Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Dom Fernando II e Glória (1843) | Timeline

Dom Fernando II e Glória(*) is a wooden-hulled, 50 gun frigate of the Portuguese Navy. She was launched in 1843 and made her maiden voyage in 1845. Built at the shipyard of Daman in Portuguese India, it was Portugal's last sailing warship to be built and also the last ship that undertook the "Carreira da Índia" (India Run), a regular military line that connected Portugal to its colonies in India since the beginning of the 16th century. (Intro from Wikipedia)

(*) "Dom Fernando II and Glory" - Dom - abreviated as "D." was a portuguese monarchy title similar to the british "Sir", although attributed to royalty and clergy members aswell 

June 13, 1832 - Daman, India - The keel of a new ship is layed in the shipyards on the left shore of Sandalcalo River in Daman
April 1, 1842 - Daman, India - Due to the long delay in the construction, captain-lieutenant Torcato José Marques is appointed to supervise the finishing works of the ship
April 21, 1842 - Daman, India - The governor of the State of India orders the new frigate to have the name of (King) Fernando II, under the auspices of Our Lady of Glory (Glória)
October 22, 1843 - Daman, India - Launched at River Sandalcalo, Daman =(START)
November 23, 1843 - Off Daman, India - The frigate leaves Daman River and anchors off Daman
December 10, 1843 - Off Daman - Towed to Goa for fitting out as a full-rigged ship.
December 15, 1843 - Goa, India - The frigate arrives at Goa and anchors at Fort Aguada
December 21, 1843 - Goa - The frigate enters the mouth of the Mandovi river and anchors at Ribandar anchorage.
March 8, 1844 - Goa - After her disarmament, the crew of the sloop "Infanta Regente" is transfered to the "D. Fernando II e Glória".
September 9, 1844 - Goa - The frigate is armed with its 50 cannons
December 5, 1844 - Panjim (Panaji, Goa) - The frigate anchors in front of Panaji, Goa
December 10, 1844 - Fort Aguada, Goa - The frigate leaves the mouth of the river and anchors at Fort Aguada
February 2, 1845 - Goa - "D. Fernando II e Glória" departs to Lisbon on her maiden voyage, under the command of frigate-captain Torcato José Marques and had on board 273 people (crew and passengers)
April 8, 1845 - Cape of Good Hope - The frigate rounds the Cape of Good Hope
April 23, 1845 - Benguela, Angola - Arrival at Benguela, Angola
April 25, 1845 - Benguela - Sets sail from Benguela
April 29, 1845 - Luanda, Angola - Arrival at Luanda Bay, Angola
May 18, 1845 - Luanda - The frigate sets sail from Luanda to Lisbon
July 4, 1845 - Lisbon, Portugal - The "Fernando II e Glória" arrives at Lisbon
August 7, 1845 - Lisbon - The frigate is disarmed and begins a refit
January 10, 1851 - Lisbon - The refit is concluded and the frigate is armed again
August 26, 1852 - Lisbon - Departs to Madeira, with Empress consort of Brazil, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, and her daughter Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil who was sick with tuberculosis and was looking for a good climate to recover from her disease, ("Dom Fernando II e Glória" were escorted by the steamer "D.Luís" and the corvette "D. João I")
August 31, 1852 - Funchal, Madeira Island - Anchors at Funchal
September 3, 1852 - Funchal - The frigate sets sail to Lisbon
September 15, 1852 - Lisbon - Returns to the port of Lisbon
December 31, 1853 - Lisbon - Departs to the Island of Mozambique, transporting 650 people (including explorer António da Silva Porto)
April 20, 1854 - Mozambique Island - The frigate anchors at the Island of Mozambique, where the Governor of Mozambique had his residency
May 8, 1854 - Mozambique Island - Departs to Angola
June 2, 1854 - Cape of Good Hope - The frigate rounds the Cape of Good Hope
June 20, 1854 - Luanda, Angola - Arrival at Luanda Bay, Angola
July 11, 1854 - Luanda - Departs from Luanda to Lisbon
September 16, 1854 - Lisbon - Arrival at the port of Lisbon
March 14, 1855 - Lisbon - Departs to Mozambique, transporting 602 people, including a crew of 210 men
May 9, 1855 - Luanda, Angola - The frigate calls at Luanda and is integrated in the Naval Force assembled to occupy Ambriz Region, threatened by the british (during a local rebellion)
May 14, 1855 - Luanda - Departs from Luanda to Ambriz
May 15, 1855 - Ambriz, Angola - Landed troops and artillery in that village
June 14, 1855 - Ambriz - The frigate sets sail from Ambriz to the south
August 20, 1855 - Island of Mozambique - Anchors at the Island of Mozambique
Dom Fernando II e Glória
Funchal, 1878
September 20, 1855 - Island of Mozambique - Departs to Lisbon, calling at Lourenço Marques (Maputo), Moçamedes, Benguela and Luanda
December 25, 1855 - Luanda, Angola - Departs to Lisbon
February 16, 1856 - Lisbon - Arrival at the port of Lisbon
July 3, 1856 - Lisbon - The frigate is disarmed and begins a refit
February 17, 1857 - Lisbon - After the refit is finished, the frigate is rearmed
April 2, 1857 - Lisbon - Departs to Goa, with calls at Angola and Mozambique, transporting 467 passengers
November 4, 1857 - Goa - Arrives in Goa and anchors at Fort Aguada
January 31, 1858 - Goa - Departs to the Island of Mozambique
February 23, 1858 - Island of Mozambique - Arrives at Mozambique
March 9, 1858 - Island of Mozambique - Departs to Lisbon, calling at Moçamedes, Benguela and Luanda
May 5, 1858 - Luanda, Angola - Departs directly to Lisbon
July 16, 1858 - Lisbon - Enters into Tagus River and docks at Lisbon
August 1, 1858 - Lisbon - The frigate is disarmed and begins a refit
May 2, 1859 - Lisbon - After the refit is finished, the frigate is rearmed
July 2, 1859 - Lisbon - Departs to Mozambique, with 616 people aboard, of which 202 were the ship's crew
October 14, 1859 - Mozambique Island - Arrives in Mozambique with colonist to Tete, after 105 days and after having endured a violent storm in the channel of Mozambique.
November 20, 1859 - Mozambique Island - Departs to Lisbon
January(?) 10(?), 1860 - Moçâmedes | Benguela, Angola - Stopovers at the Cape of Good Hope to load 500 sheep and some horses. These are offloaded later at Moçamedes and Benguela, destined to the colony of Huila, in Angola
January(?) 20(?), 1860 - Luanda, Angola - Stopover at Luanda
April 3, 1860 - Lisbon, Portugal - Enters into Tagus River and docks at Lisbon
June 12, 1860 - Lisbon - The frigate is disarmed and begins a refit
February 20, 1861 - Lisbon - The frigate is rearmed after the refit
May 18, 1861 - Lisbon - Departs to Goa with a crew of 214 men
August 15, 1861 - Island of Mozambique - Arrival at Mozambique after sailing for 89 days
September 1, 1861 - Island of Mozambique - Departs to Goa
September 22, 1861 - Goa - Arrives at Goa and anchors at Fort Aguada
October 19, 1861 - Pangim (Panaji, Goa) - The frigate anchors at Panaji for a short refit
January 11, 1862 - Goa - Departs from Goa to Mozambique
February 11, 1862 - Island of Mozambique - Arrives at Mozambique
February 22, 1862 - Island of Mozambique - Departs from Mozambique to Lisbon
March 6, 1862 - South of Bazaruto Island - From March 6th, south of the island of Bazaruto, the weather began to worsen, with very strong winds and stormy sea
March 8, 1862 - Mozambique Channel - On the 8th the weather deteriorates, the sails are torn and the masts brake
March 11, 1862 - Mozambique Channel - On March 11th, the ship was in disarray, but it was possible to install new masts and sail to Mozambique
March 25, 1862 - Island of Mozambique - Arrives at Mozambique
June 3, 1862 - Island of Mozambique - After new masts are installed, the frigate departs for sea trials
August 12, 1862 - Island of Mozambique (?) - "Dom Fernando II e Glória" departs for new sea trials - to verify the security of the masts
October 20, 1862 - Island of Mozambique - Departs to Lisbon
November 10, 1862 - Cape of Good Hope - The frigate rounds the Cape of Good Hope
January(?) 1(?), 1863 - Moçâmedes | Benguela, Angola - Calls at Moçamedes and Benguela
January 18, 1863 - Luanda, Angola - The frigate left Luanda where there was an epidemic of yellow fever, and there were contagions resulting in seven deaths on board
May 1, 1863 - Off Morocco - Off the coast of Morocco the frigate runs out of supplies for the 386 people it had on board and without wind to sail. In this difficult situation, the british steamer "Charante" appeared and towed the Portuguese frigate. However, the weak power of the steam engine was not enough, "Charante" heads to Lisbon to report the situation. The authorities send the corvette "Sá da Bandeira" to help the frigate
May 12, 1863 - Lisbon - "D.Fernando II e Glória" enters the Tagus River towed by "Sá da Bandeira", and is placed in quarentene at Belém during 18 days
June 2, 1863 - Lisbon - The frigate is disarmed and begins a new refit
June 9, 1865 - Lisbon - The frigate is rearmed after the refit
September 12, 1865 - Lisbon - A School of Artillery is established in the frigate, replacing the sailing ship "Vasco da Gama". She conducts training missions up until 1878
November 28, 1865 - Lisbon - A decree establishes the ship's crew - 176 men as a transport, and 300 while a school ship
June 27, 1866 - Lisbon - Sails to the Azores, at times towed by the sloop "Duque de Palmela", transporting 240 spanish exiles
July 11, 1866 - Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island - Azores - Arrival at Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island - Azores
July 13, 1866 - Angra do Heroísmo - Departs to Lisbon
July 21, 1866 - Lisbon - Arrives at Lisbon
July 28, 1878 - Lisbon - The frigate departs to the Archipelagos of Azores and Madeira in an instruction trip for students of the "Naval School"
August 6, 1878 - Off Azores - The american barque "Lawrence Boston" which had caught fire off the Azores archipelago, is sighted. The american crew is rescued
August 11, 1878 - Ponta Delgada, St.Miguel Island - Azores - The americans land at Ponta Delgada, where they embark on the steamer "Mississippi" to New York
August 17, 1878 - Ponta Delgada - Departs to Madeira Island
August 24, 1878 - Funchal, Madeira Island - Arrival at Funchal, Madeira Island
August 29, 1878 - Funchal - The frigate left Funchal for Terceira Island, but was confronted with lack of winds and supplies. The captain gave up trying to reach Angra or Ponta Delgada and it was decided to sail to Lisbon
September 18, 1878 - Lisbon - "Dom Fernando II e Glória" enters the Mouth of River Tagus and thus ends her career as the last "Nau" (sailing ship) of the "India Run"
January(?) 1(?), 1879 - Lisbon - Remains permanently moored in Lisbon as a Naval Artillery School
January(?) 1(?), 1889 - Lisbon - Significant modifications are made on her in 1889, with the replacement of her elegant masts, and the construction of two redoubts on both her sides for the placement of modern cannons, to better serve her role of artillery instruction unit
January(?) 1(?), 1938 - Lisbon - Serves as the flagship of the naval forces of Continental Portugal, based in the river Tagus
January(?) 1(?), 1940 - Lisbon - After being considered unfit for navy service, it became the headquarters of the "Dom Fernando Frigate Welfare Institution" (Obra Social da Fragata Dom Fernando) destined to give general education as well as teaching seamanship to underprivileged youth
April 3, 1963 - Tagus River, off Alfeite - During repair work, a huge fire erupts, partially destroying the ship's hull and structure. After the fire is extinguished, the frigate is towed to an area off Alfeite (on Tagus River) where the navigation on the river Tagus wouldn't be disturbed, remaining abandoned and half buried in the mud-flats for the next 29 years =(END)
January(?) 1(?), 1990 - Tagus River, off Alfeite - A protocol is signed between the Navy and the National Commission for the Commemoration of the Portuguese Discoveries, with the aim of taking forward the recovery of the "D.Fernando II e Glória" Frigate, a project entrusted to the Navy, with the Arsenal of Alfeite being in charge to execute the work
January 22, 1992 - Alfeite Arsenal - The wooden hull is removed from the mud-flats and set floating again, placed in a floating dock and transported to the dry dock of the Arsenal of Alfeite first =(restart)
September 1(?), 1992 - Aveiro - Towed to the Ria-Marine shipyards in Aveiro, where it remains for the next 5 years being restored, receiving widespread public and private support.
April 8, 1997 - Aveiro - The "Dom Fernando II e Glória" is relaunched
May(?) 1(?), 1997 - Alfeite Arsenal - She is towed to the Arsenal of Alfeite, where the museum preparations are made in the last phase of the project to restore the ship
April 28, 1998 - Alfeite Arsenal - She is commissioned by the Navy
May 22, 1998 - Park of the Nations Marina, Lisbon - Inauguration of Expo 98 in Lisbon
July 18, 1998 - Park of the Nations Marina - "D.Fernando II e Glória" is considered by Decree an Historical Navy Ship
August 12, 1998 - Park of the Nations Marina - Delivered to the Navy Museum
Dom Fernando II e Glória today, Cacilhas
September 1(?), 1998 - Park of the Nations Marina - The World Ship Trust awards the "Dom Fernando II e Glória" with the International Maritime Heritage Award, who considers her restoration as one of the most astonishing historic ship preservation achievements of our time
September 30, 1998 - Park of the Nations Marina - Expo 98 ends
January(?) 1(?), 2008 - Cacilhas, Almada - The ship lies on the southern margin of the Tagus river in Cacilhas, Almada. Open to visitors 

Bibliography
SACCHETTI, A.E. Ferraz - Dom Fernando II e Glória: The frigate reborn from the ashes. 1998

Thursday, 2 August 2018

Grigori Rasputin | Timeline

Rasputin, 1915
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (21 January 1869 – 30 December 1916) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia. (Intro from Wikipedia)

January 21, 1869 - Pokrovskoye, Tyumen Oblast - Grigori Rasputin is born
January(?) 1(?), 1884 - Pokrovskoye - The district Head sentences 15-year old Rasputin to two-days in jail for his "rude attitude" towards him
July(?) 1(?), 1886 - Abalak - Rasputin meets a peasant girl named Praskovya Dubrovina
February 1(?), 1887 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin marries Praskovya Dubrovina. After the wedding, they move in with Grigori's parents
September 29, 1889 - Pokrovskoye - First son, Mikhail, is born
May 1(?), 1894 - Pokrovskoye - Praskovya gives birth to twins - Anna and Georgy
October 25, 1895 - Pokrovskoye - Son Dmitry is born
January(?) 1(?), 1897 - Pokrovskoye - According to a census, Rasputin was still living with his father by 1897
March 26, 1898 - Pokrovskoye - Daughter Matryona (Maria) is born
January(?) 1(?), 1900 - Mt.Athos, Greece - Journey to Mount Athos, the main center of Orthodox Monasticism, in company of Dmitry Pecherkin
November 28, 1900 - Pokrovskoye - Daughter Varvara is born
January(?) 1(?), 1903 - Pokrovskoye - Another daughter, Praskovya, is born but dies three months later
October(?) 1(?), 1903 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin returns home for good after two years of pilgrimage =(START)
May 1(?), 1904 - Kazan - Rasputin arrives to the tatar city of Kazan in May (maybe later), brought by a wealthy merchant widow by the name of Bashmakova
January(?) 1(?), 1905 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin begins attracting acolytes, like Nikolai Raspopov, his brother-in-law, Nikolai Rasputin, his cousin, and Ilya Arapov, a Pokrovskoye peasant
October(?) 1(?), 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin travels to Saint-Petersburg (between late Autumn and early Spring) with a letter of recommendation from Bishop Khristofor Shchetkovsky, vicar of the Kazan diocese
November 1, 1905 - Peterhof, Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra meet Grigory Rasputin for the first time and they listen to him for three hours
November 5, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Nicholas II: "Great Emperor, Tsar, Autocrat of all Russia! Greetings to you! May God give you sage advice. When advice comes from God, the soul rejoices, our joy is genuine, but if its stiff and formal, then the soul becomes despondent and our head is confused. All of Russia worries, she has descended into a terrible argument, she trembles in joy and rings her bells calling for God, and God sends us mercy and scares our enemies with awe-inspiring threats. So they, the mad ones, are now left with a broken vessel and a foolish head, as the saying goes: 'the devil has been busy for a long time but finally ended up flying off from under the back porch' - Such is the power of God and His miracles!  Don't disdain our simple words. You, as our master, and we, as your subjects, must do our best, we tremble and pray to God to keep you safe from all Evil, to protect from all wounds, now and in the future, so that your life will forever flow like a life-giving Spring"
Rasputin, Hermogen and Iliodor
Tsaritsyn, 1906
November(?) 10(?), 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin departs to Prokovskoye with new followers, including Olga Lokhtina
January(?) 1(?), 1906 - Pokrovskoye - Two women, Yevdokiya (Dunya) Pecherkina and Yekaterina (Katya) Pecherkina, move into the Rasputin home, initially to help Praskovya
April 1, 1906 - Pokrovskoye - Easter Greeting to Nicholas II: "Christ has risen! This is where our joy is - that he has risen and is rejoicing with us"
July 12, 1906 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin departs to Saint-Petersburg to stay at Lokhin's apartment
July 18, 1906 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets Nicholas II and Alexandra for the second time
July 23, 1906 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - Vishnevsky, the Tyumen district superintendent of police, sends a report to the district chief of police regarding the local peasant Grigory Rasputin and the various guests from the capital he had been hosting of late
August 4, 1906 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - The district chief of Police, Nikolai Gondatti, forwards Vishnevsky's report to Anatoly (Alexander Karzhavin), Bishop of Tobolsk
October 13, 1906 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin arrives to the train station from Siberia and visits the Tsars
November(?) 15(?), 1906 - Zhitomir, NW.Ukraine - Detour to Zhitomir to visit Anna Obukhova on the recommendation of Feofan (speculative date)
December 6, 1906 - Pokrovskoye - Letter to Nicholas II: "Angels praise you and Cherubs at the throne sing praise to God and we are rejoicing for the sound that is yours [...] and the Tsar rules forever, to the enemy's fear and our glory, and our glory is your deeds [...]"
December 15, 1906 - Pokrovskoye - Request to Nicholas II: "Living in Pokrovskoye, I bear the surname of Rasputin while many other residents of that village have the same surname, which may cause some complications. Laying myself at the feet of your Emperial Majesty I beg you to give me and my descendants the right to be called by the surname of Rasputin-Novy. Your Majesty's loyal subject Grigory".
January 11, 1907 - (While in Pokrovskoye) - Rasputin is granted the right to use the name of Rasputin-Novy
May 9, 1907 - Pokrovskoye - Village gathering: Rasputin offers 5,000 rubles given to him by the Tsar to build a church - he asks his fellow villagers to contribute aswell
June 1, 1907 - (While in Pokrovskoye) - Letter from Olga Lokhtina to Bishop Antony Karzhavin of Tobolsk: "Rasputin has taught be to love in the name of Christ"
June 16, 1907 - (While in Pokrovskoye) - Anonymous letter to Rasputin's wife from Tyumen, expressing sympathy for her situation
September 1, 1907 - (While in Pokrovskoye) - Letter from Bishop Antony to the Tobolsk Ecclesiastic Consistory, outlining in detail the suspicious behavior of Rasputin
September 6, 1907 - Pokrovskoye - In response to Bishop Antony's letter, father Nikolin Glukhovtsev arrives in Pokrovskoye to take depositions from the locals concerning Rasputin
November 10(?), 1907 - Saint-Petersburg - Back in Saint-Petersburg
November 12(?), 1907 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Prince Alexei, aged 3, hurts his leg in the Palace gardens. Doctors say there's nothing to be done. Alexandra asks Rasputin to come immediatly. He came and prayed over the child. On the next day, Alexei was not only alive, but fully recovered
November 15, 1907 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits the tsars without invitation. However, they are delighted to see him
December(?) 20(?), 1907 - Kazan - Visiting Kazan
January 1, 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Glukhovtsev writes a preliminary summary about Rasputin
January 2, 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Glukhovtsev, Father Pyotr Ostroumov, the village constable, the village elder and three peasant witnesses arrive to interview Rasputin and his family. Rasputin is frightened thinking he might be sent to jail
January 10, 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Glukhovtsev sends his report to the Tobolsk Consistory
March 8, 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Letter to the Tsars (about a shirt that Alexandra had sewn for him) - caused disbelief and envy at the village
March 12, 1908 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin and Feofan visit the Tsars at Anna Vyrubova's house
May 10, 1908 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits the Tsars at Anna Vyrubova's house
May 23, 1908 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits the Tsars at Anna Vyrubova's house
July 1, 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Letter to Anna Vyrubova, who was experiencing problems in her marriage
August 4, 1908 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II returns to the Palace and finds Alexandra and Rasputin meeting together. He sees it as a happy coincidence
November 6, 1908 - Saint-Petersburg - The Tsars meet Rasputin at Anna Vyrubova's house
December 1(?), 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Some villagers start turning against Rasputin - How could he afford a fine home and travel by steamer and railroad without working in the fields? And who boasted about his powerful friends. He was changing
December 25, 1908 - Saint-Petersburg - The Tsars meet Rasputin at Anna Vyrubova's house at Christmas. They light the tree and leave by midnight
February 4, 1909 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the Tsars with Feofan
May 19, 1909 - Pokrovskoye - Olga Lokhtina sends a telegram to Saint-Petersburg describing how a group of women were celebrating Trinity Sunday with Rasputin
July 25, 1909 - Saint-Petersburg - Princess Olga's diary: "We are all wonderfully happy to see him again"
November 1(?), 1909 - Pokrovskoye - Departs to Saratov to meet Germogen. Both travel to Tsaritsyn to visit Iliodor
November 5(?), 1909 - Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) - Germogen and Rasputin arrive at Tsaritsyn
November 30(?), 1909 - Tsaritsyn - Rasputin and Iliodor depart to Pokrovskoye
December 7, 1909 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin (alegedly) shows Iliodor some letters from the Empress and the Great Duchesses
December 15, 1909 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin and Iliodor depart from Pokrovskoye
December 25, 1909 - Tsaritsyn ( Volgograd) - Christmas at Tsaritsyn
December 30, 1909 - Tsaritsyn - Rasputin departs to Saint-Petersburg
January 6, 1910 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the Tsars
February 14, 1910 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the Tsars before returning to Siberia
March 2, 1910 - (While in Pokrovskoye) - The "Moscow Gazette" publishes a lenghty article under the title "The spiritual touring-actor Grigory Rasputin"
March 7, 1910 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
March 30, 1910 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - Follow-up article "One more thing about Grigory Rasputin"
April 7, 1910 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - Leopold Graf Berchthold, austrian ambassador, writes to Vienna with news of the growing scandal
April 30, 1910 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - Another article about Rasputin is published by the "Moscow Gazette"
May 20, 1910 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - The liberal newspaper "Speach" runs 10 articles about Rasputin (until 26-6)
May 30, 1910 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - The Yekaterinoslav newspaper "Southern Dawn" runs a lenghty article about Rasputin (until 4-6)
May(?) 31(?), 1910 - Saratov - Rasputin leaves Saint-Petersburg to meet Germogen and Iliodor in Saratov
June 13, 1910 - (While in Saratov)(?) - The "Tsaritsyn Thought" runs a story under the title "The end of Rasputin"
July 24, 1910 - Pokrovskoye - Telegram from Alexandra (Sana) Vyrubova: "From Petersburg to Rasputin in Pokrovskoye. Am ill. I beg for your help. I want to live. Sana"
August 8, 1910 - Pokrovskoye - Telegram from Nikolai Sablin to Rasputin: "Pray. Lift Mama's (Alexandra) spirit. She's not well. With you in my thoughts. We often recall you, very sad without you. I kiss you. Are you coming?"
August 15(?), 1910 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is tracked by the police after returning to Saint-Petersburg on the third week of August to stay at Georgy Sazonov and his wife's house
August 20, 1910 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets Felix Yusupov
August 24, 1910 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin departs to Moscow
September(?) 1(?), 1910 - Moscow - Arrival in Moscow
November 1, 1910 - Pokrovskoye - Telegram from Alexandra (Sana) Vyrubova: "From Petersburg to Rasputin in Pokrovskoye. I'm in Pain. Bedridden. Am terribly afraid. Please pray for me. Sana"
Rasputin, his wife and daughter Matryona, 1911
February 12, 1911 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - First visit to the Tsars since the Spring 1910. Because of the recent scandals, the tsars tell Rasputin that for his and their benefit, he should undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, departing immediatly
February 13, 1911 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin departs to Kiev
February 18, 1911 - Kiev - Rasputin arrives in Kiev
February(?) 25(?), 1911 - Pochaev - Rasputin visits Pochaev Monastery in western Ukraine
March(?) 1(?), 1911 - Odessa - Rasputin embarks in a steamer for Istanbul
March(?) 20(?), 1911 - Istanbul - Rasputin arrives in Istanbul. Visit to "Hagia Sofia" mosque. Later he boards another ship
March(?) 28(?), 1911 - Jaffa, Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine - The ship arrives in Jaffa, having sailed by the Agean Sea, Rhodes and Beirut
April(?) 1(?), 1911 - Jerusalem - Rasputin arrives in Jerusalem and breaks down in tears of emotion
April 10, 1911 - Jerusalem - Celebrates Orthodox Easter in Jerusalem
June 4, 1911 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns from his pilgrimage and visits the Imperial family
June 14, 1911 - Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) - Rasputin travels to Tsaritsyn to see Iliodor. He stays for two weeks
June 18, 1911 - Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) - Sermon before 200 women about his pilgrimage to the Holy Land
June 25, 1911 - Dubovka - Rasputin, Iliodor and Germogen, travel by boat to Dubovka, with 40 women, to visit the sisters at the Holy Voznesenksky Convent
June 28, 1911 - Dubovka - Rasputin meets with Iliodor's followers one by one in the corner of the church to tell them their future and give them advice on their troubles
June 29, 1911 - Dubovka - Rasputin boards the steamer "Emperor Nicholas II". Women sing hymns, throw flowers and kiss his hands. He spends a month in Siberia
August 4, 1911 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns from Siberia and visits the Tsars
August 25(?), 1911 - Kiev - Nicholas II and Alexandra travel to Kiev for the unveiling of a statue to Alexander II in connection with the 50th anniversary of the emancipation of Russia's serfs. Rasputin joins them
October 27, 1911 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin writes a piece titled "A Walk through my village"
December 16, 1911 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets Iliodor in Saint-Petersburg. Both go meet Germogen. Later, Rasputin is confronted by Iliodor and Germogen
January 3, 1912 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - In Moscow, Mikhail Novoselov, a printer, prepares to print 1,200 copies of a booklet titled "Grigory Rasputin and the Mystical Libertinage"
January 16, 1912 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - In Moscow, the police seizes the booklet copies before they are published
February 4, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is seen with two prostitutes in the street, named Botvinkina and Kozlova
February 6, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is seen with a prostitute in the street, named Petrova, and goes with her to the baths
February 11, 1912 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits the Tsars and the children: "It was a great confort to see him and listen to him talk"
February 12, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Prime-Minister Kokovtsov announcing his plan to leave Saint-Petersburg for good and requesting a meeting
February 15, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Meeting with Prime-Minister Kokovtsov
February 18, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Before departing to Pokrovskoye, Rasputin sends a letter to the Tsars: "My dearest Mama and Papa! How strong the Devil is getting, may he be condemned. And the Duma serves him; there are many revolutionaries and jews there. What do they care? Only to get rid of God's anointed. Guchkov, their master, a crook, spreads slander and disturbances, and makes inquiries. Papa, it's your Duma, do what you want. What kind of inquiries can there be about Grigory? This is a Devil's prank. Command. No inquiry is needed. Grigory"
February 22, 1912 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin returns to Pokrovskoye
March 11, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
June 29, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin arrives from Crimea
July 3, 1912 - Pokrovskoye - Returns to Pokrovskoye
July 31, 1912 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin boards the train to Saint-Petersburg with a priest named Vasilev
August 3, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin arrives in Saint-Petersburg
October 13, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin speaks against the war in "Petersburg Newspaper"
November 15, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin arrives in Saint-Petersburg
November 21, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin picks up two prostitutes in less than an hour. They said he offered them a bottle of beer and payed to look at their naked bodies
November 29, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - The investigation into Rasputin and his connection to the "Khlysty" is closed after 5 years
January 9, 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - Inspector Shilnikov sees Rasputin picking up 2 prostitutes - Maria Lysoeva and Nadezhda Lashkova
January 18, 1913 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns from Siberia and visits the Tsars
February 21, 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - Visits the small house of Peter the Great in the Summer Gardens together with Nicholas II and Alexei during the festivities
June 3, 1913 - Kostroma - Rasputin joins the Imperial family in Kostroma for more festivities
June 7, 1913 - Moscow - Triumphal entry of the tsars in Moscow - culmination of the festivities
June 13, 1913 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets the tsars after tea and departs to Pokrovskoye
June 17, 1913 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Back in Saint-Petersburg to visit Alexandra, who was ill, and Alexei, who had hurt himself
June 20, 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - The "Smoke of the Fatherland" newspaper prints a lenghty defense of Rasputin
June 30, 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - Birthday greeting to Alexei: "Happy holiday, be strong in spirit and wise in your mind, for the victory over the enemy, everyone and everything loves you from the bottom of their heart, sometimes crying about the health of the amazing and radiant young man Ts. Alexei Nikolaevich"
July 17, 1913 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the tsars
September 1(?), 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Crimea
October 3, 1913 - Yalta, Crimea - Rasputin asks Maria "Munya" Golovina to send a letter to Felix Yusupov
November 1(?), 1913 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin arrives in Pokrovskoye
December 30, 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - Back in Saint-Petersburg
January 2, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II's diary: "We had the joy of seeing Grigory in the evening. It was quiet and peaceful"
January 18, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Night visit to Alexandra alone, which gives suspicious minds reason to talk
January 20, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Tea with the Tsars
February 25, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Pokrovskoye
March 9, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg with his father, Yefim.
March 13, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin organizes an audience with Nicholas II for some of the Name-Glorifiers
May 1(?), 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns from Tyumen
May 15, 1914 - Crimea - Visit to the tsars
May 21, 1914 - Crimea - Visit to the tsars before boarding the train back to Saint-Petersburg
June 17, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the tsars
June 21, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Pokrovskoye
June 22, 1914 - (While traveling by train to Siberia) - Khionya Guseva, a 33-year old seamstress, arrives in Pokrovskoye using a false name, planning to kill Rasputin
June 25(?), 1914 - (While traveling by train to Siberia) - A journalist arrives from the capital at the district administration in Prokovskoye claiming to an agent of the St.Petersburg governor-general sent to collect official proof of Rasputin's youthful horse thieving. No proof is found
June 28, 1914 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin arrives in Pokrovskoye aboard the steamer "Sokolovsky"
June 29, 1914 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin is stabbed outside his house and gravely wounded by a seamstress named Khionya Guseva
June 30, 1914 - Pokrovskoye - A surgeon is brought from Tyumen and Rasputin has to be operated with very poor conditions on the spot
July 2, 1914 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin is carried to the river and placed on the steamer "Sukhotin". Telegram to Rasputin from Empress Alexandra: "Thoughts and prayers surround you. Our suffering is indescribable, hoping for God's mercy"
July 3, 1914 - Tyumen - Rasputin is taken to hospital in Tyumen
July 6, 1914 - Tyumen - Rasputin is questioned by the police - He thinks Iliodor is behind the attempt against his life
July 12, 1914 - Tyumen - Telegram to Rasputin, probably from Vyrubova: "You are aware that our eternal enemy Austria is preparing to attack little Serbia. That country is almost interely made up of peasants, utterly devoted to Russia. We shall be covered in infamy should we permit this shameless reprisal. If the occasion arises, use your influence to support this just cause. Get well soon"
July 22, 1914 - Tyumen - Rasputin is questioned by the police - He thinks Iliodor is behind the attempt against his life
August 9, 1914 - Tyumen - Rasputin is questioned by the police - He thinks Iliodor is behind the attempt against his life
August 20, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Still weak and in considerable pain, Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
August 22, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits the tsars
August 25, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits Nicholas II
September 1(?), 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is able to eat solid food since the attack - a bit of bread and a fish cutlet
September 5, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits Nicholas II
September 14, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits Nicholas II
October 5, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin spends 30 minutes with a prostitute
October 17, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II's diary: "Only under the influence of Grigory's calming talk did my soul return to its normal balance"
November 4, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets the tsars before Nicholas II's departure
November 17, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II departs to the front
December 25, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin spends Christmas with the Imperial Family
January 2, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Visit to Anna Vyrubova at the hospital - She was badly wounded in a train accident. She survived but never walked again without crutches
January 10, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Telegram to Anna Vyrubova at the hospital
January 17, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin with his wife and daughter Maria, visit the tsars
January 26, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin presents Alexandra with a large stack of petitions for the Tsar
January 27, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II meets Rasputin at Vyrubova's house
March 11, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin pays a visit to a singer named Tregubova (the police identifies her as a prostitute)
March 25, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Moscow
March 26, 1915 - Moscow - Rasputin arrives in the morning to Nikolaevsky Station, Moscow. Yar incident - A famous episode of debauchery in a Moscow restaurant - It has been proved that never took place, being a last attempt by Deputy Minister Dzhunkovsky to destroy Rasputin, which backfired
March 30, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
April 1, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to Nicholas II
April 9, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Dinner party at Filippov's house with writers, journalists, heads of cinematographic companies
April 15, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - At Filippov's house to listen to the french actor Dezarie sing and play the guitar. Rasputin dances
April 27, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits Nicholas II after he returns from his travels
May 4, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II's diary: "Grigory blessed me before my departure"
May 26, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is seen arriving at night to his house with Tregubova. They kiss passionately
May 31, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the tsars
June 9, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the tsars
June 14, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Alexandra meets Rasputin at Vyrubova's house
June 15, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin departs to Pokrovskoye
June 21, 1915 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin arrives in Pokrovskoye, accompanied by two okhrana agents
July 27, 1915 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin's son Dmitry is called into the Army. Rasputin and son depart on horseback to Tyumen, to take the train to the capital
July 29, 1915 - (while travelling to Saint-Petersburg) - The "Siberian Trade Newspaper" publishes a letter from Rasputin defending himself from accusations of horse thievery in his youth. He gives the newspaper 3 days to proove their story or he would complain to the tsars. It is the start of a new campaign against Rasputin
July 30, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin and Dmitry arrive in Saint-Petersburg and visit the Tsars at Vyrubova's house
August 4, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - After receiving news of the fall of Kaunas, the downcast tsars receives Rasputin
August 9, 1915 - Tyumen - Rasputin, Dmitry and the two okhrana agents arrive at Tyumen
August 10, 1915 - (While on the steamer to Pokrovskoye) - Rasputin gets drunk aboard the steamer "Tovarpar". The story spreads and is exagerated as time passes
September 19, 1915 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin receives an anonymous letter with a death threat
September 27, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
September 28, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Dinner with the "Troika" - Khvostov, Andronikov and Beletsky
October 8, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Meets Alexandra and Vyrubova
November 25, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Meeting with Khvostov - He tells Alexandra he is "very content" with the minister
December 5, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is summoned to the Imperial Palace to help Alexei. He makes the sign of the cross on the boy's forehead and tells the tsars that it's not serious and that the Prince will be fine
December 6, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - As at Spala, 3 years before, the Prince awakes in the morning completely recovered
December 8, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Dinner with publisher Filippov, Yelena Dzhanumova and others at the restaurant "Donon"
December 15, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Several newspapers start accusing Rasputin of being in league with Germany, of being a foreign agent and spy
February 4, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is warned of the plot to assassinate him
February 11, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Telegram from Iliodor: "Send someone immediatly, I'll show all the proofs of the plots of highly placed persons to kill you, telegraph your approval"
April 13, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
April 23, 1916 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the tsars
June 15(?), 1916 - Tobolsk - Rasputin travels to Tobolsk to attend the canonization ceremonies for Ioann Maximovich
Caricature about Rasputin's
influence over the Tsars, 1916
July 30(?), 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
August 9, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin and his family depart to Siberia
September 5, 1916 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets Alexandra alone in the Palace
September 21, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin, Praskovya and daughter Maria meet Alexandra at Vyrubova's House. Rasputin gives Alexandra a list of instructions to pass on to Nicholas II
November 23, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the Golovins
November 30, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is seen at the Makaev wine shop
December 2, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - The tsars spend the evening with Rasputin at Vyrubova's house
December 7, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Visit to Arthur Gyulling and to Alexander Kon
Caricature about Rasputin's
influence over the Tsars, 1916
December 10, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Visit to Simanovich
December 12, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Alexandra and daughters have dinner with Rasputin at Vyrubova's house. Their last meeting
December 16, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin receives an anonymous death threat by phone, then other death threats by mail. During the day, he prepares to visit Prince Felix Yusupov, who comes to his appartment close to midnight to pick him up
December 17, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Once at Yusupov's house basement, Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The body is dumped to the river =(END)

Bibliography
SMITH, Douglas - Rasputin