Soviet Council of Workers Deputies, which was meeting at the Technological Institute in the city. Also attending were some 200,000 people crowded outside to hear the speeches—about half of all workers in Saint Petersburg
November 13, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - In alliance with the mensheviks, Trotsky starts the newspaper "Nachalo" (the Beginning)
December 3, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Trotsky is arrested
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| Trotsky. Police mugshot, 1905 |
February 24, 1906 - Saint-Petersburg - Son Lev Sedov is born
September 19, 1906 - Saint-Petersburg - The trial of the Soviet of Workers' delegated begins
October 4, 1906 - Saint-Petersburg - He is convicted and sentenced to exile in the village of Obdorsk, within the Arctic circle
January 3, 1907 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Natalia Sedova from transfer prison
January 11, 1907 - on his way to Obdorsk, via Tyuman - Letter to Natalia Sedova on his way to Obdorsk
February 10(?), 1907 - Tobolsk - Trotsky reaches Tyuman by train. The group then reaches Tobolsk on horseback.
February 12, 1907 - Berezovka, NNE of Tobolsk - The 14 prisoners and their 52 guards reach Berezovka after a journey of 33 days
February 17, 1907 - Berezovka, NNE of Tobolsk - Trotsky escapes while en route to exile in Obdorsk, Siberia
February 24(?), 1907 - Ural Mountains - With the help of local zyryan people, Trotsky makes 700km to the Ural Mountains in a week
February 25(?), 1907 - Perm - Trotsky reaches Perm and telegraphs to Natalia in Terioki, Finland. He then boards a train heading west in safety
February 28(?), 1907 - Saint-Petersburg - Trotsky reaches Saint-Petersburg in just 11 days
March(?) 10(?), 1907 - near Helsinki, Finland - Trotsky moves with Natalia and their youngest child to the safety of Finland
May 13, 1907 - London - Attends the 5th Congress of the RSDLP (until June 1st)
October 1(?), 1907 - Vienna, Austria - Moves to Vienna
March 21, 1908 - While in Vienna - Son Sergei Sedov is born
October 1(?), 1908 - Vienna - Trotsky is asked to join the editorial staff of the russian-language social democrat newspaper "Pravda" (truth)
January 3, 1909 - Vienna - Publication of the article "The Young Turks" on "Kievskaya Mysl"
August 27(?), 1910 - Germany - Lenin, coming from Paris, and Trotsky, coming from Vienna, end up at the same railway station awaiting a connection to Copenhagen. Lenin is furious with Trotsky because of his article on Russian Social Democracy for the newspaper of the german Social Democratic Party "Vorwärts"
August 28, 1910 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Copenhagen International Socialist Congress begins
September 3, 1910 - Copenhagen - The Copenhagen International Socialist Congress ends
August 20, 1911 - Berne, Switzerland - The Conference of the Foreign Bureau of the Central Committee begins
August 23, 1911 - Berne - The Conference of the Foreign Bureau of the Central Committee ends
September 1(?), 1911 - Jena, Germany - Social Democratic congress at Jena
August 1(?), 1912 - Vienna, Austria - Trotsky organizes a "unification" conference of russian social democratic factions in Vienna
September 30(?), 1912 - Belgrade, Serbia - Newspaper "Kievskaya Mysl" sends him to the Balkans as its war correspondent
October 6, 1912 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Trotsky arrives in Sofia
September 1(?), 1913 - Black Sea Coast - Trotsky tours the Black Sea Coast, describing the life of isolated communities of russian religious sects that had settled in the region
January 1(?), 1914 - Vienna, Austria - Trotsky is visited by Duma deputies Skobelev and N.S.Chkheidze
July 19, 1914 - While in Vienna - Germany declares war on Russia
August 3, 1914 - Vienna - Trotsky is forced to flee Vienna for neutral Switzerland to avoid arrest as a russian émigré (Austria-Hungary fought against the Russian Empire)
August 10(?), 1914 - Zurich, Switzerland - Moves to Zurich
November 19, 1914 - Paris - Moves to Paris as correspondent for the "Kievskaya Mysl"
January 29, 1915 - Paris - Trotsky begins editing "Nashe Slovo" (Our Word), an internationalist socialist newspaper
September 5, 1915 - Zimmerwald, Switzerland - Attends the Zimmerwald Conference (until September 9th)
July 4, 1916 - Paris - Publishes the article "On the Events in Dublin" for "Nashe Slovo"
October 30, 1916 - Irun, Spanish-french border - Trotsky is deported to Spain for his anti-war activities
October 31, 1916 - San Sebastian - Spends a night in San Sebastian
November 1, 1916 - Madrid - Arrives in Madrid
November 12, 1916 - Madrid - Trotsky is released but put on a train to Cádiz to abandon Spain
November 13, 1916 - Cádiz - Arrives in Cádiz by train
November 30, 1916 - Cádiz - Natalia Sedova and the children doesn't arrive in time and they miss the steamer to New York
December 21, 1916 - Madrid - Spends a day in Madrid while travelling by train between Cádiz and Barcelona
December 28, 1916 - Barcelona - Sails to the United States on board the steamer "Montserrat"
January 14, 1917 - New York, United States - Trotsky arrives in New York on board the steamer "Montserrat"
March 27, 1917 - New York - Trotsky departs from the United States aboard the "SS Kristianiafjord"
March 29, 1917 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - "SS Kristianiafjord" is intercepted by british naval officials
April 3, 1917 - Amherst Internment Camp, Nova Scotia - Trotsky is imprisoned at Amherst Internment Camp in Nova Scotia
April 29, 1917 - Amherst Internment Camp, Nova Scotia - The british government releases him
May 3, 1917 - Halifax - Trotsky sails from Halifax on board the danish ship "Helig Olav"
May 17, 1917 - Petrograd - Returns to Petrograd (Saint-Petersburg was renamed in September 1st, 1914)
June 16, 1917 - Petrograd - Elected a member of the first All-Russian Central Executive Committee at the First Congress of Soviets (until July7th) from the Mezhraiontsy faction
August 7, 1917 - Petrograd - Trotsky is arrested after an unsuccessful pro-bolshevik uprising in Petrograd (Saint-Petersburg)
September 17(?), 1917 - Petrograd - Released from prison after 40 days
September 25, 1917 - Petrograd - Trotsky is elected chairman of the Petrograd Soviet after the bolsheviks gain a majority
October 25, 1917 - Petrograd - In the early hours of 25 October, Stalin joins Lenin in a Central Committee meeting in the Smolny Institute, from where the Bolshevik coup—the October Revolution—was being directed. Armed Bolshevik militia had seized Petrograd's electric power station, main post office, state bank, telephone exchange, and several bridges. A Bolshevik-controlled ship, the "Aurora", sails up to the Winter Palace, and opens fire, with the assembled delegates of the Provisional Government surrendering and being arrested by the Bolsheviks
October 26, 1917 - Petrograd - The Second All Russian Congress of Soviet holds its opening session - Trotsky dismissed the opposing Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries from Congress
December 22, 1917 - Brest-Litovsk, Belarus - Trotsky leads the soviet delegation during the peace negotiations in Brest-Litovsk
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| Trotsky addressing the Red Guards, 1918 |
February 18, 1918 - While in Petrograd - Germany resumes military operations against. Lenin is forced to send a radiogram accepting the final Brest-Litovsk peace terms. Trotsky abstains
March 13, 1918 - Petrograd - Trotsky resigns as Commissar for Foreign Affairs. He is appointed People's Commissar of Army and Navy affairs, and chairman of the Supreme Military Council. Trotsky gains control of the Red Army
August 17, 1918 - Petrograd - In response to the failed assassination of Lenin on August 30th and the assassination of the Petrograd Cheka Moisei Uritsky on August 17th, the bolsheviks instruct Felix Dzerzhinsky to commence the "Red Terror". Trotsky writes on the "Red Gazette": "The bourgeoisie today is a falling class... We are forced to tear it off, to chop it away. The Red Terror is a weapon utilized against a class, doomed to destruction, which does not wish to perish. If the White Terror can only retard the historical rise of the proletariat, the Red Terror hastens the destruction of the bourgeoisie"
January 1(?), 1919 - Kronstadt - Visit to Kronstadt, following a disastrous naval attack on Tallinn
March 18, 1919 - Moscow - The 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party begins in Moscow
March 23, 1919 - Moscow - The 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party ends
July 3, 1919 - Moscow(?) - During a Central Committee meeting, the majority disagrees with Trotsky's plan to capture Siberia before the winter so that more divisions could be freed up for the Southern Front
July 5, 1919 - Moscow(?) - Trotsky offers his resignation. The Politburo and the Central Committee unanimously reject it
October 1(?), 1919 - Petrograd - Trotsky departs to Petrograd with support of Stalin and Zinoviev (who prevailed against Lenin in the Central Committee). He believed that Petrograd shouldn't be abandoned to defend Moscow
October 22, 1919 - Petrograd - The Red Army resumes the offensive under Trotsky
November 5(?), 1919 - Petrograd - General Nikolay Yudenich's troops are driven back to Estonia, where they are disarmed and interned. Trotsky is awarded the Order of the Red Banner for his actions
December(?) 1(?), 1919 - Urals - Trotsky spends the Winter in the Urals Region, trying to restart its economy
May 5, 1920 - Moscow - At Sverdlov Square, Lenin, Trotsky and Kamenev motivate the troops to fight on the Soviet-Polish War
September 22, 1920 - Moscow - Trotsky arrives in Petrograd from Siberia. He presents an ultimatum to the rebels in Kronstadt
March 5, 1921 - Petrograd - Trotsky arrives in Petrograd from Siberia. He presents an ultimatum to the rebels in Kronstadt
March 7, 1921 - While in Petrograd - Military operations begin against the Island of Kronstadt
March 8, 1921 - Moscow - The 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party begins
March 16, 1921 - Moscow - The 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party ends
September 11, 1922 - Moscow - Lenin proposes that Trotsky become his deputy at the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom). The Politburo approves the proposal but Trotsky refuses
April 11, 1923 - Moscow - The 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party begins
April 25, 1923 - Moscow - The 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party ends
January 16, 1924 - Moscow - The 13th Party Conference begins
January 18, 1924 - Moscow - The 13th Party Conference ends
January 21, 1924 - On the way to the Caucasus - Trotsky learns about Lenin's death on his way to a Caucasian resort to recover from his prolonged illness
January 27, 1924 - While on his way back to Moscow - Lenin's funeral. His body is carried to the Red Square. Stalin is one of the pallbearers
May 23, 1924 - Moscow - The 13th Communist Party Congress begins - Lenin's political testament is read
May 31, 1924 - Moscow - The 13th Communist Party Congress ends - Embarrassed by its contents, Stalin offers his resignation as General Secretary; this act of humility saves him and he is retained in the position
November 7, 1924 - Moscow - Attends the October Revolution Parede on the Red Square
January 6, 1925 - Moscow - Trotsky is forced to resign as People's Commissar of Army and Fleet Affairs and Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council. Zinoviev demands his expulsion from the Communist Party but Stalin refuses
May 1(?), 1925 - Moscow - Trotsky is given the posts of Chairman of the Concessions Committee, Head of the Eletrotechnical board, and Chairman of the scientific-technical board of Industry
July 30, 1926 - Moscow - Trotsky and Stalin bear the coffin of Felix Dzerzhinsky
October 1(?), 1926 - Moscow - 15th Party Conference - Trotsky can barely speak because of interruptions and catcalls. He looses his Politburo seat
October 1(?), 1927 - Moscow - Zinoviev and Trotsky are removed from the Central Committee
November 12, 1927 - Moscow - Zinoviev and Trotsky are expelled from the Communist Party
November 16, 1927 - Moscow - Soviet diplomat Adolph Joffe commits suicide. Trotsky gives the eulogy at his funeral
January 31, 1928 - Alma Ata, Kazakhstan - Trotsky is exiled to Alma Ata, Kazakhstan
February 1(?), 1929 - Istanbul, Turkey - Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Union to Turkey, accompanied by his wife Natalia Sedova and their eldest son, Lev
April 1(?), 1929 - Büyükada Island - Trotsky and Natalia Sedova are moved to the Island of Büyükada
November 14, 1932 - Istanbul - Trotsky departs to Denmark aboard the "SS Praga", via Naples and Marseille
November 19(?), 1932 - Naples, Italy - Trotsky arrives in Naples. Short sightseeing trip to Pompeii and Sorrento
November 21, 1932 - Marseille, France - Trotsky arrives in Marseille. Travels by train to Dunkirk
November 22, 1932 - Dunkirk - Trotsky boards a ship to Denmark
November 23, 1932 - Esbjerg, Denmark - Trotsky arrives in Denmark
November 27, 1932 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Speech in Copenhagen to an audience of 2,500 people
December 8, 1932 - Brindisi, Italy - Press statement
December 11, 1932 - Istanbul - Trotsky returns to Turkey. Press Statement
July 1(?), 1933 - Royan, France - Trotsky is offered exile in France by Prime Minister Édouard Daladier. Trotsky accepts the offer but is forbidden to live in Paris
February 1(?), 1934 - Barbizon, France - Following the 6 February 1934 Crisis in France, the authorities instruct Trotsky to move to a residence in the tiny village of Barbizon
May 2, 1935 - Barbizon - France and the Soviet Union conclude the Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistence. Trotsky is officially informed that he has to abandon France
June 18, 1935 - Norderhov, near Hønefoss, Norway - Trotsky and wife become guests of Konrad Knudsen, editor of a working class paper, at Norderhov, near Hønefoss, Norway
September 19, 1935 - Oslo, Norway - Hospitalized for a few weeks
August 5, 1936 - Norderhov, near Hønefoss - Knudsen's house is burgled by fascists while he and Trotsky were out on a seashore trip. Trotsky sends the first copies of the finished manuscript "The Revolution Betrayed" to the american and french translators
August 14, 1936 - While in Norderhov - The Soviet Press Agency TASS announces the discovery of a "Trotskyist-Zinovievist" plot and the imminent start of the Trial of the 16 accused
August 26, 1936 - Norderhov, near Hønefoss - Norwegian policemen arrive at Knudsen's house demanding that Trotsky sign new conditions for residing in Norway
September 2, 1936 - Hurum, Norway - Prime-Minister Trygve Lie orders that Trotsky and his wife be transfered to a farm in Hurum, under house arrest
December 18, 1936 - Hurum - Trotsky manages to smuggle a letter titled "The Moscow Confessions"
December 19, 1936 - Oslo - Trotsky and his wife are deported from Norway and depart to Mexico on board the norwegian freighter "Ruth"
December 27, 1936 - Off Azores Islands - The "Ruth" passes the Azores Islands
January 9, 1937 - Tampico, Mexico - Leon Trotsky and Natalia Sedova arrive in Mexico at Tampico. Frida Kahlo is waiting for them on the dock
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| Frida Kahlo and Trotsky |
April 1(?), 1937 - Coyoacán - Diego Rivera and Trotsky set up a Joint Commission of Inquiry into the Moscow Trials. it is chaired by the philosopher John Dewey. This Commission clears Trotsky of the accusation brought against him by Stalin
July 7, 1937 - 80 miles from Mexico City - Trotsky and his party move to a hacienda 80 miles from Mexico City due to security concerns. End of the affair with Frida Kahlo
July 27, 1937 - Coyoacán - Returns to the "La Casa Azul"
April 15, 1938 - Coyoacán - Letter to James Cannon
July 25, 1938 - Coyoacán - André Breton, Rivera and Trotsky tour Mexico and together write "A Manifesto for a Free Revolutionary Art" (signed by Breton and Rivera, but likely co-authored by Trotsky). Frida Kahlo travels to New York and Paris where some of her paintings were being exhibited for the first time
October 30, 1938 - Coyoacán - Letter to James Cannon
November 1(?), 1938 - Coyoacán - Rivera and Frida Kahlo protest against the government, calling for a demonstration against the "vandalism of the authorities" (Their friend Juan O'Gorman had painted murals at the Mexican international airport, including caricatures of Hitler and Mussolini. Because of the Anglo-US boycott of Mexican oil, the government had been forced to sell to the Axis powers. General Mujica ordered that the murals be destroyed). Trotsky condemns Rivera's position. Rivera resigns from Trotsky's Fourth International
January 12, 1939 - Coyoacán - Letter to Frida Kahlo
March 27, 1939 - Coyoacán - Letter to James Cannon, condemning Diego Rivera's position
April 1(?), 1939 - Coyoacán - Rivera quarrels with Trotsky after finding out about his affair with Frida Kahlo. Trotsky and Natalia Sedova leave the "La Casa Azul"
June 12, 1939 - Coyoacán - Letter to Diego Rivera
February 27, 1940 - Coyoacán - Trotsky writes his "Political Testament"
May 24, 1940 - Coyoacán - A gang from the Communist Party of Mexico attacks Trotsky's home. They machine gun Trotsky's bedroom but fail to hit him. That gang was led by the Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros
June 8, 1940 - Coyoacán - Trotsky writes the article "Stalin seeks my Death"August 20, 1940 - Coyoacán - Leon Trotsky is attacked in his study by Ramón Mercader, who fails to kill him using an ice axe. His bodyguards save him and take him to hospital
August 21, 1940 - Coyoacán - Leon Trotsky dies of exsanguination and shock, aged 60 =(END)
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